26 NECTAEINIIDiE. 



//. c? ad-; ', ''", /• Nepal (2>. H. Hodgson). India jMuseum. 



$ad.; w. c^jiiv. 



n. S juv. sk. Darjeeling {Pearson). India Museum. 



o,;>. '(S $ ad. sIj. Sikiiim. ' H. Seebohin, Esq. [P.] 



q. S ad. sk. Nagthull, June 12, 1876. H. Seebuhm, Esq. [P.] 



r. $ ad. sk. Bootau {Pembcrton). India Museum. 



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11. .ffithopyga nipalensis. 



innyris nipalensis, Hoch/s. Ind. Rev. ii. p. 273 (18o") ; Bh/th, J. A. 



S. B. xi. p. 92 (1842)"; Hodgs. in Grm/s Zool. Misc. 1844, p. 82. 

 Nectarinia nipalensis, Jard. Monogr. Sun-birds, pp. 2.36 & 268, pi. 27 



(1842) ; Bhith, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 974 (1843) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. 



p. 98 (1847) ; Bh/th, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 224 (1849) ; 



Gould, B. Asia, pi. 27 (IB-iO) ; Bp. C. A. i. p. 405 (1850). 

 .Etliopvga nipalensis. Cab. 3Ius. Hein. i. p. 103 (1850) ; Reiehenb. 



Handb. Scans, p. 302, pi. 585. figs. 3976-3978 (1854) ; Horsf. 8^ 



Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. ii. p. 785 (1856) ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 366 



(1862); id. Ibis, 1872, p. 17; Walden, Ibis, 1870, p. 35; Hume, 



Nests and Eggs Ind. B. p. 147 (1873). 

 Promerops nipaieusis, Grag, Hand-l. B. i. p. 109, no. 1341 (1869). 

 Cinnyi-i3 liorsfieldi, Blgth, J. A. S. B. xi. p. 107 (1842). 

 Nectarinia horsfieldi, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 975 (1843), xvi. 



p. 472 (1847) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 98 (1847) ; Blyth, Cat. B. 



Mus. As. Soc. p. 224 (1845) ; Bp. C. A. i. p. 405 (1850). 

 ^thopyga horsfieldii, Reiehenb. Handb. Scans, p. 304 (1854) ; Jerd. 



B. Ind. i. p. 367 (1862) ; Walden, Ibis, 1870, p. 36 ; Shelley, Monogr. 



Ned. p. 33, pi. 10. fig. 2. 

 Promerops liorsfieldii, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 109, no. 1342 (1869). 



Adult male. Crown, nape and hind neck, upper half of throat, 

 upper tail-coverts, and greater part of the ceutral tail-feathers 

 metallic black^in position B dark green, in C purple-blue ; rest of 

 tail black, outer pairs of feathers with pale tips ; mantle and sides of 

 neck deep red ; wing-coverts, outer web of quills, and centre of back 

 olive-yellowish ; quills dark brown ; lower back and rump bright 

 yellow ; under wing-coverts and edge of inner web of quiUs white ; 

 rest of underparts bright yellow ; feathers of chest strongly washed 

 with scarlet or orange-red, giving these parts a somewhat mottled 

 appearance ; abdomen and flanks tinged with olive ; bill black : iris 

 and feet dark brown. 



The types measure : — 



Culmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. in. 



^ 08 2-1 2-5 0-6 



cJ 0-9 2-1 2-5 0-6 



cj 0-8 2-25 2-8 0-62 



Adult female. Above dull olive-green; crown tinged with grejish ; 

 edges of tail-feathers more yellow ; rump pale olive-greeu ; chin and 

 throat greyish, passing into olive-yeUowish on the chest, and be- 

 coming still x^aler and more yellowish on the flanks and abdomen ; 

 under tail-coverts deep yellow ; under wing-coverts and inner 



