CATALOGUE. 
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" Met with only in the dense woods of the Ghauts. "White ants 
and larvae of flies were found in the stomach. One bird was seen 
Qucking honey." — (Col. Sykes.) 
" This lovely-plumaged little species I have only found but rarely 
in high forest jungle in Malabar." — (Jerdon.) 
Genus Arachnechthra, CaJmnis, Catal. B. Mus. Heine, 
p. 105 (1851). 
Chalcostetha, Cabanis, id. p. 103 (1851). 
1084. ABACHNECHTHRA LOTENIA, Linn. Sp. 
Certhia lotenia, Linn. S. JST. I. p. 188 (Vieill, Ois. d'Or. 
pi. 11). Lath., Hist. ofB. lY.p. 235. 
Arachnechthra lotenia, Cahanis, Catal. JB. Mus. Heine, 
p. 105. 
JN'ectarinia lotenia, Jar dine, Nat. Lihr. JVect. pp. 220, 
263, pi. 23. Blytl, Journ, As. Soc. Beng. XII. 
p. 978 ; Catal. B. Mus. As. Soc. Beng. p. 224. G. B. 
Gray, Gen. ofB. I. p. 98. Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 408. 
Layard, Ann. N. H. XII. n. s. p. 175. 
Certhia polita, Sparmann, Mus. Carls, pi. 59 (1788). 
LatJiam, Ind. Orn. I. p. 287 ; Gen. Hist, of B. IV. 
p. 245. 
Cinnyris polita, Jerdon, Madras Journ. XI. p. 225. 
Certhia purpurata, SJiaw, Gen. Zool. VIII. p. 201 (1811). 
Edwards, B. pi. 265. 
A. Dukhun. Presented by Col. Sykes. 
b. c. S ' Travancore. Presented by F. Day, Esq., 1858. 
Nect. lotenia is allied to the next, but the male is distinguished by 
its superior size, its much larger and more curved bill, and brown 
under-parts from the breast, also by the admixture of green in its 
glosses. Length 5^ in., bill straight to front 1 in. 
"Inhabits Southern India and Ceylon." — (Blyth.) 
" I have procured this very handsome bird in the Carnatic and 
west coast, where it is tolerably common, frequenting both gardens 
and jungles. Food and habits as in N. asiatica.'^ — (Jerdon.) 
1085. ABACHNECHTHRA A STATIC A, Latham Sp. 
Certhia asiatica, Latham, Ind. Orn. I. p. 288 (1790) ; 
Gen. Hist, of B. IV. p. 238. 
