654 .\1A.\TAL OF PIIILIIM'IXK IMUDS. 



Female. Similar to the female of ('. sftrrnhi. A female from Calayan 

 measures: Wing, 52; tail, 31: culmen from base, 1(1: hill from nostril. 



14 ; tarsus, 14.5. 



666. CINNYRIS JULI/E (Tvvcc.l.lal" . 



JULIA'S SUNBIRD. 



ycctarophila jiilia- TNVKKDDALE, Proc. '/.^A. Sue. ilS77), 535; 



Keport, Zool. (1881), 2, pt. 8, figs. 2 & 3. 

 Cinnyris jnl'nr SHKLLKY. Monojir. Nectarin. pts. 7 & 8 (1878), 135, pi. 44; 



GADONV. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1884). 9, 64: M< CKK.OK and WORCKHTKK. 



Hand-List (1906), 99. 



Basilan (titccre Exp., Bourns & \Yvn-cNtrr. Mr<;wi<ir ) : Malanipa (Murray): 

 Mindanao (Everett); Swlu ( <t iiiUvnm nl ) . Tawi Tawi (llnurn* d \VowNli-r. 

 Everett). 



Male. Above similar to tin- male of C. s/n-rnln ; chin, throat, and 

 chest metallic amethystine; breast bright lemon-yellow to cadmiuin- 

 yellow, lighter posteriorly and old birds witb a patch of scarlet-vermilion 

 in the center of the breast; abdomen and remainder of under parts dark 

 olive-green mixed with yellow. A male from llasilan measures: Wing, 

 50; tail, 31 ; culmen from base, K>; hill from nostril, i:>; tarsus, 13.5. 



Female. Similar to the female of (7. s/n-nilu. but wmir-ieathers edged 

 with light claret-brown, ( this color extruding faintly across the back; 

 general color of under parts bright apple-green shading into yellow on 

 middle of breast and abdomen. A female from Basilan measures: Wing. 

 45; tail, 27; culmen from base, 1G ; bill from nostril, 1 1 : tarsu>, !:;.:>. 



"Nine males average: Length, 98; wing, H> : tail. :iu : eiilmen, 1!' : 

 tarsus, 13; middle toe with claw, 13. A female measure-, length, !>s ; 

 wing, 47; tail, 28; culmen, 19; tarsus, 14; middle toe with claw. i:>. 

 Iris dark brown ; bill, legs, feet, and nails black. (Jreen caterpillars were 

 found in the stomach of one specimen." (Hourn* and \Ynn-rsftr .!/>'.) 



667. CINNYRIS FLAGRANS Uhistalet). ' 

 FLAMING SUNBIRD. 



JEthopyga flayrans OUSTALET, Jour, de 1'lnstitut (1876), 108. 



Cinnyris flagrans SHELLEY, Monogr. Nectarin. pt. 5 (1877). 147; pta. 11 



& 12 (1880), pi. 47, fig. 2; GADOW, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1884), 9, ss : 



WHITEHEAD, Ibis (1899), 230 (habits) ; MC(JRK;(K and \\'<>i:< i:sn a. 



Hand-List (1906), 99. 

 Cinnyris exccllens GRANT, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1895). 4, 18; Ibis (1895), 



255, 275. 



Catanduanes ( Whitehead) ; Luzon (Laglaise, "H 'hittfn ml \ . 



"Adult male. Forehead and chin metallic violet; upper tail-coverts 

 metallic green; tail black, edged with metallic green and violet; the 

 mantle, back, and outer edges of the dark brown wings olive-yellow ; 

 chin, sides of head, sides of neck, and fore neck black, this color 

 extending likewise over the sides of the upper breast: no pectoral tufts; 



