138 DICZINEA. ~ 
Above, brilliantly glossed with metallic: green and purple; 
abdomen dull brewnish-black ; axillary tuft yellow and red; wings 
and tail black, the latter slightly glossed purple ; throat and breast 
rich purple ; a narrow bright maroon collar separates the purple of 
the breast from the back of the abdomen. . 
Within our limits, the Large Purple Honey Sucker only occurs 
on the Western Ghats and in the adjacent forests, also in the 
forests west of Belgaum and perhaps in the Konkan, but it is no- 
where common. ape 
Sus-FamiLy, Diceeine. 
Bill short, usually depressed at the base, thick in some; tail 
short ; wings rather long, of very small size. : 
Genus, Diceeum, Cuver. 
Bill short, broad at the base, suddenly compressed beyond, tip 
entire, culmen curved ; nostrils triangular ; wings lengthened, with 
nine primaries, the first three are about equal, the second slightly 
the longest ; tail short, even ; feet with the lateral toes unequal, 
the outer-toe a good deal syndactyle. 
Diceum erythrorhynchus, Lath. 
238.—D. minimum, Tickel.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol.. I, 
p. 874; Butler, Deccan ; Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 390. 
TICKELL’S FLOWER-PECKER. 
Length, 3:12; wing, 1°75 ; tail, 0 88; tarsus, 0°66 ; bill at front, 
0:38. 
Bill pale-fleshy ; tip dusky ; irides brown ; legs leaden-brown. | 
Above ashy-olive, paler and fulvescent beneath; wings and 
tail darker. 
Tickell’s Flower-pecker is locally common in many parts of 
the Deccan. At Belgaum, where it is very common, it breeds in the 
hot weather. It occurs along the Sahyadri Range as far north as 
Mahableshwar and has been procured at Ratnagiri. It has not 
been recorded from any other portion of our limits. 
Diceum concolor, Jerdon. 
239.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 375; Butler, Deccan ; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 391. 
THE NEILGHERRY FLOWER-PECKER. : 
Length, 42; wing, 271; tail, 11; tarsus, 0°; bill at front, 
0-4. 
~ Bill dusky-brown ; irides dark brown ; legs cinereous-brown. 
Above brownish-olive; beneath greenish-white; wings and 
tail brown; sexes alike. 
Occurs in the same localities as the last, but is somewhat 
rare. 
