5. iETHOPYGA. 29 



rest of breast and flanks bright yellow, washed with olive on the 

 abdomen, flanks, and under tail-coverts. In all the other parts 

 exactly like ^. (jouJdice. 



Female. Like "that of ^. goiddice, but, to judge from the drawing 

 in Capt. Shelley's ' Monograph,' paler in general appearance. 



Hab. Western China and Burmah. 



a. tS ad. sk. Sheetee hills, Kachyin range, Dr. J. Anderson [C.]. 



Feb. 20, 1875. 



15. .aithopyga shelleyi. 



^thopyga shelleyi, Sharpe, Nature, ;3rd August, 1876, p. 297 ; id. Tr. 

 Linn. Soc. 2ud ser. Zool. i. p. 343 ; Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 621 ; 

 Shelley, Monogr. Neat. p. 75, pis. 24 & 29. fig. 1. 



Adult male. Crown, long monstachial stripe, upper tail-coverts, 

 aud central pair of tail-feathers, with the outer webs of the rest, 

 metallic — brilliant bluish green in position E, dark blue in position 

 C ; sides of head, neck, and centre of mantle dark red, each feather 

 with a narrow yellowish cross band between the red and the blackish 

 base ; wing-coverts, scapulars, and upper back olive-green ; wings 

 dark brown, edged with olive ; tail black ; lower back pale sulphur- 

 yellow ; the metallic monstachial stripe is separated on each side from 

 the yellow of the throat by a crimson-red stripe, beginning at the 

 chin ; underparts bright yellow, richest and mottled with red on 

 the throat, fore neck, and chest, paling into white on the under wing- 

 coverts aud sides of the breast. 



Female unknown. 



Oulmeu. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



iu. in. iu. in. 



cJ 064 1-8 ? 0-53 



cS 0-72 1-96 1-8* 0-6 



Hab. Island of Palawan, Philippines. 



a, b. S ad. sk. Palawan. Prof. Steere [C.]. 



16. JEthopyga bella. 



.^thopyga bella, Ticeeddcde, Ann. l^ Moff. Nat. Hist. xx. p. 537 

 (1877) ; id. P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 819, 829 ; Shellei/, Monogr. Ned. 

 p. 77, pi. 25. 



Closely allied to ^. shelleyi ; but the nape is olive-brown, the 

 metallic parts of the crown and moi;stache are of a more pronounced 

 green ; a metallic purple-blue patch on the ear-coverts ; lower 

 breast, abdomen, &c. white instead of ycUow. Culmen 0-55 inch, 

 wing 1*6, tail 1-2, tarsus 0*5. The central pair of tail-feathers taper- 

 ing out and a little longer than rest of the tail. (Shelley.) 



Female. Above olive, lower back and rump yellow ; underparts 

 pale olive-yellow ; sides inclining to white. Wing 1-55 inch. 



ffab. Surigao, off the north coast of Mindanao. 



* Central pair of feathers scarcely longer than rest. 



