EUDREPANIS. 649 



659. /ETHOPYGA FLAVI PECTUS Grant. 

 GRANT'S SUNBIED. 



JEthopyga flavipectus Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1894), 3, 49; Ibis 

 (1895); 111, pi. 5, fig. 1; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 229 (habits); 

 McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 98. 



JEthopyga minuia Bourns and Worcester, Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ 

 Papers (1894), 1, 18. 



Luzon (Whitehead, McGregor); Mindoro (Whitehead, Bourns & Worcester, 

 McGregor); Polillo (McGregor). 



Male. — Very similar to the male of .^E. hella and of ^. honita, but 

 with very little or no red on the breast. Length, about 100; wing, 42; 

 tail, 34; culmen from base, 16; bill from nostril, 12.5; tarsus, 12. 



Female. — Similar to the female of ^. honita, but the head somewhat 

 darker and the bill shorter. Wing, 41; tail, 21.5; culmen from base, 

 14.5; bill from nostril, 11.5; tarsus, 11.5. 



660. /ETHOPYGA RUBRINOTA McGregor. 



EED-SPOTTED SUNBIED. 



JEthopyga rubrinota McGregor, Bur. Govt. Loboratories (1905), 25, 30; 

 McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 98. 



Pi-rit, Lubang. 

 Lubang ( McGregor ) . 



Male. — Very similar to the male of jE. flavipectus, but the breast paler 

 yellow. Length, about 96 ; wing, 42 ; tail, 39 ; culmen from base, 14.5 ; 

 bill from nostril, 11.5; tarsus, 13.5. 



Female. — Similar to the female of ^. flavipectiis. Wing, 41.5 ; tail, 

 20; culmen from base, 14; bill from nostril, 11; tarsus, 12.5. 



Genus EUDREPANIS Sharpe, 1877. 



This genus is very similar to ^thopyga, but the tail is short in both 

 sexes; from Cinnyris it differs in having no metallic colors on the chin 

 and throat. 



Species. 



a*. Chin, throat, and breast bright yellow (males). 



6'. Chin, throat, and breast bright lemon-yellow; more red on the breast. 



c'. Secondaries edged with metallic green jefferyi (p. 651) 



&'. Secondaries edged with dull olive-green pulcherrima (p. 650) 



6^ Chin, throat, and breast pale sulphur-yellow; less red on the breast. 



decorosa (p. 651) 

 a'. Chin and throat gray; breast washed with greenish yellow; no red on the 

 breast ( females ) . 



b\ Rump bright lemon-yellow (jefferyi (p. 651) 



I pulcherrima (p. 650) 



h^. Rump pale sulphur-jellow decorosa (p. 651) 



