5. ^THOPTGA. 17 



and thighs yellow ; bill, feet, and iris dark brown. Culmeu 0-7 inch, 

 wing 2-1, tail 2-3, tarsus O'oo. 



Female hitherto unknown. 



Hah. Sumatra and Borneo. 



a. S ad. sk. Sumati-a. Purchased. 



h. (S imm. sk. (moulting). Sarawak. H. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 



3. .ffithopyga eximia. 



Nectarinia eximia, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 168 (1820) ; Jard, 



Monogr. Sun-hirds, p. 268 (1^'^42) ; Grmj, Gen, B. i. p. 98 (1847) ; 



Bj). C. A. i. p. 405 (1850). 

 Nectarinia kuhli, Temm. PL Col. pi. 376. figs. 1 & 2 (1825) ; S. Mull. 



>§• Schley. Nattmrl. Gesch. Zool., Aves, p. 56 (1846) ; Schleg. Uundl. 



Dierk. p. 256 (1857). 

 Cinmiis kuhlii. Less. Man. d'Om. ii. p. 36 (1828). 

 CinmTis eximia, Vig. Mem. Baffles, p. 673 (1830). 

 ^thopyga eximia, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 103 (1850) ; Reichenb. JTandb. 



Scansor. p. 303, pi. 587. figs. 3984-^5 (1854) ; Iforsf. (Sf- Moore, 



Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. ii. p. 736 (1856) ; Walden, Bjis', 1870, p. 37 ; 



Shelley, Monoijr. Nect. p. 27, pi. 9. 

 Anthreptes eximia, Licht. Xomencl. Ac. p. 56 (1854). 

 Promerops eximia. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 109, no. 1340 (1869). 



Adult male. Whole crown and upper tail-coverts metallic black, 

 in position B deep brilliant green, in purple ; sides of head, hind 

 neck, mantle, wing-coverts, and outer edge of quills dark olive- 

 yellow ; rump and lower back bright yellow ; wings brown, with 

 whitish inner edges ; tail black ; cheeks, throat, and upper breast 

 dai'k red ; across the throat an irregularly shaped baud of metallic 

 purplish-lilac feathers ; under wing-coverts and the fluffy feathers of 

 the sides of the breast and flanks pure white ; abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts dark olive ; maxilla dark brown, maudible paler ; iris 

 and feet dark brown. (Types) Culmen 0*75-0'85 inch, wing 

 2-15-2'25, taU 1-75, tarsus 0*65. 



Adult female. Olive yellowish gi-een : crown and sides of head 

 strongly washed with brown ; wings and tail brown, externally 

 edged with olive ; inner web of quills and the flufty feathers of 

 the sides white ; under wing-coverts olive-green ; throat dull ashy. 

 Culmen 0-75 inch, wing 2, tail ho, tarsus 0*6o. 



Hah. Java. 



a,b. iS 2 ^^- sk. Java {Dr. Sorsjield). India Museum. (Types 



of species.) 



c, d. cJ ; e,f. 5 ad. sk. Java (Dr. Horsfield). India Museum. 



g. tS ad. sk. Java. Piu-chased. 



h. S ad. sk. Java. Purchased. 



i.k. rj; /, m. 9 ad. sk. W. Java. A. R. "^^'aUace, Esq. 



[C.]. 



")0. c^ 5 ad. sk. Java {Mus. Luad.). Gould Collection. 



