HODGSON’S SUN-BIRD. 
Nectarinia Hodgsonis, Jardine. 
PLATE XXVIII. 
We have provisionally named this fine species after 
the individual who has done so much towards the 
elucidation of the Zoology of Nipaul, although he 
may himself have already applied a specific appel- 
lation to it in some of the scattered periodicals where 
he has detailed his discoveries. We possess only a 
single specimen, which is unfortunately somewhat 
mutilated ; at the same time, we believe our figure 
and description will be found to be tolerably cor- 
rect. 
The extreme length, to the tips of the longest 
tail-feathers, five inches and a half ; the length of 
the long feathers being about three. The crown and 
nape of the neck, with two narrow stripes or length- 
ened moustaches running from the base of the max- 
illa upon the sides of the neck, are of a very rich 
steel-blue, with violet purple and pink reflections. 
The lower part of the rump, upper tail-coverts, and 
centre tail-feathers, are of the same beautiful colours, 
the latter being broadened at their base, disconnected 
in their webs, and extended disproportionately be- 
