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.ETHOPYGA EXIMIA. 



(KUHL'S YELLOW-BACKED SUN-BIRD.) 



Nectarinia eximia, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii, p. 168 (1820) ; Jard. Monogr. Sun-birds, 



p. 268 (1842); Gray, Gen. B. i, p. 98 (1847); Bp. Consp. At. i, p. 405, no. 16 (1850). 

 Nectarinia kuhli, Temm. PI. Col. pi. 376, figs. 1, 2 (1825) ; S. Mull. & Schl. Verhand. Zool. 



Aves, p. 56 (1846); Schl. Handb. Dierk. p. 256 (1857). 

 Cimiyris kuhlii, Less. Man. d'Orn. ii, p. 36 (1828). 

 Cinnyris eximia, Vig. Mem. Raffles, p. 673 (1830). 

 JEthopyga eximia, Cab. Mus. Hein. i, p. 103 (1850); Reichb. Handb. Scansoria?, p. 303, 



no. 709, pi. 587, figs. 3984-85 (1854); Bp. Comptes Rendus, xxxix, p. 265 (1854) ; Horsf. 



& Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. ii, p. 736 (1856); Walden, Ibis, 1870, p. 37. 

 Anthreptes eximia, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 56 (1854). 

 Promerops eximia, Gray, Hand-1. B. i, p. 109, no. 1340 (1869). 



J ad. supra olivascenti-flavus : fronte et vertice, supracaudalibus et rectricum nigrarum marginibus latis 

 metallice viridibus : uropygio lsete flavo : gutture toto et pectore rubris : fascia jugulari transversa 

 A -formi metallice violacea : corpore reliquo subtus sordide olivascente : subalaribus et corporis late- 

 rib us albis. 



2 ad. olivascenti-flava, capite magis sordidiore, viridescente : gula cinerascente : corporis lateribus albis. 



Hab. in insula " Java " dicta. 



Adult Male. Upper parts, as well as the sides of the head and neck, olive-yellow ; forehead and crown 

 metallic green ; in front of the eyes a triangular patch of black feathers ; wings dark brown, with the 

 least and median series of coverts and broad margins to the other feathers olive-yellow ; lower back 

 bright yellow ; upper tail-coverts metallic green ; tail black, with the basal half of the centre feathers 

 and the margins of the others metallic green ; chin, throat, and front of the chest red ; the middle of 

 the throat traversed by a metallic lilac band forming an angle directed upwards ; a broad, dusky olive 

 band down the centre of the breast; thighs and under tail-coverts the same colour, but rather paler; 

 sides of the body white ; under surface of the wings dark brown, with the inner margins of the quills 

 and the coverts white ; bill, upper mandible dark brown, lower one paler brown ; irides and legs dark 

 brown. Total length 5'2 inches, culmen OS, wing 2"3, tail 2 - 4, tarsus 0'6. 



Adult Female. Olive-yellow ; quills and tail-feathers dark brown, broadly edged with olive-yellow, the 

 latter having broad pale ends, barely perceptible, excepting from beneath ; chin and upper half of the 

 throat inclining to ashy grey ; sides of the body white. Total length 4 - 3 inches, culmen 07, wing 2-15, 

 tail 1"7, tarsus 0'65. 



Hab. Java. 



The following characters will readily distinguish this well-marked species. It has no metallic 

 moustachial stripe; the throat is red, traversed about halfway down by a A -shaped bar of 



