658 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 
670. CINNYRIS AURORA (Tweeddale). 
ORANGE-BREASTED SUNBIRD, 
Cyrtostomus aurora TWEEDDALRPr oc. Zool. Soe. (1878), 620. 
Cinnyris aurora SHELLEY, Monogr. Nectarin. pts. 9 & 10 (1879), 149, pts. 
11 & 12 (1880), pl.; Gapow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1884), 9, 88; 
McGrecor and WorcrstTrER, Hand-List (1906), 99. 
A-ru-ma-sit, Cuyo; da-gu-man’, Cagayancillo. 
Agutaya (McGregor); Balabac (Steere Eexp.); Cagayancillo (McGregor) ; 
Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Cuyo (McGregor); Palawan 
(Everett, Lempriere, Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celes- 
tino, White). 
Male.—Very similar to the male of C. jugularis, but distinguished 
by a patch or broad band of orpiment-orange next to the black chest. 
A male from Cuyo measures: Wing, 55; tail, 37; culmen from base, 
21; bill from nostril, 17; tarsus, 16. 
Female—Similar to the female of C. jugularis. A female from 
Siquijor measures: Wing, 50; tail, 34; culmen from base, 19; bill from 
nostril, 15; tarsus, 15. 
The young male gradually acquires the black chin and throat in the 
manner of C. jugularis and develops the orange patch at the same time. 
“Ten males average: Length, 120; wing, 55; tail, 39; culmen, 22; 
tarsus, 15; middle toe with claw, 15. Three females, length, 109; wing, 
51; tail, 36; culmen, 22; tarsus, 14; middle toe with claw, 14. Iris 
dark brown; bill, legs, feet, and nails black. Breeding in December in 
Palawan and in February in Culion. Called by natives of Palawan 
‘chee-wit’.”” (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 
‘ Genus ANTHREPTES Swainson, 1831. 
Bill as long as head, slightly curved, and stouter than in the other 
Philippine genera of this family; nasal opercles without feathers; tail 
nearly square. Male with upper parts, sides of neck, and a line along 
each side of throat metallic colored; under parts without metallic 
feathers; female with shorter bill than the male and without metallic 
colors. 
Species. 
a. Chin and throat liver-brown. 
b*. Larger; wing, 71 mm.; culmen from base, 20................ chlorigaster (p. 659) 
ob. Smaller; wing, about 68 mm.; culmen from base, 18. 
c’. Breast brighter yellow and general coloration brighter. 
d*. Larger. 
e’. Bill larger; under parts greener; sides of head less reddish. 
; wiglesworthi (p. 660) 
e?, Bill smaller; under parts yellower; sides of head more reddish. 
cagayanensis (p. 660) 
@?s Sunaller: 222i. eos ee Be ge ee necaae oe ee ee cee ees malaccensis (p. 659) 
c*, Breast more greenish yellow; general coloration duller; pectoral tufts 
bright: yellow: ), 522 osx .200 5 ee cates oan oe oer as cere eee eee eee rhodolema (p. 661) 
@. Chin and throat light pray octane eee griseigularis (p. 661) 
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