658 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



670. CINNYRIS AURORA ( Tweeddale ) . 



» ORANGE-BREASTED SUNBIRD. 



Cyrtostomus aurora Tweeddale, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1878), 620. 



Cinnyris aurora Shelley, Monogr. Nectarin. pts. 9 & 10 (1879), 149, pts. 



11 & 12 (1880), pi.; Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1884), 9, 88; 



McGbegoe and Wobcester, Hand-List (1906), 99. 



A-ru-ma-sit, Cuyo; da-gu-man', Cagayancillo. 



Agutaya {McGregor); Balabac {Steere Exp.); Cagayancillo (McGregor); 

 Calamianes (Bourns d Worcester, McGregor); Cuyo (McGregor); Palawan 

 (Everett, Lenipriere, Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns <C- Worcester, Celcn- 

 tino. White ) . 



Male. — ^Veiy similar to the male of C. jvgularis, but distinguished 

 by a patch or broad band of orpiment-orange next to the black chest. 

 A male from Cuyo measures : Wing, 55 ; tail, 37 ; culmen from base, 

 21; bill from nostril, 17; tarsus, 16. 



Female. — Similar to the female of C. jugulans. A female from 

 Siquijor measures: Wing, 50; tail, 34; culmen from base, 19; bill from 

 nostril, 15 ; tarsus, 15. 



The young male gradually acquires the black chin and throat in the 

 manner of C. jugularis and develops the orange patch at the same time. 



'''Ten males average: Length, 120; wing, 55; tail, 39; culmen, 22; 

 tarsus, 15; middle toe with claw, 15. Three females, length, 109; wing, 

 51; tail, 36; culmen, 22; tarsus, 14; middle toe with claw, 14. Iris 

 dark brown; ])ill, legs, feet, and nails black. Breeding in December in 

 Palawan and in February in Culion. Called by natives of Palawan 

 'ehee-wit'." {Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



Genus ANTHEEPTES Swainson, 1831. 



Bill as long as head, slightly curved, and stouter than in the other 

 Philippine genera of this family; nasal opercles without feathers; tail 

 nearly square. Male with upper parts, sides of neck, and a line along 

 each side of throat metallic colored; under parts without metallic 

 feathers; female with shorter bill than the male and without metallic 



colors. 



Species, 

 a^. Chin and throat liver-brown. 



6\ Larger; wing, 71 mm.; culmen from base, 20 chlorigaster (p. 659) 



5'. Smaller; wing, about 68 mm.; culmen from base, 18. 

 c*. Breast brighter yellow and general coloration brighter, 

 d'. Larger. 



e\ Bill larger; under parts greener; sides of head less reddisli. 



■wiglesworthi (p. 660) 

 e^. Bill smaller: under parts yellower; sides of head more reddisli. 



cagayanensis (p. 660) 



d-. Smaller malaccensis (p. 659) 



c*. Breast more greenish yellow; general coloration duller; pectoral tufts 



bright yellow rhodolasma (p. 661) 



o*. Chin and throat light gray griseigularis (p. 661) 



