314 BIRDS OF BEITISH BUEMAH. 
Length o£ male 5*5 inclies, tail 2'7, wing 2'1, tarsus 'S^bill from gape -8. 
The female is smaller; wing 1*8 inches, tail I'l. 
The description of the male is taken from birds procured in Karennee 
by Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay. I have not been able to examine a female 
specimen. 
jE. saturata, a near ally of the present species,, may be recognized by its 
black breast. The females of the two species are probably undistinguishable 
from each other. 
The Burmese Yellow-backed Sun-bird was discovered by Capt. Wardlaw 
Ramsay on the Karennee hills. He procured specimens at elevations 
varying from 2500 to 3000 feet. Mr. Davison subsequently observed it on 
the higher portions of Mooleyit mountain in Tenasserim. It has not yet 
been procured elsewhere in Burmah. 
According to Mr, Davison the habits of this bird are very similar to those 
of the other birds of the genus. 
298. .ffiTHOPYGA DABRYI. 
DABRY^S SCARLET SUN-BIRD. 
Nectarinia dabryii, Verr. Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1867, p. 173, pi. 15. ^thopyga 
debrii, Wald. Ibis, 1870, p. 35 ; Sclater, Ibis, 1870, p. 296 ; Wald. in Bl. B. 
Burnt, p. 141. ^ffithopyga dabryi, David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 80, pi. 11 ; 
Shelley, Mon. Nect. pp. xxi, 39, pi. 13 ; Anders. Yunnan Exped. p. 663 ; Hume 
^ Bav. S. F. vi. p. 180 ) Hume, S. F. viii. p. 89. 
Description. — Male. Forehead, crown, chin, throat and ear-coverts 
metallic purple or lilac according to the light ; the nape, sides of the crown, 
feathers round the eye, sides of the neck, back, scapulars and lesser wing- 
coverts deep crimson ; rump bright yellow ; upper tail-coverts and basal two 
thirds of the central tail-feathers metallic purple ; remainder of the tail 
black, the outer three pairs of feathers tipped with dull white; greater 
coverts and quills brown, edged with yellowish green ; breast scarlet with 
a patch of metallic purple on either side ; abdomen, vent, sides of the body 
and under tail-coverts yellow, tinged with dusky ; under wing-coverts and 
axillaries whitish. 
The female has the upper plumage olive-green, the feathers of the crown 
with dark brown centres ; rump pale yellow ; tail brown, edged narrowly 
with olive- green and the three outer pairs of feathers tipped with dull 
whitish ; quills brown, edged with dull greenish yellow ; the whole lower 
plumage dull pale green. 
Legs and feet dark horny brown ; bill dusky black ; irides deep brown. 
[Davison.) Iris, bill and legs brown. [Wardlaw Ramsay.) 
Length 5*7 inches, tail 2*6, wing 2*2, tarsus '55, bill from gape The 
