i68 T. Bentham : A neiv species of Sun-Bird. [VOL. II, igo8.] 



Description — 



Forehead and crown dull lilac-grey, each feather with a dull 

 buff centre spot; nape, hind neck, chin and throat, metallic green; 

 sides of head dull black ; a broad whitish grey moustachial streak 

 on each side of the throat extending from the base of the bill to 

 the yellow of the breast and dividing the green of the throat from 

 the black of the side of the head. The rest of the plumage as in 

 M. nepalensis. 



I^ength 5"5"; tail 2°5" ; wing ti" ; tarsus "55"; bill from gape 

 •9". 



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