1870.] INDIAN AND AUSTEALIAN EEGIONS. 83 



Nectarinia phmiicura, Jard., Nat. Lib. xxxvi. pp. 242, 270, t. 29, c^ , ?, "Sylhct" (1842), 

 desc. orig. 



Cinnyris ephnecimis, Hodgs., J. E. Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 82, c^ , Nipaul, (1844), desc. nulla. 



Ilah. Eastern Himalayas from Nipaul to Bootan, Assam, Sylhet. Spring visitant at Dar- 

 jeeling (Jerdon). 



Hodgson (/. c.) states that this, together with the other Nipaulese Sun-birds, is not 

 migratory. Of all the j-Etltopjiqa?, the tail in this species attains the most extended dimensions, 

 measuring in some individuals nearly five inches. 



24. J^TIIOPYGA SATUEATA (Hodgs.), Ind. Rev. ii. p. 273, j, "Nipaul" (1837), descr, orig. 



Cinnyris assamensis, M'Clelland, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 167, 6 , "Assam," descr. orig. 

 Nectarinia hodgsoni, Jard., Nat. Lib. xxxvi. pp. 241, 209, t. 29, d , "Nipaul" (1842), 

 descr. orig. 



Ilab. South-eastern Himalayas, Assam, Sikim (Jerdon). 



25. ^THOPTGA CHRISTINA, Swinhoe, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 4th ser. iv. p. 436, " Moun- 

 tainous regions of Central Hainan" (1 Dec. 1869). (Plate I. fig. 1, in orig.) 



One of the most interesting of Mr. Swinhoe's recent discoveries in the Island of Hainan, ibis, 1S70. 

 A representative of yE. saturata, but perfectly distinct. P- "^"• 



26. ^THOPTGA EXiMiA (Horsf.), Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 108, d , adult., " Java " (1820). 

 Nectarinia Jculili, Temm. PL Col. livi-. 63, t. 376. f 1, 2, c? , ? , "Java" (Nov. 12, 1825). 



Ilah. Java (S. Miiller). 



This lovely bird appears to be peculiar to Java. It is an ^■Efhopyga, but what I may term 

 a transitional form. The prevailing character of the plumage in the male is what is found 

 existing in the females only of the other species. The chin, throat, and upper breast alone are 

 red. The metallic violet markings are confined to a throat-mark shaped like the letter V 

 reversed. It possesses the characteristic yellow lower-back of the group, and the metallic 

 occipital cap. The remainder of the plumage, including the wing-coverts, is dark olive. 

 S. Miiller gives an interesting account of this species, which lives at the height of from 8000 to 

 9000 feet among the mountains and in the extinct craters of Java. It breeds there during May 

 and June, and afterwards descends to the coffee-plantations, and is then to be found in the 

 enclosures of the inhabited districts. 



27. NECTAEOPniLA* ZETLONiCA (L.), S. N. ed. 12, i. p. 188, no. 23, s adult., " Zeylona " 

 (1766), descr. orig. 



Certhia Icpida, Sparrm., Mus. Carls, fasc. ii. t. 35, <S adult., patr. non indicata (1787), 

 descr. orig. 



* Eeiclien'bach (Nat. Syst. Suppl.) gives this generic title to the species of this group — Leptocoma, Cab. (1850-51) (_fide 

 Eeichenb.), having been previously employed in botnny. C. hraslUana, Gm., is the type. Links are wanting between 

 it and N. sjpcrata, and between N. sperata and N. zeylonica and N. mimina. 



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