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li). ^thopyga pxilcherrma. 



^thopyga pulcherrima, Sharpe, Nature, 3rd August, 1876, p. 297. 

 Eudrepanis pulcherrima, Shcllei/, Monoyr. Nect. p. 83, pi. 28. 

 zEtbopyga dubia, Tweeddah, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 112. 

 Eudrepanis dubia, Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 8-3, pi. 29. fig. 2. 



Adult male. General colour above dark olive ; forehead, cheeks, 

 and ear-coverts metallic blue ; all the wing-coverts, upper tail- 

 coverts, and tail-t'eathcrs metallic blue and green ; the tail tipped 

 with white : rump aud all the uuderparts bright yellow, the feathers 

 on the middle of the fore neck edged with red. Culmen 0*75 inch, 

 wing 1-8, tail 1-05, tarsus 0*55. 



Female. ^Without any metallic colours ; 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 quUls white ; rest of uuderparts dingy yellowish. Wing 

 1-80 inch, tail 1, tarsus U*55. 



Immature male. {Eudrepanis dubia.) Like the female, but the 

 rump yellow and the tail-feathers strongly metallic green. 



Hab. Islands of Dinagat and Basilan, Philippine archipelago. 



(i. CINNYEIS. 



Type. 



Cinnyris, Cut: Rhjne Anim. i. p. 412 (1817) C. splendida. 



Leptocoma, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 104 (1850) C. hasselti. 



Cyrtostomus, Cab. torn. cit. p. 105 G. jugularis. 



Ai-achneclithra, Cab. torn. cit. p. 105 C. loteuia. 



Chalcomitra, Eeichb. Handb. Scansorice, p. 277 (1854) C. amethystiua. 



Nectaropliila, Heic/ib. torn. cit. p. 280 C. hasselti. 



Chromatophora, lieichb. torn. cit. p. 283 C. superba. 



Aidemonia, lieichb. torn. cit. p. 284 C. cuprea. 



Angaladiaoa, lieichb. torn. cit. p. 285 C. notata. 



Hermotimia, lieichb. torn. cit. p. 285 C. aspasife. 



Cyanomitra, lieichb. fom. cit. p. 291 C. verticahs (J . 



Elseocerthia, lieichb. torn. cit. p. 291 C. veiTeauxi. 



Carmelita, lieichb. torn. cit. p. 290 C. fuliginnsa. 



Leucochloridia, lieichb. torn. cit. p. 312 0. verticahs $ . 



Adelinus, JSp. Compt. Rend. 1854, p. 265 C. verreauxi. 



Bill much longer than rest of the head, strongly curved and very 

 much pointed ; culmen ridged. Xostrils basal, operculated, lougi- 

 tudiual, exposed. Neither rictal nor nasal bristles. First primary 

 short ; tip of wing formed by third, fom-th, and fifth primaries. 

 Tail shorter than wing, square, rounded or slightly graduated. 

 Tarsus anteriorly covered with transverse scales. Some specimens 

 with pectoral tufts. No loose and fluflPy feathers on the back. 

 Plumage of male containing always some metallic colour. 



Raiuje. African and Malayan. 



The species of the genus Cimu/ris may, according to Capt. Shelley, 

 conveniently be divided into five groups : — 



A. Mantle, head, and neck all round metallic. Xares bare. 



I. Underparts brightly coloured ; chest always differently colom'ed 

 from breast. Pectoral tufts always present. — Ethiopian. 



