(358 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



670. CINNYRIS AURORA (Tweeddale). 

 OKANGE-BREASTED SUNBIRD. 



Cyrtostomus aurora TWEEDDALE, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1878), 620. 



Cinnyris aurora SHELLEY, Monogr. Nectarin. pts. 9 & 10 (1879), 140, pts. 



11 & 12 (1880), pi.; GADOW, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1884), 9, 88; 



MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 99. 



A-ru-ma-sit, Cuyo; da-gu-man', Cagayancillo. 



Agutaya (McGregor); Balabac (Steere Exp.) ; Cagayancillo (M<<!>< <jr i -. 

 Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor)-, Cuyo (McGregor) ; Palawan 

 (Everett, Lempriere, Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourn* t( U'o/rr.s-f/-, (v/< .v- 

 tino, White). 



Male. Very similar to the male of C. jiigulari*. hut distinguislir.l 



by a patch or broad band of orpinicnt-orange next to the black <i 

 A male from Cuyo measures: Wing, 55; tail, :>^ : rnlmcn from la>r. 

 21; bill from nostril, 17; tarsus, 16. 



Female. Similar to the female of (.'. jiujulari*. \ female from 

 Siquijor measures: Wing, 50; tail, 34; culmen from basr. 1!> : hill I'mm 

 nostril, 15; tarsus, 15. 



The young male gradually acquires the black chin and throat in tin- 

 manner of C. jugularis and develops the orange patch at tin- >amr time. 



"Ten males average: Length, 120; wing, 55; tail, 39; culmen. 88; 

 tarsus, 15; middle toe with claw, 15. Three females, length, 10!) : win-. 

 51; tail, 36; culmen, 22; tarsus, 14; middle toe with claw. 11. In- 

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

 Palawan and in February in Culion. Called by natives of Palawan 

 'chee-wit'." (Bourn* and Worcester MS.) 



Genus ANTHREPTES Swainson, 1831. 



Bill as long as head, slightly curved, and stouter than in the other 

 Philippine genera of this family; nasal opercles without feathers; tail 

 nearly square. Male with upper parts, sides of neck, and a line along 

 each side of throat metallic colored; under parts without metallic 

 feathers; female with shorter bill than the male and without metallic 



colors. 



Species. 

 a 1 . Chin and throat liver-brown. 



5*. Larger; wing, 71 mm.; culmen from base, 20 chlorigaster (p. 659; 



6 2 . Smaller; wing, about 68 mm.; culmen from base, 18. 

 c 1 . Breast brighter yellow and general coloration brighter. 

 d 1 . Larger. 



e 1 . Bill larger; under parts greener; sides of head less reddish. 



wiglesworthi (p. i;u 

 e 2 . Bill smaller; under parts yellower; sides of head moro reddish. 



cagayanensis (p. 660) 



d 2 . Smaller malaccensis ( p. 659 ) 



c 2 . Breast more greenish yellow; general coloration duller; pectoral tufts 



bright yellow rhodolaema (p. 661) 



a 2 . Chin and throat light gray griseigularis (p. ('.til 



