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JJTHOPYGA DABETI. 



(DABRY'S SCARLET SUN-BIRD.) 



Neciarinia dabryii, J. Verr. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1867, p. 173, pi. 15. 

 Promero])s dabrii, Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 110. no. 1350 (1869). 

 JEtlwpyga debrii, Walden, Ibis, 1870, p. 35. 



JEthopyga dabrii, Sclater, Ibis, 1870, p. 296 ; Walden, Ibis, 1875, p. 463. 

 JEthopyga abrii, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 349. 



d ad. similis JE. gouldite, sed prsepectore kete scarlatiuo distinguendus. 



$ ad. supra olivascenti-viridis, pileo magis brunnescente : alis saturate brunneis, tectricibus alarum olivascenti- 

 viridi, remigibus flavicanti limbatis : dorso postico lsete fulvescente : rectricibus saturate brunneis, 

 olivascenti limbatis et albo apicatis, externis latius terminatis : subtus pallide olivascens, remigibus 

 subtus brunneis, intus albo margiuatis : subalaribus albidis : rostro et pedibus saturate brunneis. 



Hab. in China occidentali et in terra Burmanica montanensi. 



Adult Male. Head, neck, upper back, scapulars, and least and median series of wing-coverts bright blood- 

 red; forehead, crown, in front of the eyes, chin, throat, a patch on the ear-coverts, and another on the 

 sides of the lower neck rich lilac, shaded steel-blue ; lower back bright yellow, at times partially 

 obscured by a few loose downy feathers from the centre of the back ; upper tail-coverts steel-blue ; 

 remainder of the wings dark brown with brownish yellow edges to the feathers ; tail black, the feathers 

 edged with steel-blue, and the two centre ones almost entirely of that colour to within a short distance 

 of their tips, the three outer ones on each side with broad pale ends ; front of the breast rather brighter 

 and paler red than the back, passing gradually into yellow on the remainder of the under surface of the 

 body; under wing-coverts white; bill and legs dark brown; hides reddish brown. Total length 5 -5 

 inches, culmen - 6, wing 2\2, tail 3T, tarsus 0'55. 



Adult Female. Upper parts olive-green, rather browner on the head and neck ; wings dark brown, the 

 feathers broadly edged with olive-green, of a yellow shade on the quills ; a broad buff patch on the 

 lower back ; tail dark brown, the feathers edged with olive and tipped with white, most broadly towards 

 the outer feathers; underparts uniform, very pale olive; under surface of the wings dark brown, with 

 the inner margins of the quills and the coverts white; bill and legs dark brown. Total length 3'5 inches, 

 culmen 06, wing \'7 , tail T3, tarsus 0'55. 



Hab. Western China and Burmah. 



This beautiful and rare species is a native of the mountainous districts of South-western China 

 and the Burmese territory. It is closely allied in form and colour to the Himalayan 2E. gouldice, 

 from which bird it may be readily distinguished by the fore part of its breast being bright red, 

 and from all the other known members of this genus by the metallic-blue chin and throat. The 

 pale ending to the tail-feathers, mentioned by M. J. Verreaux as peculiar to this species, is a 



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