616 ON THE OENITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. [1878. 



Dimensions: — 



Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Culmen. 



in. in. in. in. 





[P. Princesa, d , November 30, 1877 : iris deep crimson ; bill and legs black. $ , January : 

 iris dark brown ; bill and legs black.] 

 P.Z.S.1878, The flame-coloured lower breast at once distinguishes this Sun-bird from all others. Its 



^' ' nearest ally is C. Solaris, in which the flame-colour covers the abdomen also. 



35. Ch.^lcostetha insignis. 



Nectarinia insigm's, Jardine, Nat. Lib. xxxvi. p. 274. 



[P. Princesa, d , January 1878 : iris warm brown ; bill and legs black.] 

 A single example of an adult male, and not to be distinguished from Sumatran and 

 Malaccan individuals. 



36. iElHOPTGA SHELLETI. 



^tlwpyrja sheUeyi, Sharpe, Nature, 3rd August, 1876, p. 297 ; Tr. L. S. 2nd ser. Zool. i. 

 p. 343. no. 105 ; Shelley, Monogr. Cinnyridae, pt. iii. t. 



[P. Pi'incesa, c? , December 2, 1877 : iris brown ; bill black ; legs and feet very dark brown. 

 $ (■?), January 4, 1877: bill and legs dark brown.] 



The female has not been described ; and it is with some doubt that I so identify the single 

 skin noted above. The chin, throat, and upper breast is pale grey ; the lower breast and 

 abdomen and wing-lining are pale yellowish white. The vent and under tail-coverts of a more 

 decided shade of yellow. The head is greyish olive-brown. Remainder of upper surface a clear 

 olive-green, lightest on the upper tail-coverts. The quills and rectrices are dark brown edged 

 with olive-green, having a slight ruddy hue. Cheeks and ear-coverts pale grey with a greenish 

 tinge. The dimensions are sensibly smaller than those of the male — wing 1-75 ; culmen 0-56. 



37. Antheeptes malaccensis. 



Certhia malaccensis, Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 91. no. 62. 



[P. Princesa, c? , January 1878 : iris Indian red ; bill black ; legs greyish olive ; scales of 

 feet yellow. $, December 29,1877: iris bright Indian red; bill A'ery dark sepia-brown ; legs 

 and- feet yellowish olive ; soles of feet yellow ; claws pale brown. 6 (jun.), November 27, 1877: 

 iris Indian red ; bill dark brown ; legs yellowish olive.] 



The example of the young male above noted is in the exact plumage of the adult female, 

 its sex being betrayed by a couple of metallic plumes on the crown. 



38. Arachnothera dilutior. 



Arachnothera dilutior, Sharpe, Nature, 3rd August, 1876, p. 297; t. c. p. 341. no. 100; 

 Shelley, Cinnyridae, pt. iii. t. 



