18 Dr. T, C. Jerdon's Supplementary Notes 



The female has the feathers of the head centred with dusky, 

 the outer tail-feathers tipped with whitish ; it is yellow beneath, 

 paler on the throat, and greenish -ash j'^ on the sides. 



Stoliczka states that he has seen it in the Sutlej valley as high 

 as 8000 feet. Blyth mentions that Nectarinia pedoralis of 

 Temminck (not of Horsfield) closely resembles this species. 



234 his. Arachnechthra intermedia, Hume. 



Ibis, 1870, p. 436. 



Resembling A. currucaria, but slightly larger, and with the 

 bill conspicuously so; axillary tufts more orange and larger. 

 From Tipperah. 



After the first volume of the 'Birds of India* was published, 

 I saw in a collection made in the Terai of Goruckpore a specimen 

 which I took at the time to be A. lotenia, and was much sur- 

 prised at its occurrence there. It is very possible that it was a 

 specimen of Mr. Hume's A. intermedia. I have not had an 

 oppoi'tunity of comparing a specimen of A. pedoralis with Mr. 

 Hume's description, which, howevei", should be done. 



235. Arachnechthra lotenia. 

 Figured by Gould, B. Asia, pt. viii. pi. 3. 



236. DictEum coccineum. 



Figured by Gould, B. Asia, pt. vi. pi. 15. 



One killed in Assam, where it is very abundant, measured in 

 the flesh : — Length 3^ inches, wing l-i-f, extent 5|, tail l^^, 

 tarsus g. 



240. PiPRisoMA agile. 



This bird has been lately figured (in ' The Ibis ' for 1867, pi. x.) 

 with its nest, which was obtained by Mr. Beavan in Central 

 India. The nest is a very neat structure, quite resembling that 

 of many of the Nedarinice. The egg is fleshy, with reddish spots. 



Mr. Swinhoe has informed me that Dicceum obsoletum, Miill. 

 & Schlegel, from Timor, is identical with our bird. With re- 

 ference to my notes on its habits, Mr. Beavan remarks that he 

 only saw it in pairs, not in small flocks ; but as he observed it 

 during the breeding-season, and I have chiefly procured it in the 

 cold weather, the discrepancy may be easily accounted for. Very 

 possibly, however, the small flocks I allude to were only the 



