NECTARINltD/E. 
Aetbopyga nipalenst* (Hodgs,), Yellow-backed Sunbird. 
( Aetbopyga nipalensis nipalensis (Hodgs.), 
Cinnyris nipalensis Hodgson, Ind. Rev, ii„ 1837, p, 273 : Nepal. 
Dist r . — Extra-limital . ] 
Aethopyga nipalensis australis Rob, and Kloss. 
A elhopyga nipalensis australis Rohinson and Kloss, Bull. Brit. Om. 
Cl. xliv, 1923, p. 14 : Nakon Sritamarat, Peninsular Siam. 
Distr , — Peninsular Siam. 
Genus LEPTOCOMA Cahanis, 
Leptocoma brasiliana (Gmel.). 1 Van HasselPs Sun bird. 
Leptocoma brasiliana bras it Sana (Gme!.), 
Certhia brasiliana Ginelin, Syst. Nat. i, pt. i, 1788, p. 474 : Brasil 
error = Java ( Oherh 1912). 
N ectarinia hasseltii Temm.. PI. Col. 376, 1825: Java. 
Cinnyris ruber Less., Traite d’Orn. 1830, p, 20 6: Java. 
Cinnyris brasiliana hypolampis Oberh., Smiths. Misc. Col), lx, No. 7, 
e q 1 2 , p. ig ; South Pagi Island, West Sumatra. 
Distr. — Malay Peninsula; Tinman Island. 
Sumatra; Billiton; Banka; Rhio and Lingga Archipelagos; 
West Sumatran islands of Sibernt, Sipora and North and 
.South Pagi. 
Borneo, 
Java, 
Leptocoma brasiliana axantha (Oberh.). 
Cinnyris brasiliana axantha Oberholser, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 159, 
1932, p. 114 : Natuna Islands. 
Distr, — Natuna Islands, 
’’‘Leptocoma brasiliana eumecis (Oberh,). 
Cinnyris brasiliana eumecis Oberholser, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. 98, 
1917, p. 63 : Siantan Island, Anamba Islands. 
Dtsir. — Anamba Islands. 
*Leptocoma brasiliana mecynorhyncha (Oberh.). 
Cinnyris brasiliana mecynorhyncha Oberholser, Smiths. Misc. Coll, 
lx, no. 7, 1912, p. iq : Simalur Island, 
Distr. — Simalur Island, West Sumatra. 
^Leptocoma brasiliana oenopa (Oberh.). 
Cinnyris brasiliana oenopa Oberholser, Smiths. Misc. Coll, lx, no. 
", IQT2, p. t 8 : Nias Island, 
Distr. — Nias Island, West Sumatra. 
> Cf. Oberh., Bull. U.S. Nat, Mu?, 1 50, 1932, p. u6. 
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