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zETHOPYGA MYSTACALIS. 



(JAVAN RED SUN-BIRD.) 



Nectarinia mystacalis, Temm. PI. Col. 126, fig. 3 (1823) ; Drapiez, Diet. Class, xv, p. 513 



(1829) ; S. Miill. & Schl. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Aves, p. 54, pi. 9, fig. 1 (1846) ; Schl. Handb. 



Dierk. p. 256 (1857) ; Ball, Str. F. 1874, p. 334. 

 Cinnyris mystacalis, Less. Man. d'Orn. ii, p. 37 (1828) ; id. Traite d'Ora. i, p. 296, no. 22 



(1831). " 

 i.Mthopyga siparaja, Beichb. Handb. Scansoriae, p. 301, no. 704, pi. 584, figs. 3971-72 



(1854). 

 JEthopyga mystacalis, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 56 (1854). 

 sEthopyga lodoisice, Salvad. Ibis, 1865, p. 548 ; id. Ibis, 1871, p. 248. 

 Pro?neroj)s siparaja (pt.), Gray, Hand-1. B. i, p. 109, no. 1339 (1869). 



cj ad. supra ruber, macula frontali, superciliis et facie laterali coccineis : fronte et vertice metallice lilacinis : 

 plaga anteoculari nigra. : tectricibus minimis et medianis dorso concoloribus : majoribus remigibusque 

 brunneis, extiis olivaceo limbatis : uropygio lsete sulfureo : supracaudalibus metallice violaceis : rectri- 

 cibus nigris pallidiiis apicatis, metallice violaceo limbatis, duabus centralibus flavo colore lavatis : 

 gutture toto et prjepectore lsete coccineis, flavo striolatis, vitta angusta mediana gulari flava : vitta. 

 utrinque mystacali metallice chalybea violaceo nitente : corpore reliquo subtus cineraceo, crisso et 

 subcaudalibus flavo lavatis : corporis lateribus albicantibus : subalaribus et remigum margine interno 

 albis : rostrOj pedibus et iride saturate brunneis. 



Hab. in insula sondaica, " Java" dicta. 



Adult Male. Upper parts deep glossy blood-red ; centre of the forehead, sides of the crown, cheeks, and 

 ear-coverts carmine-red; remainder of the forehead and crown metallic violet; in front of the eyes a 

 triangular patch of black feathers ; wings dark brown, the least and median series of coverts red like 

 the back, the greater series of coverts and the quills edged with olive; lower back sulphur-yellow; 

 upper tail-coverts metallic violet; tail black, with two thirds of the centre feathers and the margins 

 of the others metallic violet, and with sbghtly paler ends to all but the centre feathers ; chin, throat, 

 and front of the breast carmine-red, very finely streaked with pale yellow, excepting down the centre 

 of the upper half of the throat, where there is a broader and well-marked yellow streak ; moustachial 

 band uniform steel-blue, shaded with violet ; remainder of the underparts grey, tinted with yellow on 

 the abdomen, thighs, and under tail-coverts, and fading into white on the sides of the body; under 

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

 irides dark brown. Total length 5 - 2 inches, culmen 0"55, wing 1"95, tail 2'4, tarsus 0"55. 



Hab. Java. 



This fine species of Sun-bird approaches JE. siparaja in the general colouring of its plumage, but 

 may be readily known from that bird by the following characters, viz.: — A few feathers on the 

 centre of the forehead and the sides of the crown or eyebrows red, and the abdomen pale silvery 



