.WTrTOTIIRKPTES. .'J65 



at Dacca, and it has been obtained in the Khasi hills. This latter 

 locality was probably Jerdon's warrant for stating that this Sun- 

 bird extended to Assam. This species is found up to 2500 feet in 

 the Nilgiria. 



Habits, 4fc. Breeds in almost every month of the year according 

 to locality, making a nest of the usual type with a portico over the 

 entrance. The eggs, two in number, resemble those of A. asiatica 

 and measure about '65 by -47. 



Genus ANTHOTHREPTES, Swains., 1831. 



The genus Anthothreptes contains a few Sun-birds which are 

 closely allied to Arachnechthra in structure. In Anthothreptes, 

 however, the bill is deeper, and the lower mandible is straight or 

 nearly so instead of being well curved downwards. The" sexes 

 are structurally the same, but differ in colour. 



The birds of this genus appear to make nests dissimilar to those 

 of the genus Arachnechthra. That of A. malaccensis is described as 

 being oval in shape, with a hole on one side near the top, and con- 

 structed of cocoanut-fibres &c. This nest, as figured in Shelley's 

 Monograph, is attached directly to a branch, and has none of the 

 cord-like connection between the nest and the point of attachment 

 so usual in the nests of the other Sun-birds. 



Key t<> th<' Species. 



a. Lower plumage streaked A. hypogrammica, p. 365. 



b. Lower plumage plain. 



a'. Whole upper plumage dark metallic. 



a'\ Sides of head greenish yellow A. malaccensis tf , p. 366. 



6". Sides of head rufous A. rhodokema rf , p. 367. 



I)'. Whole, or nearly whole, of the upper 

 plumage plain green. 

 c". Front of crown metallic dark 



? re en A. simplex <$ , p. 367. 



d". Front of crown plain green like 



remainder of upper plumage. , . , . n „ n „ 



a" '. 1 fill from -ape -8 ' A ; ™*nc«** 2 , V- 366 



° F | A. rhodoleema 5 , p. 367. 



b'\ Bill from gape -7 A. simplex $, p. 367. 



902. Anthothreptes hypogrammica. The Banded Sun-bird. 



Xectarinia hypogrammica, S. MM. Verhand. Nat. Gesc/i., Zool. Aves, 

 p. 63 (1843) ; Blyth, Cat. p. 225. 



> P - 



Anthothreptes hypogrammica (S. Midi.), Gadow, Cat. B. M. ix, 

 p. 112. 



