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iETHOPYGA VIGOESI. 



(VIGORS'S SUN-BIRD.) 



Cinnyris vigorsii, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 98 ; id. J. A. S. B. iii, p. 542 (1834) ; Jerd. Madras, 



Journ. xi, p. 227 (1840) ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. x, p. 925 (1841). 

 Cinnyris concolor, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 99 ; id. J. A. S. B. iii, p. 543 (1834). 

 Nectarinia vigorsii, Gould, B. Asia, part 2, pi. 26 (1850). 

 JSthopyga vigorsii, Reichb. Handb. Scansorise, p. 303, no. 707, pi. 586, figs. 39, 79-81 



(1854); Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. ii, p. 733, no. 1067(1856); Jerd. B. Ind. 



i, p. 363 (1862); Walden, Ibis, 1870, p. 33; Fairbank, Str. F. 1876, p. 255. 

 Promerops vigorsii, Gray, Hand-1. B. i, p. 110, no. 1348 (1869). 



6 ad. supra ruber, scapularibus et tectricibus alarum minimis dorso concoloribus : scapularibus imis, tectricibus 

 reliquis remigibusque brunneis, his pallide brunneo limbatis : uropygio flavo : supracaudalibus et rectri- 

 cibus duabus mediis metallice viridibus, reetricibus reliquis purpurascenti-nigris, metallice viridi vix 

 violascente marginatis : fronte et vertice metallice viridibus : pileo postico nuchaque purpurascenti- 

 brunneis : facie laterali sordide rubra, macula postauriculari metallice violaceil : gutture et pectore 

 scarlatinis flavo striatis : vitta mystacali distincta metallice violacea : corpore reliquo subtus cineraceo : 

 plumis infrapectoralibus nigricantibus vix torquem formantibus : tibiis brunneis : subalaribus albis, vix 

 brunnescenti lavatis : rostro nigro : pedibus nigris : iride saturate brunnea. 



2 ad. obscure viridescens vix olivaceo tincta, pileo magis cinerascente : ala bruniiei, tectricibus et remigibus 

 olivascenti-brunneo limbatis : reetricibus nigricantibus, extus olivaceo marginatis, ad apicem pallidio- 

 ribus, duabus centralibus vix purpureo nitentibus : subtus pallidius cinerascens, vix olivaceo lavata : 

 tibiis brunneis : subcaudalibus sordide albido marginatis : subalaribus et remigum pogonio interno 

 albis. 



Hab. in peninsula Indica occidentali. 



Adult Male. Forehead and greater portion of the crown metallic green ; occiput and nape dark brown ; 

 sides of the head and neck, upper back, greater portion of the scapulars, and the least series of wing- 

 coverts deep red ; remainder of the wings and some of the greater scapulars dusky brown ; lower back 

 bright yellow ; upper tail-coverts metallic green ; tail black, with the greater portion of the two centre 

 feathers and the margins of the others metallic green, often slightly shaded with violet ; on the sides 

 of the head a triangular patch of black feathers in front of the eye, and a metallic violet patch just- 

 behind the ear-coverts ; chin, throat, and crop blood-red, finely streaked with yellow ; a metallic violet 

 moustachial band ; remainder of the underparts ashy grey, with a few black feathers on the front of 

 the chest, and the thighs brown ; under surface of the wings dark brown, with the inner margins of 

 the quills brownish white and the coverts white ; bill black, shading into reddish brown on the lower 

 mandible; irides dark brown; legs black. Total length 5"5 inches, culmen - 8, wing 2 - 5, tail 2 - 3, 

 tarsus - 6. 



Adult Female. Ashy brown ; upper parts shaded with olive ; greater wing-coverts and quills brown, the 

 former narrowly edged with pale brown, the latter with olive- brown; tail brownish black, the feathers 



