b8 NECTAEINIIDiE. 



43, Cinnyris aurora. 



Oyrtostoiuus aurora, Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 1878, p. G20. 

 Cinnyris aurora, Shelley, Monogr, Ned. p. 149. 

 Feathers of forehead tipped with metallic blue ; chest aud upper 

 breast washed with bright orange ; ear-coverts olive ; lores black- 

 ish ; in all the other parts resembling C. jur/ularis ; yellow pectoral 

 tufts present. 



cS . Culmen 1-00 inch, wing 2-25, tail 1-G2, tarsus 0'62. 

 2- „ 0-87 „ „ 2-0, „ 1-62, „ 0-GO. 

 {Tiveeddale.) 

 Hah. Palawan. 



44. Cinnyris flagrans. 



^thopyga flagrans, Oiistalet, Journ. de I'lnstitut, 1876, p. 108. 

 Cinnyris flagrans, Shelleij, Monogr. Nect. p. 147, pi. 47. flg. 2. 



Adult male. Forehead and chin metallic violet ; upper tail- 

 coverts metallic green ; tail black, edged with metallic green and 

 violet; the mantle, back, and outer edges of the dark brown wings 

 olive-yellow ; chin, sides of head, sides of neck, and fore neck 

 black, this colour extending likewise over the sides of the upper 

 breast ; no pectoral tufts ; centre of fore neck and chest bright 

 orange-red, which colour passes gradually into the pale yellow of 

 the rest of the underparts. Culmen 0*7 inch, wing 2, tail 1'3, 

 tarsus 0-5. 



Hah. Luzon, 



45. Cinnyris pectoralis. 



Nectarinia pectoralis, Jlorsf. Tr. Linn. Sac. xiii. p. 1G7 (1820) ; 



Viyors, Mem. Raffles, p. 673 (18-31) ; Jard. Monogr. Sun-birds, 



pp. 226, 266, pi. 2.5. fig. 1 ; Blytlt, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 370 (1846) ; 



Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 98 (1847); Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Sac. 



p. 225, no. 1366 (1849) ; Motlei/ ^f Dillwyn, Nat. Hist. Labuan, 



p. 15 (1855) ; Hartl. J. f. O. 1855, p. 319; Selat. P. Z. S. 186.3, 



p. 220 ; Wallace, torn. cit. p. 486 ; Pelzeln, Beise Novara, Vog, 



pp. 52, 161 (1865) ; Tytler Sf Beavan, Ibis, 1867, p. 322 ; BaU, 



Str. F. 1874, p. 3-34. 

 Pectoral Creeper, Lath. Gen. Hist. B. iv. p. 266, no. 75 (1822). 

 Nectarinia eximia, Temm. PI. Col. 138. figs. 1, 2 (1823) ; S. Miill. ^ 



Schl. Verh. Nat. Gesch., Zool. Av. p. 61, no. 10 (1846) ; Fi7isch, 



Neu-Guinea, p. 163 (1865). 

 Cinnyris ornatus, Less. Diet. So. Nat. i. p. 15 (1827, ex Temm. PI. Col, 



138. figs. 1,2); id. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 36 (1828). 

 Cinnyris luteoveuter, Less. Traite d'Orn, i. p. 298, no, 29 (1831) ; 



Pucheran, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1853, p. 488. 

 Cinnyris pectoralis, Bp. C. A. i. p. 408, no. 43 (1850) ; Bernstein, 



J. ' f. 0. 18,59, p. 279 ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 106 ; Nicholson, 



Ibis, 1879, p. 166 ; Sharpe, torn. cit. p. 259 ; id. P. Z. S. 1879, 



p. ,341 ; Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 165, pi. 53. 

 Cyrtostomus pectoralis. Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 105 (18.50) ; Reichb, 



Handh. Scansoricc, p. 307, no. 722, pi. 570. figs. 3891-92 (18.54) ; 



Horsf. .$• Moore, Cat. B. B.I. Co. Mus. ii. p. 739, no. 1079 (1856) ; 



Hume, Nests and Eggs Lid. B. p. 155 (1873) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. 



