CINNYRIS. 655 



center of fore neck and chest bright orange-red, which color passes 

 gradually into the pale yellow of the rest of the under parts. Culmen. 

 18; wing, 51; tail, 33; tarsus, 13." (Gadow.) 



"Adult male. The metallic patch of feathers on the forehead is steel ^ 

 green, and does not extend so far back; the rest of the crown and nape 

 yellowish olive-green, shading into orange on the back; and the sides 

 of the belly and flanks are olive-gray, pale yellowish in the middle, with 

 a brilliant orange-red patch above. As in C. guimarasensis, the present 

 species has the chin and upper part of the threat metallic purplish blue, 

 and the chest and breast velvety black, divided up the middle by a 

 brilliant orange-red band. Length, 102; wing, 48; tail, 30; tarsus, 14. 



"A bird which appears to be a nearly adult female, though the sex 

 was not ascertained, differs from the female of C. guimarasensis as 

 described by Bourns and Worcester, Minn. Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. Papers 

 (1894), I, no. 1, 55, in the following points: The head and nape are 

 dull olive-green, shading into brighter olive-green (instead of brownish) 

 on the rest of the upper parts ; the sides of the face are dull olive (not 

 dark ashy gray) ; the throat and chest gray slightly washed with yellow, 

 rather more marked on the chin, and the rest of the under parts are 

 pale yellowish olive, with no trace of the orange-yellow on the breast as 

 described in the female of C. guimarasensis." (Grant.} 



Specimens of the flaming sunbird collected by Whitehead were in- 

 advertently described by Grant as new under the name Cinnyris exccllens. 

 Grant's descriptions are included here to supplement that by Gadow. 

 1 have not seen the species. 



668. CINNYRIS GUIMARASENSIS Steere. 

 GUIMARAS SUNBIRD. 



Cinnyrifi guimarasensis STEERE, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 

 22; BOUBNS and WORCESTER, Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. Papers 

 (1894), 1, 55 (female) ; MCGREGOR and WORCESTER. Hand-List (1906), 

 99. 



Guimaras (Steere Exp.) ; Negros (Kcay, Cclestino) ; Panay (Bourns <& Wor- 

 cester) . 



"Adult male. Forehead and crown metallic green with violet reflec- 

 tions; hind head, neck, and upper part of mantle dark blood-red; back 

 olive-yellow; chin violet; cheeks, sides of neck, and throat velvety black; 

 breast rich orange separated from the black of the throat by a sulphur- 

 yellow band ; a central stripe on the throat, partly concealed, of rich 

 vermilion; flanks and abdomen pale yellow. Length, 89; wing, 48." 

 ( SI cere.) 



"Adult female. Head and nape light olive-green, becoming browner 

 on back, wing-coverts, and on tor webs of secondaries; upper tail-coverts 

 like back; tail black, webs of central pair of feathers washed with same 



