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beautiful rose color fades to white, or is present in only a very slight 
degree.’ One of our birds from Canton (May) is similar to yours; 
the rest have the ‘rose’ color or rusty shade pronounced.” This 
explains the difference between our Luzon bird taken March 13 
and the Calayan bird taken September 15. Colors of soft parts in 
flesh: Irides white; bill pale stone gray; legs and nails bright 
brown. In Sturnia violacea the difference between spring and fall 
birds is similar to that noted in S. sinensis. Dr. Richmond writes 
me that the proper name for our common species is Sturnia phalip- 
pensis (Forster), Motacilla violacea of Boddaert, 1783, being the 
same as Motacilla philippensis of Forster, 1781. 
SPopIOPsAR SERICEUS'’ (Gm.); McGregor, Bull. Phil. Mus., No. 4, 
p. 24. 
My identification of our Calayan specimen has been confirmed 
by Dr. Richmond. Colors of soft parts in the flesh were: Irides 
dirty white; basal half of bill reddish yellow, tip dusky; legs 
bright yellow; nails yellowish brown. I notice a misprint under 
this species in Bulletin of the Philippine Museum No. 4, where the 
specific name used by Cassin is given servicea for sericea. 
ATHOPYGA RUBRINOTA, new species. 
Aithopyga flavipectus McGrecor, Bull. Phil. Mus., No. 3, p. 10. 
Specific characters—Closely allied to the Luzon species, A'tho- 
pyga flavipectus Grant, from which it is distinguished by the much 
paler breast. 
Type.—No. 1598, adult male, Bains Museum; Port Tilig, 
Lubang Island, Philippines; October 30, 1902; R. C. McGregor 
and A. Celestino. 
Description of type.—Crown and edges of wing feathers including 
coverts green ; mantle, sides of neck and face, dark red ; chin, throat, 
breast, and rump lemon yellow; between moustachial line and 
throat a narrow line of dark red; abdomen and flanks white. 
Metallic colors, when held toward the light, position C:* Forehead, 
upper tail coverts, long middle tail feathers, and posterior half 
of moustachial line ight green; anterior half of moustachial line, 
ear patch, and outer webs of short tail feathers light rich purple. 
In position B: Forehead and edges of short tail feathers dark 
gee Baer half of moustachial line, tail coverts, and long 
1 Cf. Dictionary of Birds, p- 98. 
