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Monogr. Nect. p. 87, pi. 30; Sharpe, Ibis, 1877, p. 17, 

 1879, p. 260; id. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 796. 



a. J ad. Labuan, May 1886. 



b. ? ad. Labuan, July 1886. 



[This species is met with more frequently in the mangrove- 

 swamps than elsewhere, and I do not think that it is ever 

 found very far from swamps. I saw a nest in Palawan 

 which was a suspended pocket made of grass-stems, and 

 contained two young birds. 



Native name " Suit Tungeon'-' {i. e. the " Swamp Suit.'^] 



151. CiNNYRIS HASSELTI. 



Cinnyris hasselti (T.) ; Shelley, Monogr. Nect. p. 127, 

 pi. 42 ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 342 ; id. Ibis, 1879, p. 260 ; 

 id. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 796. 



Nectarophila hasselti, Sahsid. t. c. p. 177; Sharpe, Ibis, 

 1877, p. 18. 

 a. (J ad. Labuan, March 21, 1886. 



152. Cinnyris pectoralis. 



Cinnyris pectoralis (Horsf.) ; Shelley, Monogr. Nect. 

 p. 165, pi. 53 ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 341 ; id. Ibis, 1879, 

 p. 259. 



Cyrtostomus pectoralis, Salvad, t. c. p. 170. 

 a, b. c? ? . Labuan, December 1885. 



[Common in Labuan, and in open places generally. It 

 prefers to frequent fruit-gardens to most other localities. 

 I have seen many nests of this bird, which are generally 

 suspended about 3 or 4 feet from the ground on an outside 

 branch of some bush or small tree. The nest is often a 

 beautiful structure, composed of dead leaves ; over the small 

 entrance-hole is a roof which projects so as to keep out the 

 wet. At the bottom is generally a long streamer which 

 assists in making the nest look much like a lump of leaf- 

 refuse that has got caught up in the branches. Inside the 

 nest is lined with " Liang "-grass down, from the seeds of 

 that plant. 



The eggs are always two in number, of a pale greenish 

 blue under surface, sometimes thickly clouded with light 



