136 NECTARININZ. 
(except the outermost pair), metallic-green ; throat, neck, and 
breast, scarlet; a stripe on each side from the chin to the breast, 
shining violet ; ear-spot also violet ; wings, lateral tail-feathers, 
sides of the lower part of the back, and a band below the breast, 
dusky ; abdomen grey. 
The female is greenish-olive above; wings and tail darker, 
lighter beneath, . zd <bovire Th8 
The Violet-eared Red Honey Sucker only occurs within our 
limits on the Sahyadri Range and in the adjacent forests as far 
north as Khandalla, where it is a not uncommon permanent 
resident, 
Genus, Leptocoma (Cinnyris) Cabanis. 
Tail square or nearly so; bill moderately curved, most of 
small size, ¢ { : 
Cinnyris zeylonica, Lin. 
232.—Leptocoma zeylonica, Lin.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. I, 
-p. 868; Butler, Deccan ; Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 390, 
THE AMETHYST-RUMPED HONEY SUCKER. 
Length, 4°5; wing, 22; tail, 1:5; bill in front, 0°63, 
Trides bright ruby-red ; bill and legs black, 
Head above and angle of the wing bright metallic glossy-green ; 
back, scapulars and wing-coverts, deep maroon-red ; wings dusky- 
brown, the quill edged with cinnamon-brown ; tail black ; throat, 
neck, rump, and upper tail-coverts fine metallic amethystine-pur- 
ple; the rest of the body beneath yellow, divided from the 
amethyst of the neck by a narrow maroon bar. 
The female is dull green above, witha slight tinge of rufous ; 
the quills edged with pale brown; the tail dusky-black ; under 
parts pale yellow, albescent on throat and foreneck. 
' Young males resemble the females, but have the throat more 
ellow. 
E The Amethyst-rumped Honey Sucker is a permanent resident 
in the Deccan, where.it is not uncommon ; it does not occur else- 
where within our region. 
Cinnyris minima, Sykes. } 
233.—Leptocoma minima, Sykes.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. I, 
p. 869; Butler, Deccan ; Stray Feathers, Vol. LX, p. 380. 
THe Tiny Honey SUCKER, 
Length, 3°5 to 3°75; expanse, 5:25 to 5°75; wing, 1°8 ; tail, 1 to 
1:2 ; tarsus, 0°5 ; bill at front, 0°65. 
Head and nape fine metallic-green ; back, scapulars, and wing- 
coverts, rich bright sanguine-red ; rump the same, but with a fine 
violet or amethystine gloss; wings and tail dusky-brown ; throat 
and neck fine amethystine ; the rest of the lower parts yellow. 
The female is olive brown above, with a red rump, and pale 
yellow beneath, id 
