342 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS COLLECTED BY 



pularibus dorso concoloribus ; tectricibus alarum metallice viridibus; remigibus 

 nigricanti-brunneis, extus olivaeeo lavatis ; rostro nigro ; iride coccinea. Long, 

 tot. 3-5, culm. 0-75, alee 1-8, caudse 1-05, tarsi 0'55. 

 a. <$ . Basilan, Isabella. Eyes carmine. 

 Shot in the mangroves near the town of Isabella. 



104. jEthopyga magnipica, Sharpe, ' Nature,' August 1876, p. 297 ; Shelley, Monogr. 

 Cinnyr. part 3. 



JE. similis JE. flavostriatce, sed major, rostro fortiore, abdomine et subalaribus nigris 

 distinguenda. Long. tot. 5 - 0, culm. 0*95, alse 2'3, caudse 2*0, tarsi 0'6. 

 a~e. Negros. 

 This is a large representative of JEthopyga flavostriata from Celebes, but is distin- 

 guished at once by its large size and blackish under wing-coverts and belly. 



105. tEthopyga Shelleti, Sharpe, ' Nature,' August 1876, p. 297 ; Shelley, Monogr. 

 Cinnyr. part 3. 



<j ad. pileo circumscripte chalybeo ; loris nigris ; facie laterali tota cum colli laterali 

 et postico et interscapulio saturate scarlatinis ; dorso olivascenti-viridi, tectricibus 

 alarum minimis dorso concoloribus ; tectricibus majoribus remigibusque brunneis 

 extus olivaeeo marginatis ; plaga uropygiali laste sulfurea ; supracaudalibus et 

 rectricibus duabus centralibus lsete chalybeis, reliquis nigris extus chalybeo mar- 

 ginatis : subtus lsete sulfureus, vitta malari chalybea ; gula quoque flava, utrinque 

 scarlatino marginata; pectore scarlatino striolata; subalaribus albis. Long. tot. 

 4'1, culm. 0'65, alas 1*85, caudse 1*85, tarsi - 55. 

 a, b, c, d. Puerto Princesa, Palawan, July 1874. Eyes black. 

 e. Balabac. 

 [I met with this species on both the above-mentioned islands. The first one I shot 

 was in the town of Puerto Princesa, in the mangroves, fluttering about among the 

 blossoms. I afterwards fell in with it a few miles inland in the forest. In Balabac I 

 shot it also in the mangrove.— J. B. S.] 



106. Anthreptes malaccensis (Scop.) : Salvad. t. c. p. 178. 



a, I, c. S \ d, e. $ . Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Eyes carmine or cherry-red. 

 The specimens collected agree with Bornean examples. 



107. Antheeptes chlorig aster, sp. n. 



A. similis A. malaccensi, sed major, capite colloque laete metallice viridibus nee purpu- 

 rascentibus, dorso reliquo et plaga magna humerali lsetissiine violaceis, tectricibus 

 alarum majoribus clare castaneo marginatis; remigibus et gutture ut in A. malac- 

 censi picturatis ; corpore reliquo subtus viridiscenti-flavo ; cauda nigricante, metallice 

 violaceo late lavata. Long. tot. 5-2, culm. 0*75, alse 2-75, caudse 1-95, tarsi 07. 

 a, b. g. Negros. 



