200 VISCOUNT WALDEN ON THE BIRDS 



It is to be observed that the single example obtained by Dr. A. B. Meyer is noted a 

 male by that gentleman, although it wears the plumage described by Mr. Gould {I. c.) 

 as being that of the female. 



Myzanthe, Hodgson. 

 121. * Myzanthe PYGM^A. 



Nectarinia pygmaea, Kittlitz, M^m. pr&ent^s k TAcad. de St. Petei-sb. vol. ii. pt. 1 & 2, p. 2, pi. 2, 

 "Luzon" (1833). 



Hah. Luzon, Guimaras {Meyer). 



The female (sex as determined by Dr. Meyer) differs from the male in having the 

 entire upper surface and wings greenish olive, and in wanting the ashy breast of the 

 male. When seen from above, it is indistinguishable from M. ignijiectus, Hodgs., ? . 



Nectakiniin^e. 



Nectakophila, Reichenbach. 



122. * Nectakophila sperata. 



Certhia philippensis purpurea, Briss. Om. iii. p. 655, no. 27, "Ins. Philippensibus " (1760). 

 Certhia sperata, Linn. S. N. i. p. 186, no. 13 (1766), ex Briss.; Walden, Ibis, 1870, p. 42. 



Hah. Luzon, February ; S , iris yellow-brown {Meyer). 



Two examples were obtained by Dr. Meyer. One has the head golden gi-een, the 

 uropygium and upper tail-coverts pm-e brilliant metallic green, and the throat violet. 

 The other has the head coppery green, the uropygium and upper tail-coverts violet- 

 green, and the throat purple. 



Aeachnechthea, Cabanis. 



123. *Arachnechthka jugulakis'. 



Certhia philippensis minor, Briss, Om. iii. p. 616, no. 6, iS adolesc. " Ins. PhUippensibus " (1760). 

 Certhia jugular is, Linn. S. N. i. p. 185, no. 7 (1766), es Briss. no. 6; Walden, Ibis, 1870, p. 27. 

 Nectarinia eximia (Temm.), v. Kittlitz, Voy. Liitke (Postels), iii. p. 328, " Manilla," nee Temm. 



Hab. Negros, March ; Guimaras, March ; Zebu, April {Meyer). 



Dr. Meyer obtained numerous examples from the islands named, but none in Luzon. 

 This species most resembles A. frenata (S. Miiller), but is distinguished by the dingy 

 colouring of the upper plumage (which is brownish olive, and not yellowish olive), 

 by entirely wanting the yellow super- and subocular stripes of A. frenata, and by 

 the yellow of the under plumage being pale primrose-yellow, and not deep yellow. 

 The dimensions are about equal. A Zebu and a Negros male display each some 

 bright orange feathers bordering the dark blue plastron. The Philippine female 



' For the synonymy of this and the preceding species cf. Walden, op. cit. 



