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cept the primary series, narrowly margined externally with citrine ; 

 center of chin, throat, and jiigulum, raisin black; sides of chin, throat, 

 and jugulum, with lores and anterior part of cheeks, metallic indigo 

 blue; remainder of sides of head and sides of neck, citrine; a nar- 

 row somewhat broken line across the breast at the posterior edge of 

 the raisin black jugulum, prout's brown; pectoral tufts cadmium 

 yellow; breast and abdomen, chrome yellow; lower tail-coverts be- 

 tween wax yellow and primuline yellow; sides of body and thighs 

 wax yellow ; lining of wing white washed with baryta yellow ; " bill 

 and feet black." 



Of the three adult males from Pulo Taya, the one chosen as the 

 type is somewhat the dullest and least golden above; otherwise the 

 individual difference is but slight. Doctor Abbott says that the 

 species was tolerably common on Pulo Taya, where it frequents the 

 jungle. So far as known, this new subspecies is confined to this 

 island. Measurements of four adults are as follows : 



Measurements of specimens of Cinnyris ornata microleuca. 



a Measured in the flesh by the collGCtor. 



b Type. 



