CINNYRIS. {cee 
center of fore neck and chest bright orange-red, which color passes 
gradually into the pale yellow of the rest of the under-parts. Culmen, 
18; wing, 51; tail, 33; tarsus, 13.” (Gadow.) : 
“Adult male.—The metallic patch of feathers on the forehead 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-gray, 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 
brilhant orange-red band. Length, 102; wing, 48; tail, 30; tarsus, 14. 
“A bird which appears to be a nearly adult female, though the sex 
was not ascertained, differs from the female of C. guimarasensis as 
described by Bourns and Worcester, Minn. Acad. Nat. Sci. Oce. Papers 
(1894), I, no. 1, 55, 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 gray) ; the throat and chest gray slightly washed with yellow. 
rather more marked on the chin, and the rest of the under parts are 
pale yellowish olive, with no trace of the orange-yellow on the breast as 
described in the female of C. guimarasensis.” (Grant.) 
Specimens of the flaming sunbird collected by Whitehead were in- 
advertently described by Grant as new under the name Cinnyris excellens. 
Grant’s descriptions are included here to supplement that by Gadow. 
I have not seen the species. 
668. CINNYRIS GUIMARASENSIS Steere. 
GUIMARAS SUNBIRD. 
Cinnyris guimarasensis Steer, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 
22; Bourns and Worcester, Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. Oce. Papers 
(1894), 1, 55 (female) ; McGrecor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 
99. 
Guimaras (Stcere Exp.); Negros (Keay, Celestino); Panay (Bourns & Wor- 
cester). 
“Adult male—Forehead and crown metallic green with violet reflec- 
tions; hind head, neck, and upper part of mantle dark blood-red; back 
olive-yellow ; chin violet; cheeks, sides of neck, and throat velvety black ; 
breast rich orange separated from the black of the throat by a sulphur- 
yellow band; a central stripe on the throat, partly concealed, of rich 
vermilion; flanks and abdomen pale yellow. Length, 89; wing, 48.” 
( Steere.) 
“Adult female——Head and nape light olive-green, becoming browner 
on back, wing-coverts, and outer webs of secondaries; upper tail-coverts 
like back; tail black, webs of central pair of feathers washed with same 
