O. iETHOPTGA. 



margins of quills white ; tail largely tipped with whitish. Wing 

 1-8-2 inches. . 



Hah. Eastern half of the Himalayas, from Nepal to the Khasia hills. 



Ohs. In Western Nepal and Gurwal this species is represented by 

 a race'which differs from typical A. nipalensis only by the absence 

 of the deep red colour of the mantle, which is olive like the rest of 

 the back. However, the deep red is still visible on the sides of the 

 lower neck, and between the metallic parts of the hind neck and the 

 mantle (J^. liorsjiddi). 



JE. nipalensis typica. 



a b, c. cS ad. sk. Nepal (B. H. Hochjsoii). India Museum. 



{/-/( 2 ad. sk. Nepal iB. H. HocI(js<m). India Museum. 



i li6 2 ad. ; Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



/ cJiuv.sk. (Types of species.) 



m,n. c? ? ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq [P.]. 



o, p, q. 6,r.2 Sikhim. H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



ad. sk. 



s, t. S 2 ad. sk. Khasia hills (Jerdoii). Gould Collection. 



A<1 . nipalensis, var. Iiorsfieldi. 



a h. S 9- ad. sk. Khatee, May 16, 1875. H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



c fJ 6 ad. sk. Kumaou. H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



e S iuv. sk. Sikhim. H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



/. J ad. sk. Nepal. Gould Collection. 



'a. r? ad. sk. Nepal. Purchased. 



'h. S ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



12. .ffithopyga sanguinipectus. 



^thopvga sanguinipectus, WaMen, Ann. Sf- Mug. N. H. 1875, xv. 

 p. AQQ;- Hume, Str. F. 1875, p. 402; id. ^- Davis. Str. F. 1878, 

 p. 182 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 89 ; Shellei/, Monogr. Nect. p. 37, 

 pi. 12 ; Oates, B. Brit. Burm. i. p. 31_3 (188-3). 

 ^thopyga waldeni, Hume, Str. F. 1877, p. 51. 

 Adult male. Closely allied to ^. nipalcnsis, from which this 

 species differs by a black band between the metallic parts of the fore 

 neck and the yellow of the chest ; the deep red of the mantle extends 

 further down the back at the expense of the bright yellow of the 

 rump, which colour, as in ^. saturata, is confined to a narrow 

 band.' Culmen 0-7 inch, wing 2-2, tail 3-2, tarsus 0-6. (Shelley.) 

 The femcde seems to resemble that of ^. nipalensis, but very pro- 

 bably has a pale yellowish band across the rump. 



Hab. HUls of Karen-nee in Burmah, extending to Mooleyit in 

 Tenasserim. 



13. .ffithopyga gouldiae. 

 Cinnyris gouldiaj. Vigors, F. Z. S. 1831, p. 44; Gmld, Cent. Him. 



J?, pi. 56 (1832) ; Blgth, J. A. S.B. xi. p. 192, no. 52 (1842). 

 Nectarinia gouldiffi, Jard. Monogr. Sun-birds, pp. 2.33, 269 (1842) ; 

 Bhith, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 974 (1843) ; Grag, Gen. B. i. p. 98 

 (1847) ; Bh/tb, Cat. B. J/ws. As. Sac. p. 223, no. 1.353 (1849) ; Bp. 

 C. A. i. p. 405, no. 10 (18.50) ; Gould, B. Asia, pt. 21, pi. 6 (1867). 



