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j;thopyga seheei^. 



(HIMALAYAN YELLOW-BACKED SUN-BIRD.) 



Goulpourah Creeper, Lath. Gen. Hist. B. iv, p. 221, pi. 74 (1822). 



Nectarinia seherice, Tickell, J. A. S. B. ii, p. 577, no. 37 (1833) ; Walden, Ibis, 1876, pp. 347, 

 348. 



Cinnyris miles, Hodgs. Ind. Rev. ii, p. 273 (1837); id. J. A. S. B. xxiv, p. 575 (1855). 



Certhia goalpariensis, Boyle, 111. Him. Bot. ii, p. 78, pi. 7, fig. 1 (1839). 



Cinnyris labecula, McClell. P. Z. S. 1839, p. 167. 



Cinnyris mystacalis (pt.), Blyth, J. A. S. B. xi, p. 107 (1842). 



Nectarinia goalpariensis, Jard. Monogr. Sun-birds, pp. 230, 267, pi. 26 (1842); Blyth, 

 J. A. S. B. xii, p. 969 (1843); Gray, Cat. Mamm. & Birds, Nepal, p. 59 (1846); id. Gen. 

 B. i, p. 98 (1847) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 223, no. 1351 (1849); Bp. Consp. Av. 

 i, p. 405, no. 8 (1850); Gould, B. Asia part 2, pi. 25 (1850). 



Nectarinia labecula, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii, p. 973 (1843); Gray, Gen. B. i, p. 98 (1847). 



JEthopyga miles, Cab. Mus. Hein. i, p. 103 (1850); Bp. Comptes Rendus, 1854, p. 265; 

 Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. ii, p. 732, no. 1066 (1856) ; Adams, P. Z. S. 1858, 

 p. 496; Jerd. B. Ind. i, p. 362 (1862); Bulger, Ibis, 1869, p. 159; Walden, Ibis, 1870, 

 p. 32; Godwin-Austin, J. A. S. B. xxxix, p. 98 (1870); Jerd. Ibis, 1872, p. 16; Ball, 

 Str. F. 1874, p. 396; Hume, Str. F. 1875, p. 233; Blyth & Walden, Cat. Mamm. & 

 Birds of Burma, p. 141, no. 491 (1875); Walden, Ibis, 1876, p. 348 ; Hume, Str. F. 

 1877, p. 28. 



JEthopyga goalpariensis, Cab. Mus. Hein. i, p. 103 (1850) ; Reichb. Handb. Scansoriee, p. 301, 

 no. 703, pi. 584, figs. 3968-70 (1854) ; Bp. Comptes Rendus, 1854, p. 265 ; Hume, Nests 

 and Eggs Ind. B. p. 146 (1873). 



Anthreptes goalpariensis, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 56 (1854). 



Promerops goalpariensis, Gray, Hand-1. B. i, p. 110, no. 1343 (1869). 



JEthopyga seherice, Hume, Str. F. 1877, p. 122. 



d ad. supra ruber, tectricibus alarum minimis et medianis dorso concoloribus : tectricibus majoribus saturate 

 brunneis, olivaceo limbatis, interioribus rubro marginatis : remigibus brunneis olivaceo marginatis : 

 fronte et vertice laete metallice viridibus : nucha et occipite olivaceis : uroypgio lsete flavo : supracau- 

 dalibus nitide metallice viridibus : remigibus duobus centralibus metallice viridibus versus apicem 

 nigris, reliquis nigris metallice viridi marginatis, vix violaceo lavatis : capitis lateribus dorso conco- 

 loribus : plaga anteoculari nigra : genis, gutture et pectore toto lsetissime sanguineis, vitta malari 

 metallice violacea : corpore reliquo subtus flavicanti-olivaceo : subalaribus et remigurn margine interno 

 albis : rostro nigro, mandibula rufescenti-brunnea, : pedibus et iride saturate brunneis. 



S ad. mari dissimilis : supra olivascenti-viridis, pileo magis cinerascente : tectricibus alarum minimis et 

 medianis dorso concoloribus : majoribus et remigibus saturate brunneis aurato-olivaceo marginatis : 



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