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38. CiNNYRis sPERATA (Linn.); Steere, List Birds & Mamm. 

 Philippines, p. 22 (1890) ; Bourns & Worcester, Occ. Pap. 

 Minnesota Acad. Sci. i. no. 1, p. 38 (1894) ; Grant, Ibis, 

 1896, p. 468. 



There are examples of the widely-distributed Red-breasted 

 Philippine Sun-bird in both collections. The species is known 

 to occur in the following islands of the group : — Luzon (south), 

 Marinduque, Mindoro, Tablas, Sibuyan, Masbate, Samar, 

 Leite, Cebu, Siquijor, Negros, Guimaras, Panay, Calamianes, 

 and Palawan. 



39. CiNNYRis JUGULARis (Linn.) ; Grant, Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 551. 



The Philippine Yellow-breasted Sun-bird is represented by 

 a male from Leite. It has already been recorded from almost 

 every island in the group. 



40. Arachnothera philippinensis. 



Philemon pjhilippinensis, Steere, List Birds & Mamm. 

 Philippines, p. 21 (1890). 



The Naked-cheeked Spider-hunter is a remarkable form 

 met with in both Samar and Leite, the latter locality being 

 new. Its nearest ally is no doubt A. chrysogenys, found in 

 Malacca, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. In the ' Catalogue of 

 Birds in the British Museum ' (ix. p. 101), the key to the 

 species leads one to suppose that the allied species is 

 A. flaviventris, but the names chrysogenys and flaviventris 

 have been transposed. In the Samar bird, the naked parts 

 of the face are much more extended than in A. chrysogenys, 

 the forehead, cheeks, ear-coverts, and region o£ gape being 

 quite naked ; the yellow patches on the sides of the throat 

 characteristic of the latter species are absent, and the wings 

 are washed with olive-yellow. In both species, however, the 

 culmen is strongly ridged. Prof. Steere's type is an adult 

 female ; we have examples of both sexes, and the plumage is 

 identical. 



[Iris and bill black ; feet pinkish brown ; gape brilliant 

 white, bare skin on face pinkish yellow. — J. W.j 



