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olive-green, the lateral feathers broadly tipped with whitish ; quills 

 brown edged with green ; the whole lower plumage yellowish green. 



Bill blackish brown ; iris reddish chocolate-brown ; tarsus deep 

 brown ; toes a little paler (Hume). 



Male: length about 6; tail 3; wing 2-1 ; tarsus *55 ; bill from 

 gape -7. Female : tail 1-4 ; wing 2 ; bill from gape -65. 



Distribution. The Himalayas from the Sutlej valley to Sikhim, 

 up to 10,000 feet ; the Khasi hills ; the JNaga hills ; Manipur ; 

 Arrakan. This last locality I give on the authority of Blyth. Hume 

 gives this species from Hill Tipperah and Chittagong, but there 

 are no specimens in his collection from these localities. 



889. JEthopyga dabryi. Dairy's Yellow-backed Sun-bird. 



Nectarinia dabryii, J. Verr. Rev. et Mag. Zool 1807, p. 173. pi. 15. 



^thopyga debrii (J. Verr.), Wald. Ibis, 1870, p. 35. 



^Ethopyga dabryi (J. Verr.), Shelley, Mon. Nect. pp. xx, xxi, 39, pi. 13 ; 



Anders. Yunnan Exped., Aves, p. 662 ; Hume fy Dav. S. _F. vi, 



p. 180 ; Hume, Cat. no. 227 bis ; Gadow, Cat. B. M. ix, p. 28 ; 



Oates, B. B. i, p. 314 ; Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) vii, 



p. 395. 



Coloration. Male. Forehead, crown, chin, throat, and upper part 

 of ear-coverts metallic purple or lilac according to the light ; the 

 nape, sides of the crown, feathers round the eye, sides of the neck, 

 back, scapulars, and lesser and median wing-coverts deep crimson ; 

 rump bright yellow ; upper tail-coverts and broad margins to basal 

 two thirds of the middle tail-feathers 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 ; 

 breast scarlet, with a patch of metallic purple on either side ; abdo- 

 men, vent, sides of the body, and under tail-coverts yellow, tinged 

 with dusky ; under wing-coverts and axillaries pale yellow. 



Female. Upper plumage olive-green ; the feathers of the crown 

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

 narrowly with olive-green and the three outer pairs of feathers 

 tipped with dull whitish ; quills brown, edged with dull greenish 

 yellow ; the whole lower plumage dull pale green. 



Legs and feet dark horny brown ; bill dusky black ; irides deep 

 brown (Davison). Iris, bill, and legs brown (Wardlaw Ramsay). 



Male : length 5*7 ; tail 2'6 ; wing 2-2 ; tarsus -55 ; bill from 

 gape *7. Female : length 3'5 ; tail 1/3 ; wing 1'75. 



Distribution. The higher portions of Muleyit mountain in Ten- 

 asserim ; the Karen hills east of Toungngoo ; Kareunee ; the hills 

 east of Bhamo, extending into South-western China. Hume is 

 certain that he observed this species in Manipur, but he failed to 

 obtain a specimen. This Sun-bird appears to be a hill-species and 

 to be found only above 4000 feet. 



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