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J1TH0PYGA GOULDIJL 



(MRS. GOULD'S SUN-BIRD.) 



Cinnyris gouldice, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 44; Gould, Cent. Him. B. pi. 56 (1832); Blyth, 



J. A. S. B. xi. p. 192. no. 52 (1842). 

 Nectarinia gouldice, Jard. Monogr. Sun-birds, pp. 233, 269 (1842) ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii. 



p. 974 (1843) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 98 (1847) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 223. no. 1353 



(1849); Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 405. no. 10 (1850); Gould, B. Asia, pt. 19, pi. 6 (1867); 



Pelzeln, Ibis, 1868, p. 307. 

 JEthopyga gouldice, Cab. Mus. Hem. i. p. 103(1850); Reichb. Handb. Scansorise, p. 300. no. 701, 



pi. 583. figs. 3965-66(1854); Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. ii. p. 733. no. 1068 



(1856) ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 364 (1862) ; Beavan, Ibis, 1867, p. 142 ; id. Ibis, 1869, p. 419 ; 



Walden, Ibis, 1870, p. 35 ; Jerdon, Ibis, 1872, p. 16 ; Brooks, Str. F. 1875, p. 233. 

 Promerops gouldice, Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 110. no. 1346 (1869). 



6 ad. capite, collo, interscapulio et tectricibus alarum minimis sanguineis : fronte, vertice, mento gulaque, 

 macula auriculari et altera ad collum imum posita, chalybeo-violaceis : alis brunneis, olivaceo limbatis, 

 tectricibus alarum majoribus rubro lavatis : uropygio flavo : supracaudalibus violaceis chalybeo niten- 

 tibus : rectricibus nigris, duabus centralibus basin versus cbalybeo- violaceis, reliquis hoc colore extus 

 lavatis : corpore reliquo subtiis lsete flavo. 



2 similis feminse adulta? JElhopijga dabryi. 



6 juv. similis feminse adultse, sed subtiis minus olivaceus, pectore flavidiore. 



Hab. in montibus Himalayanis orientalibus. 



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

 least and median series of wing-coverts bright glossy blood-red ; a nearly black patch in front of the 

 eyes; a large spot of violet-shaded steel-blue on the ear-coverts, and another one of the same colour 

 on the side of the lower neck ; remainder of the wings dark brown, with the edges of the feathers 

 olive, shaded with red on the greater coverts ; lower back bright yellow, at times partially obscured by 

 a few loose downy olive feathers from the centre of the back; upper tail- coverts violet-shaded steel- 

 blue ; tail black, with the basal two thirds of the centre feathers and with the edges of the others violet 

 shaded steel-blue, some of the outer feathers with pale ends ; underparts bright yellow ; chin and throat 

 violet-shaded steel-blue ; abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts faintly tinted with olive ; under 

 surface of the wings dark brown, with the inner margins of the quills and the coverts white ; bill and 

 legs brownish black ; irides reddish brown. Total length 5'4 inches, culmen 0'6, wing 2'2, tail 3, 

 tarsus 0'55. 



Adult Female. Similar in plumage to that of AH. dabryi. 



Young Male (1st stage). Similar to adult female, but with the underparts less olive, and yellower on the 

 breast ; one red feather on the wing-coverts. 



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