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Female. The upper plumage and the sides of the head yellowish 

 green ; the ear-coverts with pale shaft-stripes ; lower plumage 

 yellow, with a tinge of green on the sides ; tail brown, tipped very 

 narrowly with whitish and edged on the outer webs with yellowish 

 green ; wings and coverts dark brown, edged like the tail. 



According to Davison the legs vary a good deal, but are generally 

 more or less green ; claws green ; bill dark horny brown or nearly 

 black, the gape orange ; irides light red to dark brown. 



Length 5 - 2; tail 1*9 ; wing 2-7 ; tarsus *6 ; bill from gape -8. 



Distribution. Blyth records this species from Arrakan in general, 

 and Hume from Akyab. It does not appear to occur in Pegu, but 

 it is found in Tenasserim from Amherst southwards. It extends 

 down the Malay peninsula to the islands, and also to Siam. 



904. Anthothreptes rhodolaema. The Rufous-throated Sun-bird. 



Anthreptes rhodolaema, Shelley, Mon. Nect. pp. xliii, xliv, 313, pi. 101 

 (1878) ; Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) vii, p. 435. 



Coloration. Male. Resembles the male of A. maleiccensis in 

 general appearance. Differs in having the forehead, crown, nape, 

 back, and also the sides of the neck metallic green, sometimes 

 shaded with lilac ; the lores and sides of the head rufous ; all the 

 wing-coverts rufous except those near the anterior edge of the 

 wing ; and the breast tinged with olivaceous. 



Female. Resembles the female of A. malaccensis so closely as to 

 be undistinguishable from it. 



Of the same dimensions as A. malaccensis. 



Distribution. The extreme south of Tenasserim, whence Count 

 Salvadori records this species. It extends down the Malay penin- 

 sula and to Sumatra. 



905. Anthothreptes simplex. The Plain-coloured Sun-bird, 



Nectarinia simplex, S. Mull. Verhand. Nat. Geseh., Zool. Aves, p. G2 



(1843); Blyth, Cat.?. 225. 

 Anthreptes xanthochlora, Hume, S. F. iii, p. 320, note (1875). 

 Anthreptes simplex (S. Midi), Shelley, Mon. Nect. pp. xliii, xliv, 300, 



pi. 100 ; Hume §• Da v. S. F. vi, p. 188 ; Hume, Cat. no. 233 quat. ; 



Oates, B. B. i, p. 324. 

 Anthothreptes simplex (S. Midi), Gadow, Cat. B. M. ix, p. 114. 



Coloration. Male. A large patch on the forehead metallic green ; 

 the whole upper plumage and wing-coverts olive-yellow ; tail a 

 deeper tint of the same ; quills brown, edged with olive-yellow ; 

 sides of the head ashy green ; cheeks, chin, throat, and fore neck 

 greenish ashy ; remainder of lower plumage dull oily yellow ; under 

 wing-coverts whitish. 



Female. Differs only in wanting the metallic patch on the fore- 

 head. 



