^ETHOPYGA. 227 



centre ot back, scapulars and least wing coverts crimson or blood red ; rump 

 yellpw; upper tail coverts rich purple or violet ; basal three-fourths of the central 



. te.il feathers bright purple ; terminal fourth brown ; rest of tail feathers brown 

 *orblackish with large white tips, and tinged with purplish on their outer webs ; 



v wings and greater coverts dark brown, externally edged with yellowish brown 

 or olive ; lower plumage bright yellow, the breast more or less streaked with 

 crimson ; sides of the breast crimson ; under wing coverts pale yellow, white 

 in some. The adult female is like that of JE. nipalensis but with the rump 

 yellow. Bill black ; legs brown ; irides brown. 



flab. The whole range of the Himalayas as far as the Sutlej ; found in the 

 hill tracts of Eastern Bengal, Tipperah, Chittagong ; and, according to Blyth,. 

 Arrakan. Assam, Simla, Kumaon, Sikkim, and Khatee are also given as. 

 loealities"!\vhere it has been found. 



732. JEthopyga dabryi (J. Verr.), Dav. and Oust., Ois. Chine, 



p. 80, pi. ii. (1871); Anderson, Zool. Exp. Yunnan, Aves, p. 663; Hume 



and Damson, Str. F. 1878, p. 180; Shelley, Monog. Nect. p. 39, pi. 13; 



Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 89; Oates, B. Br. Mus. i. p. 314; Gadow, Cat. B. 



Br. Mus. ix. p. 28.- Nectarinia Dabryi, J. Verr., Rev. et. Mag. Zool. 1867, 



v p. 173, pi. ^5. jEthopyga debrii, Wald., Ibis, 1870, p. 35; if. in Blyitts 



B\ Burmah, p. 141. DABRY'S SCARLET HONKYSUCKER. 



Forehead, crown, chin, throat and ear coverts metallic purple or lilac,, 

 according to the light ; nape, sides of the crown,, feathers round the eye, sides 

 of the. neck, back, scapulars and lesser wing coverts deep crimson ; rump, 

 bright yellow ; upper tail coverts and basal two-thirds of the central tail 

 fe"athers metallic purple ; remainder of the tail black, the outer three pairs* 

 of feathers tipped with dull white ; greater coverts and quills brown, edged 

 with yellowish green or olive ; breast scarlet, with a patch of metallic purple 

 on either side ; abdomen, vent, sides of the body and under tail coverts yellow,, 

 slightly tinged with dusky ; under wing coverts and axillaries whitish. 



The female has -the upper plumage olive green, the feathers of the crown 

 with dark brown centres ; rump pale yellow ; tail brown, edged narrowly with 

 olive green, the three outer pairs of feathers tipped with dull white \ quills 

 brown, edged with dull greenish yellow, the whole lower plumage dull pale 

 green. Legs dark horny brown ; bill dusky black ;. irides deep brown ; iris, 

 bill and legs brown. 



Length. 57 inches; wing 2*2 to 2*3; tail 2'6; tarsus 0-55; bill from 

 gape -7. 



Hab. British Burmah, Kachyin hills east of Bhamo on the borders of 



China and Karenne at an elevation of 4,000 feet ; also the higher portions of 



Mooleyit in Tenasserim. Its habits are quite the same as the other species of 

 Sun-birds ; frequents large flowering trees. 



