514 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on the 



The female adult resembles the female of E. jmlcherr'ima. 



^ . Total length 3-6-3-8 inches, wing 1-9-2-0, tail 1-05- 

 1*15, tarsus 0*55, culmen 0*85-0"9. 



? . Total length 3-5-3-6 inches, wing 1-7-1-75, tail 0*95, 

 tarsus 0'55, culmen 0*85 . 



45. CiNNYRIS WHITEHEAD!. (Plate XIV. fig. 1.) 



Cinnyris ivhiteheacU, Grant, Bull. B. O. C. iii. p. 1 (1894). 



Only a pair of this lovely Sun-bird were obtained. The 

 male is an extremely remarkable and very beautiful bird, 

 most nearly related to C. siierata, which is also found in 

 Luzon, in the neighbourhood of Manila, and in other islands 

 of the Philippine group, as well as in Palawan. The under- 

 parts in the two species are very similar, but on turning over 

 the skin the upper parts are strikingly different 



In C whitelieadi the top of the head is golden green, the 

 back and wings are deep black, and the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts are metallic green. In C. sperata these parts 

 are respectively golden with a purplish copper gloss, deep 

 maroon-red, and green shot with purple. 



The female is very similar in appearance to the female of 

 C sperata. 



(^. Total length 4*0 inches, wing 2*1, tail 1*2, tarsus 0"6, 

 culmen 0'8. 



$ . Total length 3"8 inches, wing 1-95, tail 1'2, tarsus 0*55, 

 culmen 0'65. 



46. Cinnyris obscurior. Grant, Bull. B. O. C. iii. p. 1 

 (1894). 



This is a representative form of C. juyularis, but consider- 

 ably smaller and less brightly coloured, the females being 

 quite as easily distinguished one from another as the males. 



Adult male. The general colour of the upper parts is much 

 greyer than in C. jugularis, and only slightly tinged with 

 olive, and the yellow of the lower breast and belly is much 

 paler, inclining to greyish on the flanks, and the base of the 

 culmen is considerably narrower. Total length 4'1 inches, 

 wing 2-0-2-1, tail 1-3-1-5, tarsus 0-55-0'6, culmen 0-8-0-85. 



Adult female. The yellow of the breast and belly is much 



