420 Capt. Beavan on various Indian Birds. 



shoulder of the wing, as hinted by its name, but above it, on 

 the lower portion of the neck. 



Nectarinia flammaxillaris, Blyth. 



A specimen, apparently a young male, of this species was 

 procured by me at Moulmein, on July 10th, 1865. Tail black, 

 the two outer feathers on each side tipped, with white, the second 

 on the inner web only ; the back and rump dark olive-green, 

 wings darker, a faint yellow streak over the eye, orange spot on 

 axillaries, throat bluish purple, with a yellow edging extending 

 from the base of the lower mandible; breast, belly and under 

 tail-coverts bright yellow ; irides dark brown ; bill, legs and claws 

 black. Feeds on flowers, seen alone or in pairs. A specimen, 

 probably an adult male, killed at Moulmein, on September 14th, 

 1865, has tha following dimensions : — Length 4*5, wing 2*125, 

 tail 1*45, tarsus "5, bill from front '6875, extent 6*25 in. 

 It has a distinct semicircle of dull brick-red on the breast, 

 below the steel-blue throat; below it, again, there are a few 

 black feathers; the belly and under tail-coverts are bright 

 yellow. The tail has its two middle feathers black, and the 

 outer three on each side tipped with white decreasing inwardly. 

 Irides reddish-brown, feet and legs black. The female of this 

 species is of a pale olive-green colour, with a yellow breast, and 

 wants the purple throat of the male. 



Nectarinia hasselti (Temm.). 



A fine specimen of the male of this bird, which is apparently 

 rather rare at Moulmein, was procured by me at Moulmein, in 

 Col. Brown^s garden there, on the 30th of August, 1865 : — 

 Length 3-87, wing nearly 2, tarsus -4375, tail 1*25, bill from 

 fi'ont "5, extent 5 in. Irides dark-brown; bill and legs black. 

 The head and nape are bright metallic golden-green ; upper 

 back black, the upper wing coverts, middle of back and upper 

 tail-coverts bright glistening purple, with green and blue 

 reflections ; the outer webs of the tail-coverts are of the same 

 colour ; from the nostril through the ear-coverts to the upper 

 back the colour is black, the neck and throat being of a brilliant 

 amethystine with purple reflections ; the breast and upper belly 

 are dark maroon-red, the lower belly, under tail-coverts and 



