^THOPYGA. 221 



725. ^Ethopyga saturata (Hodgs), Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 103 ; 

 Jerd., B. Ind. i. p. 367, No. 23 1 ; Walden, Ibis, 1870, p. 36 ; Jerd., Ibis, 1872, 

 p. 17 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B. p. 147 ; Shelley, Monog. Nect. p. 33, 

 pi. II ; Gadow, Cat. B. Br. Mus, ix. p. 15. Cinnyris saturata, Hodgs., Ind. 

 Rev. ii. p. 273; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xi. p. 192. Cinnyris assamensis, 

 McClelland, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 157. Nectarinia saturata, Hodgs., J.A. S. B. 

 xii. p. 976; Blyth, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. xx. p. 316; Gould, B. Asia, 

 p. !. The BLACK-BREASTED HONEYSUCKER. 



Crown, occiput, nape, moustache, neck streak, sides of the throat, upper 

 tail coverts and the central feathers of the tail brilliant metallic violet or steel 

 blue ; throat, breast, belly in front, lores, ear coverts, sides of the neck, wing 

 coverts, rump and tail feathers, except the central ones, deep sooty black; 

 scapulars and inter-scapulars dark maroon ; rump and lower back with a 

 faint trace of yellow on the feathers, forming as it were a narrow band across 

 the rump ; flanks, lower abdomen and under tail coverts dull olive yellow ; 

 axillaries yellowish ; edge of wing black ; under wing coverts white ; the 

 fluffy pectoral tufts very pale, almost white. Bill black ; legs dark brown ; irides 

 dark brown. 



Length. -6 inches ; wing 2*10 to 3*0; tail 2-8 to 3-3 ; tarsus O'6 ; culmen 

 0-85. 



The female is dull green above and below, with an ashy tinge on the chin ; 

 throat and breast rather fulvescent on the vent and under tail coverts ; a pale 

 yellowish band across the rump. 



Hab.S.-E. Himalayas to Sikkim, Assam and Bhootan. Has been found 

 in Nepaul, Darjeeling and Somgurh. In Sikkim it is common from 3,000 

 to 5,000 feet of elevation. 



726. .ZEthOpyga Vigorsii (Sylces), Reichb. Handl. Scansorice, 

 p. 303, No. 707, pi. 586, figs. 39, 79-81 ; Jerd., B. Ind. i., p. 363, No. 226 ; 



Walden, Ibis, 1870, p. 36; Fair dank, Sfr. F. 1876, p. 255 ; Shelley, Monog. 

 Nectarinia, pi. 71, p. 23 ; Gadow, Cat. B. Br.Mus.ix, p. 18. Cinnyris 

 Vigorsii, Sykes,P. Z. S. 1832, p. 98; id., J. A. S.B.iii. p. 542 (1834); 

 J-erd. y Mad. Journ. ix. p. 227 ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. iii. p. 543. Nectarinia 

 Vigorsii, Gould, B. Asia, part 2, pi. 26 (1850). The VIOLET-EARED RED- 



HONEYSUCKER. 



Anterior half of crown, upper tail coverts and outer web of inner tail feathers, 

 also the middle tail feathers, except the outermost pair, metallic green ; nape, 

 hindneck above shoulders and scapulars a deep sanguineous ; a patch on the 

 ear coverts and moustachial streak metallic blue, under certain lights ; back 

 and rump yellow ; foreneck and chest crimson red, mottled with yellow ; ear 

 coverts and wings blackish brown, also part of the nape ; edge of wing and 

 centre of breast dusky brown ; under wing coverts and under edge of 

 quills white ; rest of under parts ashy grey. Bill black ; irides dark brown. 



