S05 



ANTHREPTES HYPOGRAMMICA. 



(BANDED SUN-BIRD.) 



Anthreptes macularia, Blyth, Journ. A. S. B. xi. p. 107 (1842, sine descr.). 



Nectarinia hypogrammica, S. Mull. Naturb. Gesch. Land- u. Volkenk. p. 173 (1843); Mull. 



& Schl. op. cit. Zool. Aves, p. 63. no. 14, pi. 8. fig. 3 (1846); Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 98 



(1847); Low, Sarawak, p. 410 (1848); Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 225. no. 1364 



(1849). 

 Anthreptes nuchalis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 980 (1843, December). 

 Nectarinia nuchalis, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 99 (1847). 

 Anthreptes hypogrammica, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 409. no. 2 (1850) ; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. 



Mus. E.I. Co. ii. p. 738. no. 1078 (1856-58); Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 461. no. 186. 

 Hypogramma nuchalis, Beichb. Handb. Scansorise, p. 314. no. 740, pi. 588. fig. 3992 (1854) ; 



Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, v. p. 172 (1874). 

 Arachnothera hypogrammica, Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 113. no. 1397 (1869). 

 Arachnechthra hypogrammica, Walden, Ibis, 1870, p. 30. 

 Arachnechthra macularia, Walden, Ibis, 1872, p. 381. 



<3 ad. supra olivascens, tectricibus alarum dorso concoloribus : torque collari postico, uropygio et supracau- 

 dalibus chalybeis : remigibus brunneis olivascenti-flavo limbatis : rectricibus saturate brunneis, flavido 

 limbatis, extimis albo terminatis : subtus pallide fiavus, plumis late saturate brunneo striatis, abdomine, 

 hypockondriis et subcaudalibus concoloribus olivascenti-flavis : rostro nigro : pedibus viridescenti- 

 brumieis : iride brunnea. 



2 ad. mari similis sed torque collari nullo, uropygio et supracaudalibus dorso concoloribus. 



Hab. in peninsula malaccensi et in insulis " Sumatra," " Borneo " dictis. 



Adult Male. Upper parts yellowisb olive, including the wing-coverts ; a collar on the back of the neck, the 

 lower back and upper tail-coverts steel-blue ; quills dark brown broadly margined with olive-yellow ; 

 tail dark brown, the feathers narrowly edged with olive-yellow, and some of the outer ones with white 

 tips ; underparts pale yellow inclining to white on the chin, and each feather with a broad olive-brown 

 band down the centre, causing the throat and breast to be boldly streaked ; abdomen, flanks, and under 

 tail-coverts uniform olive-yellow ; under surface of the wings dark brown, with the inner margins of 

 the quills and the coverts white, the latter shaded with yellow towards the edge of the wing; bill 

 black; legs greenish brown; irides brown. Total length 5 '6 inches, culmen 0'75, wing 2'6, tail 2*1, 

 tarsus - 65. 



Adult Female. Similar in plumage to the male, excepting that the entire upper parts are yellowish olive 

 with no metalhc plumes. Total length 5 inches, culmen 0*75, wing 2'4, tail l - 85, tarsus - 65. 



Hab. Malay peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. 



