THOPYGA. 349 



rootlets externally and line steins of flowering grasses internally. 

 The eggs, two or three in number, are white speckled with greyish 

 purple, and measure about -59 by -46. 



883. TEthopyga andersoni, n. sp. Anderson's Yellow-backed 

 Sun-bird. 



xEthopyga miles (Hodys.), apud Anderson, Yunnan Exped., Aves, 



p. 061. 

 -Ethopyga cara, Hume, apud Salvadori, Ann. Mus.Cic. Gen. (2) iv, 



p. 593. 



Coloration. Male. Differs from JE. seherice in having the fore- 

 head, crown, and the visible portions of the closed tail metallic lilac, 

 not green, and the tail measuring 2-4 inches. 



Female. Unknown. 



Distribution. There are three specimens of this species in the 

 British Museum two obtained by Dr. Anderson at JSawaddy east 

 of Bhiimo in January, and one obtained by my own collector at 

 Bhumo in November. All three are adult males and agree with 

 each other in the particulars pointed out above. 



884. JEthopyga cara, The Tenasserim Yellow-backed Sun-bird. 



^Ethopyga miles (Hodgs.), apud Wald. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 541 j Seavan, 



Ibis, 1869, p. 419. 

 ./Ethopyga cara, Hume, S. F. ii, p. 473, note (1874) ; HutneSf Davi- 



son, tf. /*'. vi, p. 179; Shelley, Mon. Nect. pp. xxi, xxiii, 63, pi. 21 ; 



Hume, Cat. no. 225 ter ; Bingham, S. F. ix, p. 170; Oates, B. B. i, 



p. 316 ; Gadow, Cat. B. M. ix, p. 19 ; Salvador}, Ann. Mus. Civ. 



G<>.n. (2) v, p. 690, vii, p. 68. 



Coloration. Male. Differs from the males of JE. seherice and 

 <dE. andersoni in having the crown tinged with violet and the nape 

 crimson, not brown ; the middle tail-feathers only "2 longer than 

 the next pair, whereas in JE. seherice these feathers are '7 longer 

 than the adjoining ones : the exposed portions of the closed tail 

 are metallic violet, not metallic green. 



Female. Differs from the female of <&. seherice in wanting the 

 pale yellow on the flanks, in having the tail 1*5 long, and in having 

 the outermost tail-feathers only '2 inch shorter than the middle 

 ones. 



Legs and feet dark chocolate-brown ; upper mandible black ; 

 lower mandible pale reddish brown ; iris dark brown ; mouth pale 

 salmon-colour. 



Male : length about 5 ; tail 2'1 ; wing 2'2 ; tarsus -5 ; bill from 

 gape *75. Female : length about 4*3 ; tail 1*5 ; wing 2. 



Distribution. Pegu east of the Irrawaddy river, from the sea up to 

 a few miles north of the town of Pegu ; Teuasserim from Toungngoo 

 down to Tenasserim town and the Thouugyeeu valley. The limits 



