5. iExnopYGA. 25 



Female. Eesembling that oi ^E.JIavostrlcita. Wing 2*2 inches, tail 

 1-7. (Shene;/.) 



Hah. Island of Negros in the Philippine archipelago. 



a, b. (S ad. sk. Negros. Prof. Steere [C.]. 



10. .ffithopyga ignicauda. 



Ciiinyi'is ignicaudus, Iludi/s. Ind. Rev. ii. p. 273 (1837) ; id in Gray's 



Zool. Misc. 1844, p. 82'; Hodtjs.J. A. 8. B. xxiv. p. 575 (1855)." 

 Cinnyris rubricaudata, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xi. p. 192 (1842). 

 Nectarinia phoenicura, Jard. Mono(/r. Smi-birdti, pp. 242, 270, 



pi. 20 (1842). 

 Nectarinia ignicauda, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 972 (1843) ; Gratj, 



Cat. Ma mm. ^- Birds Nepal pres. Hod/js. p. 59 (1846); id. Gen. B. 



i. p. 98 (1847) ; Bli/th, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 223, no. 1354 



(1849) ; Bp. C. A. i. p. 405, no. 11 (1850) ; Gould, B. Asia, pt. 2, 



pi. 24 (1850). 

 Cinnjais epimaciu-us, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. 1844, p. 82 ; id. 



J. A. S. B. xxiv. p. 575 (1855). 

 ^thopyga iguicauda. Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 103, note (1850) ; 



Beichenb. Handb. Scansoricp, p. 302, no. 705, pi. 585. figs. 3973-75 



(1854) ; Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. ii. p. 734 (1856) ; 



Jtrd. B. Ind. i. p. 365 (1862) ; Walden, Ibis, 1870, p. 30 ; Jerd. 



Ibis, 1872, p. 17; Shelley, Monoyr. Nect. p. 45, pi. 15. 

 Promerops ignicauda, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 110, no. 1344 (1869). 



Adult male. Cheeks and ear-coverts sooty black ; metallic colours 

 confined to the crown and throat, which are shining blue and purple ; 

 hinder part of supercilium, nape, sides and hinder part of neck, 

 centre of mantle and of back, upper tail-coverts, central tail- 

 feathers and outer webs of the rest bright scarlet ; lower back 

 yeUow ; wings and wing- coverts brown ; scapulars and outer webs 

 of quills washed with olive ; chest bright yellow, strongly washed 

 with scarlet on the centre ; rest of undeiparts yellow, slightly 

 tinged with greenish ; bill and feet black. Culmen 0-75-0'9 inch, 

 tail 2-8 [4-S], wing 2-2, tarsiis 0-G3. 



Adult female. Upper parts olive-green, inclining to brownish on 

 the nape and crown, and to yellow on the rump ; tail brown, washed 

 with rufous, and with paler tips ; fore neck, sides of neck, and 

 head dull olive-grey ; rest of underparts olive-yellow, brightest on 

 the centre of the breast. AVing 2-1 inches. 



Youiiff male. Lower back bright yellow : uj^per tail-coverts, part 

 of rump, and outer web of central tail-feathers bright scarlet, these 

 feathers being scarcely longer than the rest. 



Hab. Nepal and Assam. 



a. (J ad. St. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



6. c? juv. St. Nepal. B. II. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



c,d. ^ .ad. sli. Nepal (7). 7f. Hodgson). [ India Museum. (Types 



c,f. c?. iiiv.sk. Nepal (Z/. Tf. //o^/yxo//). \ of species.) 



ff'. Juv. sk. Nepal (B. II. Hodgson). (Type of C. epimacurus.) 



