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tail of dead leaves. The entrance is at the side and roofed over, in fact 

 very much like that constructed by the different species of Cinnyris. 

 This nest was found dangling to a bramble in an old native clearing 

 some distance from the forest. The female was obtained after much 

 difficulty." (Grant and Whitehead.) 



657. >ETHOPYGA AROLASI Bourns and Worcester. 



AROLAS'S SUNBIRD. 



jEthopyga arolasi BOURNS and WORCESTER, Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. 

 Papers (1894), 1, 17; MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 98. 



Sulu (Bourns & Worcester) ; Tawi Tawi ^Bourns & Worcester). 



"Adult male. Slightly larger than JEthopyga bella. Upper surface 

 as in that species ; fore breast much more broadly streaked with orange ; 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts light lemon-yellow, not white. 



"Adult female. Above uniform olive-green. Does not show the bright 

 yellow rump of JEthopyga bella. Under surface inclining to white, but 

 breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts' washed with light lemon-yellow. 



"Average measurements from ten males: Length, 87; culmen, 18; 

 wing, 40; tail, 33; tarsus, 12. From four females: Length, 83; culmen, 

 16; wing, 40; tail, 25; tarsus, 12." (Bourns and Worcester.) 



658. >ETHOPYGA BONITA Bourns and Worcester. 



VISAYAN SUNBIRD. 



^Ethopyga bonita BOURNS and WORCESTER, Minnesota Acad. Nat. ci. Occ. 

 Papers (1894), 1, 17; MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 98. 



Cebu (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor)', Masbate (Bourns d Worcester, Mc- 

 Gregor); Negros ( Celestino ) ; Panay (Bourns & Worcester)-, Ticao (McGregor). 



Male. Very similar to the male of J5f. arolasi, but the yellow of throat, 

 breast, and rump gamboge or dark lemon-yellow instead of lemon-yellow 

 and the red streaks on breast more conspicuous. Iris dark brown; bill, 

 legs, and nails black. A male from Cebu measures : Wing, 44; tail, 32.5 ; 

 culmen from base, 17; bill from nostril, 14; tarsus, 14. 



Female. Similar to the female of ^E. arolasi, but the rump pale yellow 

 and the under parts washed with light yellowish green very much as in 

 the female of 32. shelleyi. A female from Cebu, wing, 42; tail, 23; 

 culmen from base, 17; bill from nostril, 13; tarsus, 13. 



"Four males average: Length, 94; wing, 43; tail, 32; culmen, 18; 

 tarsus, 14; middle toe with claw, 13. Three females, length, 89; wing, 

 40; tail, 24; culmen, 17; tarsus, 13; middle toe with claw, 12. Iris 

 dark brown; bill, legs, feet, and nails black. Breeding in Cebu in the 

 month of June." (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



