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but unfortunately was soon forsaken ; it was of the usual 

 Honey-sucker form and composed of green moss. 

 Iris brick-red ; bill and feet black. 



147. CiNNYRis juGULARis (Linn.). (Grant, Ibis, 1895, 

 pp. 255, 451.) 



Cinnyris obscurior Grant, Ibis, 1894, p. 514. 



This Honey-sucker is widely distributed throughout the 

 Philippines. It prefers coast-districts, and is especially fond 

 of coconut-palms. We met with the species as high as 3000 

 feet in Benguet. 



Iris dark brown; bill and feet black. 



148. CiNNYRIS FLAGRANS (Oust.). 



Cinnyris excellens Grant, Ibis, 1895, p. 255 ; 1896, p. 120. 



This handsome little bird is fairly common in Albay and in 

 the neighbouring island of Catanduanes ; it ranges up the 

 east coast of Luzon, being met with as far north as Cape 

 Engaiio. Like the last species, it is partial to coconut- 

 palms, finding its food among the flowers. 



Iris, bill, and feet black. 



149. Cinnyris sperata (Linn.). (Grant, Ibis, 1895, 

 p. 254; 1896, p. 468 ; 1897, p. 237.) 



A widely-distributed species, ranging over the entire 

 archipelago and also into Palawan; but in North Luzon its 

 place is taken by the next species. 



150. Cinnyris whiteheadi Grant, Ibis, 1894, p. 514, 

 pi. xiv. fig. 1 ; 1895, p. 451 ; 1896, p. .120. 



Common among the highlands of Luzon, attaining an 

 elevation of 5000 feet ; it was also common on the coast at 

 Cape Engaiio, and thus it is spread over the entire north of 

 Luzon. 



Iris dark hazel ; bill and feet black. 



151. Arachnothera flammifera Tvveedd. (Grant, Ibis, 

 1897, p. 238.) 



Somewhat scarce in the forests of Samar and Leite. {Cf. 

 Ibis, 1897, p. 238.) 



