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Arachnothera, Temm. 

 100. Arachnothera delutioe, Sharpe, 'Nature,' August 1876, p. 298; Shelley, 

 Monogr. Cinnyr. part 3. 

 ad. supra sordide olivascenti-flavus, uropygio paullo cinerascente, pileo saturate 

 brunneo, collo postico vix olivascenti lavatus ; alis cinerascenti-brunneis, tec- 

 tricibus vix olivaceo limbatis, rernigibus extus olivaceo lavatis, secuudariis latius ; 

 cauda saturate brunnea, rectricibus olivascenti-flavo margiuatis, extimis versus 

 apicera cinerascentibus, tribus extemis pogonio interno albo apicatis ; facie laterali 

 saturate bruunea, loris nigricantibus, plumis ad basin ruandibulse positis et mento 

 albicantibus ; gutture albido, cinerascenti lavato ; corpore reliquo subtus flavi- 

 canti-albido, subcaudalibus albis ; fasciis pectoralibus lsete aurantiacis ; subalaribus 

 albis vix flavido lavatis ; rernigibus subtus cinerascentibus, intus albo niarginatis ; 

 rostro nigricante, mandibula basaliter albida; pedibus saturate brunneis; iride 

 saturate brunnea. Long. tot. 5 - 7, culm. T5, alse 2-7, caudas 1-9, tarsi 0'75. 

 a. d . Puerto Princesa, Palawan, July 1874. Eyes dark. Breeding. Eyelids yellow. 

 [Shot in tbe mangroves, but not very abundant. — J. B. S.] 



Ctnnyris, Cuvier. 



101. Cinnyris speratus : Nectarophila sperata (L.), Walden, t. c. p. 200. 



a, b. g ? . Negros. 



c-i. £ ad.; k. $ juv. Gnimaras. 



[The pair obtained in Negros were shot together flitting about a dead tree about 

 20 feet in height, and were apparently nesting. In Guimaras it was very common, hover- 

 ing about the bamboo cups which are hung up to catch the sap in the cocoa-nut 

 blossoms. — J. B. S.] 



102. Cinntris jtjgularis (L.) : Arachnechthra jugularis, Walden, t. c. p. 200. 



a, b, c. £ . Negros. 



d,e,f.S%: Panay. 



g. $ . Zaruboanga, Mindanao. Eyes hazel. 



Eudrepanis, Sharpe. 

 Allied to JEthopy ga, but at once distinguished by its rounded tail, which has not the 

 elongated central feathers of the above-named genus. The type is 



103. Eudrepanis pulcherrima, Sharpe, in Shelley's Monogr. Cinnyr. part Z.—jEtlw-, 

 pyga pulclwrrima, Sharpe, 'Nature,' 1876, p. 297. 



<? ad. supra saturate olivascenti- viridescens, plumis basaliter griseis quasi marmoratis ; 

 plaga frontali lsetissime metallice violacea ; capite laterali nigricante, linea supra- 

 parotica metallice violacea ; dorso postico et uropygio laste sulfureis ; supracauda- 

 libus metallice chalybeo-viridibus, rectricibus nigris hoc colore lavatis : subtus 

 Isete sulfureo-flavus, macula magna prEepectorali miniata; subalaribus albis; sca- 



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