34 Lord Walden on the Sun-birds 



Nectarinia mystacalis, Temm., PI. Col. livr. xxi. t. 126. f. 3, 

 S adult., "Java" (Aug. 2, 1823) ; S. Miiller & Sclil., Verb. Nat. 

 Gesch. Ned. Overz. Bez. Zool. Aves, p. 55, t. 9. f. 1, $ , nest and 



^.Nectarinia lathami, Jard., ojj. cit. pp. 233, 268, d" adult., 

 "India" (1842). 



? ^^thopyga eupogun, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 103, note, " Ma- 

 lacca, Borneo" (1850-51). 



Hab. Sumatra, Java, Borneo (Miiller); Pinang (Moore); Ban- 

 jermassing (Sclater). 



The specific title given by Sir S. Baffles is the name, according 

 to him, by which this species is known to the Malays; it means 

 "King- Sucker" {conf. Miiller, /. c. in note). No mention is 

 made by either Sir Stamford or Temminck of its possessing a 

 yellow lower-back, nor is this feature indicated in Temminck's 

 plate ; yet two Javan examples I have examined have the uropy- 

 gium yellow as in the rest of the genus. Whether identically the 

 &;ame species inhabits all the localities above cited has yet to be 

 shown. Baujermassing individuals are said to be doubtfully 

 distinct (Sclater, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 220). Dr. Cabanis unites Bor- 

 nean and Malaccan examples under the title quoted, and sepa- 

 rates them from Sumatran individuals of JE. siparaja. Banjer- 

 massing specimens which I have compared with Javan do not ex- 

 hibit the differences on which Dr. Cabanis (/. c.) relies : — "nicht 

 nur die Mitte der Stirn und des Scheitels, sondern die ganze Stirn 

 und dariiber hinaus violett blau glanzend." The types may have 

 come from some other part of Borneo. Malaccan examples I 

 have not seen. Dr. Salvadori (Ibis, 1865, p. 549) states that 

 both ^. siparaja and JE. eupogon want the yellow rump, but 

 does not state his authority. 



17. ^Ethopyga chalcopogon, Eeich., Handb. Spec. Orn. part 

 xi. p. 303, no. 708, t. 586. f. 3982-83, "Borneo" (Nov. 1,1853). 



Said, by its describer, to be closely allied to ^E. goalpariemis, 

 i. e. JE. miles. " The cap metallic green, but restricted to the fore 

 part of the head. Upper tail-coverts and moustache glistening 

 steel-blue. Middle tail-feathers edged with blue." The part 

 of Borneo whence it came is not mentioned. 



