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Female.--Similar to the female of Æ. bonita, but the head somewhat darker and the bill shorter. Wing, 41; tail, 21.5; culmen from base, 14.5; bill from nostril, 11.5; tarsus, 11.5.

660. ÆTHOPYGA RUBRINOTA McGregor.

RED-SPOTTED SUNBIRD.

Æthopyga rubrinota McGregor, Bur. Govt. laboratories (1905), 25, 30; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 98.

Pi-rit, Lubang.

Lubang (McGregor).

Male.--Very similar to the male of Æ. flavipectus, but the breast paler yellow. Length, about 96; wing, 42; tail, 39; culmen from base, 14.5; bill from nostril, 11.5; tarsus, 13.5.

Female.--Similar to the female of Æ. flavipectus. Wing, 41.5; tail, 20; culmen from base, 14; bill from nostril, 11; tarsus, 12.5.

Genus EUDREPANIS Sharpe, 1877.

This genus is very similar to Æthopyga, but the tail is short in both sexes; from Cinnyris it differs in having no metallic colors on the chin and throat.

Species.

a1. Chin, throat, and breast bright yellow (males).

b1. Chin, throat, and breast bright lemon-yellow; more red on the breast.

c1. Secondaries edged with metallic green ... jefferyi (p. 651) c2. Secondaries edged with dull olive-green ... pulcherrima (p. 650)

b2. Chin, throat, and breast pale sulphur-yellow; less red on the breast. ... decorosa (p. 651)

a2. Chin and throat gray; breast washed with greenish yellow; no red on the breast (females).

b1. Rump bright lemon-yellow ... jefferyi (p. 651); pulcherrima (p. 650) b2. Rump pale sulphur-yellow ... decorosa (p. 651)

661. EUDREPANIS PULCHERRIMA (Sharpe).

MINDANAO SUNBIRD.

Æthopyga pulcherrima Sharpe, Nature (1876), 14, 297; Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1884), 9, 31. Eudrepanis pulcherrima Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. 2d. ser. Zool. (1877), 1, 341; Shelley, Monogr. Nectarin. pt. 3 (1877), 83, pl. 28; Grant and Whitehead, Ibis (1898), 242 (eggs); Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 229; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 99. Æthopyga dubia Tweeddale, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1878), 112.

Basilan (Steere, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Dinagat (Everett); Leyte (Steere Exp., Whitehead); Mindanao (Celestino); Samar (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead).

Male.--Forehead and crown to opposite center of eye metallic french-blue; hind crown, sides of neck, and back olive-green; lower back and rump lemon-yellow; a patch above ear-coverts metallic greenish blue; lores, cheeks, and jaw dull black; under parts rich lemon-yellow becoming much paler on lower abdomen, flanks, and crissum; a large scarlet patch on chest partly broken up by the yellow tips of the feathers; wing-quills blackish brown, externally edged with olive-green and on inner webs with white; secondary-coverts black, broadly tipped with rich metallic green; alula and primary-coverts black, narrowly edged or tipped with metallic green; upper tail-coverts and middle pair of rectrices rich metallic green, the other rectrices black, edged with metallic green; lining of wing white. A male from Basilan measures: Length, 89; wing, 45; tail, 23.5; culmen from base, 19; bill from nostril, 15; tarsus, 14.

"Female.--Without any metallic colors; upper parts olive, inclining to ashy brown on the crown and sides of the head; tail dark brown, washed with olive, tipped with white; under wing-coverts and inner edge of quills white; rest of under parts dingy yellowish. Wing, 46; tail, 25; tarsus, 14." (Gadow.)

"Three male birds average: Length, 95; wing, 48; tail, 23; culmen, 21; tarsus, 14; middle toe with claw, 13. Two females, length, 85; wing, 43; tail, 23; culmen, 21; tarsus, 13; middle toe with claw, 12. Iris brownish red; legs, feet, and nails black; bill black. Birds from Basilan, however, have legs and feet brown. Food insects." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

Whitehead collected three slightly incubated eggs of this short-tailed sunbird near Paranas, Samar, on July 26, 1896. They are described as follows: "Shape ovate. Ground-color dull pink, rather thickly mottled all over with pinkish gray, especially towards the larger end, the markings forming a rather distinct zone round the pole. The over-markings are small rounded spots and dots of deep vandyke-brown. Measurements 15 mm. by 12 mm. Nest attached to the under side of a climbing fern about 8 feet [2.4 meters] from the ground." (Grant and Whitehead.)

662. EUDREPANIS JEFFERYI Grant.

LUZON SUNBIRD.

Eudrepanis jefferyi Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn, Club (1894), 3, 1; Ibis (1895), 111, pl. 5, fig. 2; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 229 (nest, feeding habits); McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 99.