106 NECTARINIID^. 



blackish siibterminal band ; in most specimens the outer pairs of tail- 

 feathers have an indistinct light spot on the inner web near the 

 tip ; qiiills brown, the outer web of the same colour as the back, the 

 inner web edged with whitish ; all the underparts yellowish white, 

 each feather with a strongly pronounced central streak of dark 

 brown ; under taU-coverts and thighs yellowish brown with light 

 tips ; edge of wing yellow ; axillaries uniform yellowish white ; bill 

 horny black ; legs orange ; iris dark brown. 



The female closely resembles the male in plumage, but is a little 

 smaller. 



Measurements of type specimens : — Total length about 6 inches 

 (excluding bill), culmen 1-5-1-70, wing 1-5-1-65, tail 1-7-2-0, 

 tarsus 0-78-0-82. 



Bab. From Nepal, through Assam, to Tenasserim. 



Southern Race ( A. aurata). 



Still more to the southward (in Tenasserim, Burmah and Pegu) the 

 specimens of this species become slightly lighter coloured, as the dark 

 shaft-streaks on the lower back and upper tail-coverts have almost 

 disappeared : on the underparts the streaks are also narrower, and 

 the under tail-coverts are more yellow. As a rule these southern 

 specimens are not quite so large as many of the northern ones. 



Ad. (S from Pegu {Oates). Culmen 1-55 inch, wing 1-3, tail 1*7, 

 tarsus 0'75. 



Ad. 5 , Baunee, Pegu {Gates). Culmen 1"4 inch, wing 3, tail 1-5, 

 tarsus 0'75. 



a. Ad. St. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



6, c, d, e. Ad. sk. Nepal {Hodgson). India Museum. 



/ Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



(Type of species.) 

 g, h. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



i, k, I. Ad. sk. Sikhim. H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



m. Ad. sk. Darjiliug. India Museum. 



n. Ad. sk. Daijiling. Gould Collection. 



0. Ad. sk. Assam {McClelland). India Museum. 



p. Ad. sk. Upper Assam. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



q, r. Ad. sk. Elhasia hills {Griffith). India Museum. 



s. Ad. sk. Tonghoo. E. W. Oates, Esq. [C.]. 



t. Ad. sk. Tenasserim {Heifer). India Museum. 



Southern Race (A. aurata). 



a. 9 ad. sk. Baunee, Pegu, April 18, E. W. Oates, Esq. [C.]. 



1880. 



b. cS ad. sk. Eastern slopes of Pegu E. W. Oates, Esq. [0.]. 



hiUs, April 27, 1873. 



6. Araclinotliera affinis. 



A. affinis. 



Cmnyris affinis, Horsf. Trails. Linn. Sac. xiii. p. 166 (1820) ; Vig. 

 Mem. Maffies, p. 672 (1830) ; Ei/ton, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 101. 



