1878.] THE ORNITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. 621 



_ The flame-coloured lower breast at once distinguishes this Sun- 

 bird from all others. Its nearest ally is C. Solaris, in which the 

 flame-colour covers the abdomen also. 



35. Chalcostetha insignis. 



Nectarinia insignis, Jardine, Nat. Lib. xxxvi. p. 274. 



[P. Princesa, d, January 1878: iris warm brown; bill and legs 

 black.] 



A single example of an adult male, and not to be distinguished 

 from Sumatran and Malaccan individuals. 



36. jEthopyga shelleyi. 



Mthopyga shelleyi, Sharpe, Nature, 3rd August, 1876, p. 297 ; 

 Tr. L. S. 2nd ser. Zool. i. p. 343. no. 105 ; Shelley, Monogr. Cin- 

 nyridse, pt. iii. t. 



[P. Princesa, d\ December 2, 1877: iris brown; bill black; legs 

 and feet very dark brown. $ (?), January 4, 1877 : bill and legs 

 dark brown.] 



The female has not been described ; and it is with some doubt 

 that I so identify the single skin noted above. The chin, throat, 

 and upper breast is pale grey ; the lower breast and abdomen and 

 wing-lining are pale yellowish white. The vent and under tail-coverts 

 of a more decided shade of yellow. The head is greyish olive-brown. 

 Remainder of upper surface a clear olive-green, lightest on the upper 

 tail-coverts. The quills and rectrices are dark brown edged with 

 olive-green, having a slight ruddy hue. Cheeks and ear-coverts pale 

 grey with a greenish tinge. The dimensions are sensibly smaller 

 than those of the male — wing 1*75 ; culmen 056. 



37. Anthreptes malaccensis. 



Certhia malaccensis, Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 91 

 no. 62. 



[P. Princesa, 3, January 1878: iris Indian red ; bill black; legs 

 greyish olive ; scales of feet yellow. 2 . December 29, 1877: iris 

 bright Indian red ; bill very dark sepia-brown ; legs and feet yel- 

 lowish olive ; soles of feet yellow ; claws pale brown. S (jun.), 

 November 27, 1877: iris Indian red; bill dark brown; legs yel- 

 lowish olive.] 



The example of the young male above noted is in the exact plumage 

 of the adult female, its sex being betrayed by a couple of metallic 

 plumes on the crown. 



38. Arachnothera dilutior. 



Arachnothera dilutior, Sharpe, Nature, 3rd August, 1876, p. 297; 

 t. c. p. 341. no. 100 ; Shelley, Cinnyridae, pt. iii. t. 



[P. Princesa, rf, December 6, 1877: iris brown; bill black; legs 

 and feet dark grey. $, January 1878: iris dark brown; denuded 

 orbital skin green-yellow ; bill black ; mandible grey ; legs and feet 

 blue-grey.] 



Bill of female considerably shorter than that of male. 



