18 NECTAEnaiD-a;. 



4. ^thopyga vigorsi« 



Cinuyris vigovsii, Si/l-es, P. Z. 8. 1832, p. 98 ; id. J. A. S. B. iii. p. 542 



(1834) ; Jerd. Madras Jouni. xi. p. 227 (1840) ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. 



X. p. 925 (1841). 

 Cinuyris concolor, Sylies. P. Z. S. 1832, p. 99 ; id, J. A. S. B. iii. 



p. 043(1834). 

 Nectariuia vigorsii, Gould, B. Asia, part 2, pi. 26 (1850). 

 ^thopvga vigorsii, Reichh. Handh. Seansori<e. p. 303, no. 707, pi. 586. 



figs. 39, 79-81 (1S54) ; Horsf. Sf Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mtis. ii. 



p. 733, no. 1067 (1856) ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 363 (1862) ; Walden, 



Ibis, 1870, p. 33 ; Fairbank, Str. F. 1876, p. 255 ; Shelley, Munogr. 



Nect. p. 71, pi. 23. 

 Promerops vigorsii, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 110, no. 1348 (1869). 



Adult male. Anterior half of crown, upper tail-coverts, and outer 

 web of inner tail-feathers metallic, changing from dark-green to dark 

 purplish blue ; rest of tail black; moustachial streak and a little patch 

 on the ear-coverts metallic blue, black in positions A and C : nape, 

 ear-coverts, and wings blackish brown ; hind neck and mantle very 

 dark red ; back and rump yellow ; fore neck and chest crimson-red, 

 mottled with yellow ; edge of wing and centre of breast dark dusky 

 brown ; under wing-coverts and inner edge of quills white : rest of 

 uudcrparts ashy grey. (Type) Culm en 0-8 inch, wing 2-35, tail 

 2-2, tarsus 0-61. Wing 2-5-2-62 inches; tail 2-12-2'38 {Fair- 

 banJc), central pair of feathers a little longer than the rest. 



Adult female. Upper and under parts dull olive, with a strong 

 grey tinge ; wings and tail brown, the latter with very small light 

 tips to the inner web of the outer pairs of feathers. Wing 2*13 

 inches. 



Hah. Mountains of Bombay Presidency. 



India Museum. (Type of 



species.) 

 India Museum. (Types of 



C. concolor, Sykes.) 

 C-rould Collection. 

 Su- W. ElHot [P.]. 



5. iEthopyga seheriae. 



Goulpom'ah Creeper, Lath. Gen. Mist. B. iv. p. 221, pi. 74 (1822). 

 Nectariuia seheriae, Tickell, J. A. S. B. ii. p. 577, no. 37 (1833) ; 



Walden, Ibis, 1876, pp. 347, 348. 

 Cinnyris miles, Hodys. Ind. Rev. ii. p. 273 (1837) ; id. J. A. S. B. 



xxiv. p. 575 (1855). 

 Certhia goalpariensis, Boyle, III. Him. Bot. ii. p. 78, pi. 7. fig. 1 



(1839). 

 Cinnyris labecula, McClell. P. Z. S. 1839, p. 167. 

 Cinnyris mystacalis (pt.), Blyth, J. A. S. B. xi. p. 107 (1842). 

 Nectariuia goalpariensis, Jard. Monogr. Sun-birds, t^^. 230, 267, pi. 26 



(1842) ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 969 (1843) ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. 



4" Birds Nepal pres. Hodgs. p. 59 (1846) ; id. Gen. B. i. p. 98 



(1847) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mas. As. Soc. p. 22-3, no. 1351 (1849) ; Bp. 



