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obtained in the northern highlands of the Benguet district, 

 having the mantle and upper back deep maroon-red instead 

 of black, and showing other minor differences. C. sperata 

 is found at any rate as far north as the neighbourhood of 

 Manila, and extends its range through the Philippine Islands 

 southwards to Palawan. 



CiNNYRis JUGULARis (Linn.) ; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 ix. p. 84 (1884). 



From Albay district and Catanduanes. Both sexes of this 

 species are easily distinguished from C. obscurior obtained in 

 the Benguet district (see Ibis, 1894, p. 514) by their larger 

 size, olive back, and more brightly coloured underparts. 

 Wing 2-2-2-3 inches. 



CiNNYRis EXCELLENs, Grant, Bull. B. O. C. no. xxiii. 

 p. xviii (1895). 



This beautiful new Sun-bird is most nearly allied to 

 C. guimarasensis, Steere, but differs in the following points : — 



Adult male. The metallic patch of feathers on the fore- 

 head is steel-green, and does not extend so far back; the 

 rest of the crown and nape yellowish olive- green, shading 

 into orange on the back ; and the sides of the belly and 

 flanks are olive-grey, pale yellowish in the middle, with a 

 brilliant orange-red patch above. As in C. guimarasensis, 

 the present species has the chin and upper part of the 

 throat metallic purplish blue, and the chest and breast 

 velvety black, divided up the middle by a brilliant orange-red 

 band. Total length 4*0 inches, wing 1*9, tail 1*2, tarsus 

 0-55. 



A bird which appears to be a nearly adult female, though the 

 sex was not ascertained, differs from the female of C. guimara- 

 sensis [as described by Bourns and Worcester, Occasional 

 Papers, Minn. Acad. Nat. Sci. i. no. 1, p. 55 (1894)] in the 

 following points : — The head and nape are dull olive-green, 

 shading into brighter olive-green (instead of brownish) on 

 the rest of the upper parts ; the sides of the face are dull 

 olive (not dark ashy grey) ; the throat and chest grey slightly 

 washed with yellow, rather more marked on the chin, and 



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