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iETHOPYGA SANGI7IN1PECTUS. 



(BURMESE YELLOW-BACKED SUN-BIRD.) 



JEthopyga sanguinipectus, Walden, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1875, p. 400; Hume, Str. F. 



1875, p. 402. 

 jEthopyga waldeni, Hume, Str. F. 1877, p. 51. 



<3 ad. smrilis AH. saturate, sed colli lateribus omnino rubris interscapulio concoloribus, vitta flava uropygiali 

 latiore, gutture toto metallice violaceo, mento medialiter tan turn nigro, vitta jugulari lata nigra ad 

 latera preepectoris decurrente, praepectore pallide flavo distincte scarlatino notato, corpore reliquo subtias 

 flavo pallidiore quam in JE. saturatd diversus. 



2 ad. similis JE. saturates 2 , sed minus flavescens, et pileo colloque posticis gulaque cinerascenti adumbratis. 



Hab. in terra Burmanensi. 



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

 upper back, sides of the neck, and greater portion of the scapulars very dark red; wing-coverts ami 

 ends of the scapulars black ; quills dark brown faintly edged with olive ; lower back crossed by a narrow 

 pale-yellow band; lowest portion of the back 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 ; centre of the chin black ; entire throat and sides of the chin lilac-shaded steel-blue ; a broad 

 black band across the crop, at the base of the metallic throat, extends for some distance down each side 

 of the chest ; front half of the chest pale yellow distinctly mottled with scarlet ; remainder of the breast, 

 abdomen, and under tail-coverts pale yellowish olive ; under surface of the wings dark brown, with the 

 inner margins of the quills and the coverts white ; bill black ; irides and legs dark brown. Total length 

 5'55 inches, culmen 0'7, wing 2'2, tail 3'2, tarsus 0"6. 



Adult Female. Upper half of the head and back of the neck olive-shaded ashy brown, with the centres of 

 the feathers rather darker ; back, scapulars, least and median series of wing-coverts, and the upper tail- 

 coverts olive-green; remainder of the wings dark brown, with the greater series of coverts and the 

 quills broadly edged with yellowish olive ; across the lower back a band of very pale olive-tinted yellow ; 

 tail brownish black, the feathers edged with olive, and most of them with whitish tips, broadest on the 

 outer ones ; on the sides of the head a small black patch in front of the eyes, beneath which is a nearly 

 white loral band ; chin and throat pale dusky olive ; chest more olive ; lower breast, abdomen, and 

 under tail-coverts very pale olive-yellow ; thighs brown, flanks nearly white ; under surface of the 

 wings dark brown, with the inner margins of the quills and the coverts white, the latter tinted with 

 yellow on the edge of the wing; bill, upper mandible black, lower one dark horny brown; irides deep 

 brown; legs reddish brown. Total length 3 - 75 inches, culmen 0'7, wing 1*8, tail 12, tarsus 0"55. 



Hab. Burmah. 



Tiie present species is the Burmese local representative of the common Indian 2E. saturate/,. 

 From that bird it is distinguished by having the sides of the neck deep red, the entire throat 



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