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899. Arachnechthra andamanica. The Andaman Sun-bird. 



Arachnechthra frenata (Midi.), apud Ball, J. A. S. B. xli, pt. 2, 



p. 280; id. S. F. i, p. 65. 

 Arachnechthra andamanica, Hume, 8. F. \, p. 404, ii, p. 198 ; Oates 



in Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 262. 

 Cinnyris andamanicus (Hume), Shelley, Mon. Nect. pp. xxvii, 167, 



pi. 50 ; Hume, Cat. no. 234 quat. ; Gadow, Cat. B. M. ix, p. 83. 



Coloration. Male. Differs from the male of A. fiammaxillaris in 

 having a longer bill, the pectoral tufts pale yellow, unmixed with 

 red, the maroon and black bands below the breast nearly absent, 

 the band surrounding the chin, throat, and breast steel-green 

 instead of blue, and in frequently having a pale supercilium. 



Female. Resembles the female of A. -fiammaxillaris, from which 

 it only differs in having the bill longer. 



Bill, legs, and feet black ; iris deep brown {Hume). 



Of the same size as A. fiammaxillaris, with the exceptiou of the 

 bill, which measures *9 to 1 from gape to tip according to sex. 



Distribution. The Andaman Islands. 



Habits, Sfc. A nest of this species was found on the 3rd March 

 with two eggs. The nest appears to have been very similar to 

 that of A. asiatica. One egg measured - 67 by "48. 



900. Arachnechthra minima. The Small Sun-bird. 



Cinnyris minima, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 99 ; Shelley, Mon. Nect. 



pp. xxvii, xxxiv, 143, pi. 46 ; Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 572 ; Hume, Cat. 



no. 233 ; Gadow, Cat. B. M. ix, p. 62 ; Davison, S. F. x, p. 362 ; 



Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 136. 

 Nectarinia minima (Sykes), Blyth, Cat. p. 226. 

 Leptocoma minima (Sykes), Horsj. § M. Cat. ii, p. 742 ; Jerd. B. I. 



i, p. 369 ; Hume, N. fy E. p.' 150 ; Fairbank, S. F. iv, p. 256 ; 



Hume, S. F. iv, p. 392. 

 Arachnechthra minima {Sykes), Gates in Hume's N. §• E. 2nd ed. ii, 



p. 263. 



The Tiny Honey-sucker, Jerd. 



Coloration. Male, h'orehead and crown metallic green ; back 

 and scapulars deep crimson ; rump and upper tail-coverts metallic 

 red, glossed with lilac ; tail black ; lesser and median wing-coverts 

 black, tipped with crimson ; remaining coverts and quills dull black ; 

 sides of the head dull black ; chin and throat metallic lilac ; sides 

 of neck and the upper breast crimson, followed by a band of 

 black ; remainder of lower plumage yellow ; axillaries and under 

 wing-coverts pale yellowish white. 



Female. Upper plumage and sides of the head and neck olive- 

 green ; rump and upper tail-coverts dull red ; tail dark brown, 

 edged with rufous; whole lower plumage yellow; wings brown, 

 each feather edged with olive-green. 



Bill, legs, and feet black ; iris dark brown (Davison). 



