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jETHOPYGA SATUKATA. 



(BLACK-BREASTED YELLOW-BACKED SUN-BIRD.) 



Cinnyris saturates, Hodgs. Ind. Rev. ii. p. 273 (1837); Blyth, J. A. S. B. xi. p. 192 (1842); 



Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. 1814, p. 82. 

 Cinnyris assamensis, McClelland, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 167. 

 Nectarinia hodgsonis, Jard. Monogr. Sun-birds, pp. 240, 269, pi. 28 (1812). 

 Nectarinia hodgsoni, Gray, Cat. Mamm. & Birds, Nepal, p. 59 (1846) ; id. Gen. B. i. p. 98 



(1847). 

 Nectarinia saturata, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. xii. p. 976 (1843) ; Blyth, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 



xx. p. 316 (1847); id. Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 224. no. 1359 (1849); Bp. Consp. Av. i. 



p. 405. no. 14 (1850); Gould, B. Asia, part 19 (1867). 

 JEthopyga saturata, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 103, note (1850) ; Reichb. Handb. Scansorise, 



p. 304. no. 710, pi. 587. fig. 3986 (1854); Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. ii. p. 735. 



no. 1071 (1S56); Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 367(1862); Beavan, Ibis, 1865, p. 414; Bulger, 



Ibis, 1869, p. 159; Walden, Ibis, 1870, p. 36; Jerd. Ibis, 1872, p. 17; Hume, Nests & 



Eggs Ind. B. p. 147 (1873). 

 Promerojys saturata, Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 110. no. 1345 (1869). 



tf ad. pileo summo, collo postico, uropygio et supracaudalibus chalybeis : capitis collique lateribus nigris : 

 interscapulio saturate rabro, ut et plurais colli lateralis quibusdam niarginaliter rubris : alis brunne- 

 scenti-nigris, remigibus vix olivaceo limbatis : dorso postico nigro, vitta uropygiali flava : cauda nigra, 

 rectricibus centralibus plerumque chalybeis, reliquis chalybeo marginatis : mento, gutture et prsepectore 

 nigris, vitta mystacali chalybea, infra dilatata et fere torquem jugularem formante : abdomine, hypo- 

 cliondriis et subcaudalibus flavis : axillaribus albis. 



9 ad. supra olivascenti-flava, tectricibus minimis et medianis dorso concoloribus : ala reliqua. caudaque saturate 

 brunneis, pennis olivaceo limbatis, rectricibus externis pallidius terminatis : vitta uropygiali lata pallide 

 flava : subtiis pallide olivascenti-flava, hypocbondriis albicantibus : axillaribus albis. 



Hab. in montibus Himalayanis et in terra, Assamica. 



Adult Male. Forehead, crown, and back of the neck violet-shaded steel-blue ; sides of the head and neck 

 black, the latter with a few of the feathers towards the base margined with very dark red ; upper back 

 and the greater portion of the scapulars very dark red; wing-coverts and the ends of the scapulars 

 black; quills dark brown, faintly edged with olive-brown; middle of the back black, with a narrow 

 pale yellow band across the lower part; the lower rump and the upper tail-coverts steel-blue like the 

 crown; tail black with the basal three quarters of the centre feathers and the margins of the others 

 violet-shaded steel-blue ; chin, throat, chest, and the centre of the upper portion of the abdomen black ; 

 a metallic violet-shaded steel-blue band extends from the sides of the chin down the full length of the 

 neck, widening out and almost joining on the lower throat ; sides of the lower breast, the abdomen, and 

 the under tail-coverts olive-yellow, fading into white on the axillaries ; under surface of the wings dark 



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