86 NKCTAEINIID^. 



Cinnyris freiiatus, Bp. C. A. i. p. 408 (1850) ; Bamsay, Proc. Linn. 



Soc. New S. Wales, iii. p. 287 (1878) ; Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 153, 



pi. 49. 

 Cvrtostomus frenatus, Beichb. Handh. Scansm-i<s, p. 309, no. 726, 

 ■pi. 589. fig. 3998 (1854); Bp. Comptes Bendus, 1854, p. 265; 



S(dvad. Ann. Mns. Civ. Genom, vii. pp. 400, 658, 777, 825 (1875), 



viii. p. 30 (1870), x. p. 143 (1877) ; id. Atti B. Ace. Sc. Torino, 



xii. p. 317 (1877) ; id. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 97 ; id. Orn. Pcqmasta, ii. 



p. 205. 

 Cyrtostomus australis, Beichb. torn. cit. p. 309, no. 727, pi. 589. figs. 



3999-4001. 

 Ai-acliuothera frenata. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 112, no. 1387 (1869). 

 Arachuotliera australis. Gray, torn. cit. no. 1388. 

 Arachnothera flarigaslra, Gray, torn. cit. no. 1391. 

 Araclineclitlira freuata, Walden, His, 1870, p. 26 ; id, Tr. Z. S. viii. 



p. 71 (1874) ; Meyer, Ibis, 1879, p. 131. 

 Neetarima eximia, Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 190 ; 1861, p. 433. 

 ? Ncctariuia zenobia. Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 155 ; 1860, p. 348 (part.), 



" Gilolo ; " 1861, p. 433 (part.), " Now Guinea." 



A. Korthern Bace (C. jugularis). 



Adult male. Whole crown and upper parts yellowish olive : 

 nactallic parts black, blue-green in position B, more purple in C, 

 except the sides of the neck, which always have a more or less 

 green gloss ; breast and rest of underparts uniform bright yellow. 

 Culmen 0*85 inch, wing 2'l-2-35, tail 1-5, tarsus 0-55. 



Female. Like the male, but the whole of the underparts bright 

 yellow ; no metallic colours ; an indistinct yellow superciliary streak 

 in most specimens. Wing 2*1 inches. 



Obs. Sometimes some of the feathers of the chest near the metallic 

 blue parts attain an orange tinge in old males (e. g. one specimen 

 from the jN^egros Islands). 



Hah. Philippines. 



B. Southern Race (C. frenata). 



3Iale. Olive-yellow above : cheeks and faint saperciliary streak 

 yellow ; breast deeper yellow than in the Philippine form ; fore neck 

 and chest dark purplish lilue, without any greenish gloss : the large 

 tips to the tail yellowish white. The culmen is stronger than in 

 C. jurfiilaris, and measures 0-80-0-90 inch, wing 2-25-2-3, tail 1-5, 

 tarsus 0*58. 



Female. Like the male, but without the metallic blue throat and 

 fore neck, these parts being rich yellow. Wing 2-2 inches. In one 

 female from the Sula Islands the culmen measures 1 inch. 



Immature male. Fore neck and throat metallic blue ; but the sides 

 of the neck are yellow. 



ffah. Celebes, over the Moluccas and Papuan Islands to North- 

 eastern Australia. 



