Dec, 30, 1931.] Birds of the Indian Evipire. 121 



1 189. (887) /Ethopyga ignicauda ignicauda. The Fire-tailed 



Yellow-backed Sunbird. 



Cinnyris ignicauda Hodg., Ind. Kev., ii., ]). 273, (1837), {Neiml), 

 Garhwal, Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, N. & S. of Brahmapootra, 

 Chittagong. 



1190. ( ) i^thopyga ignicauda flavescens. Rippon's Yellow- 



backed Sunbird. 



Stuart Baker Bull, B.O.C., xli, 'p. 71, (1921), Ml. Victoria. 

 Chin Hills, 9,000 feet. 



119 1. (888) /Cthopyga gouldiae. Mrs. Goidd's Sunbird. 



Cinnyris gouldise Vigors, P.Z.S., 1831, j}- 44, (Himalayas). 

 Himalayas from vSutlej to Assam. 



1 192. (889) ^thopyga dabryi. Dabn/s YeUo'w-backed Sunbird. 



Nectarinia dabryi Verreaux, Rev. ef. Mag. Zool., 2^. 173, (1867). 

 [Ta-tsien-hi, Szechuan). 



Hills of Eastern and Southern Burma and S. W. China. 



1 193. (890*) /Cthopyga saturata. The Black-breasted Sunbird. 



Cinnyris saturata Hodg., Ind. Rev., ii.,j}. 213, (1837), {Ne2)al), 

 Garhwal to Assam, Cachar, Chittagong to Kauri Kachin 

 Hills and ? Siam. 



1 194. (891) >Ethopyg-a sanguinipecta. Walden's Yellow-backed 



Sunbird. 



Walden, A.M.N.H., (4), xv., p. 400, (1875), (Tennasserim). 

 Burma, S. and E. of Tounghoo. 



1 195. (892) /Cthopyga nipalensis nipalensis. The Nepal 



Yellow-backed Sunbird. 



Cinnyris nipalensis Hodg., Ind. Rev., ii., p. 273, (1837), [Nepal). 

 E. Nepal to E. and S. Assam, N. Burmese Hills to S. Shan 

 States. 



1 196. (893) ^thopyga nipalensis horsfieldi. Blyth's Yellow- 



backed Sunbird. 



Cinnyris horsfieldi 5Z?/i^, J.A.8.B., xi., p. 107, (1842), {Nepal), 

 Garhwal, Kumaon and Western Nepal. 



1 197. (892) /Gthopyga nipalensis victoria. Rippon's Yellow- 



backed Sunbird. 



JE. victorise Rippon, Bull., B.O.C., xiv., p. 83, (1904), {Mt. 

 Victoria). 

 Mt. Victoria, Chin Hills, 



* JSthopyga anomala Richmon^P.N.S. Nat; Mus. XXII, p. 319, is merely 



saturata. 



