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DR. LATHAM’S SUN-BIRD. 
Nectarinia Lathami, Jardine. 
We possess a specimen of a Sun-bird from some 
part of Continental India, closely allied - to that we 
have now represented, and also to the Certhia 
Siparaja of Sir Stamford Kaffles’ catalogue. From 
the Goalparah Sun-bird it differs in a slight general 
modification of the tints of the plumage, in the yel- 
low of the rump being much deeper, and in the 
coronal patch, upper tail-covers, and tail being 
steel-blue instead of metallic-green, and in the tail 
being shorter and more regularly graduated. Sir 
Stamford’s bird is from Sumatra ; no mention is 
made of the yellow rump, while, in tho catalogue 
appended to that gentleman’s Memoirs, N. mysli- 
cales, Temm. from Java is quoted. A comparison 
of the birds may serve to distinguish them. The 
entire length is four inches four-tenths ; that of the 
bill to the forehead, six-tenths. Above, the forehead 
to the line of the eyes is steel-blue, with a play of 
colour ; the upper tail-covers and edges of the tail- 
feathers, except the outer, are of the same tint, and 
the tail itself, nearly black, has a very strong gloss 
of bluish purple ; the back and sides of the neck, 
cheeks, back, and lesser wing-covers, are rich 
