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J1TH0PYGA MAGNIFICA. 



(BLACK-BELLIED YELLOW-BACKED SUN-BIRD. 



JEthopyga magnified, Sharpe, Nature, 3rd August, 1876, p. 297. 



6 ad. similis JE. flavostriatce, sed major et abdomine nigro nee olivascente distinguendus. 



2 ad. supra, olivascenti-viridis, interscapulio et scapularibus rubro lavatis : tectricibus alarum minimis et 

 medianis dorso concoloribus : remigibus rectricibusque brunnescenti-nigris rubro marginatis, alis 

 externe pallidius termiuatis : subtus flavicanti-olivacea : alis subtus saturate brunneis, subalaribus 

 remigibusque intiis albidis. 



Hab. in insula philippinensi " Negros " dicta. 



Adult Male. Upper parts blood-red, including tbe sides of tbe head and neck and the least series of wing- 

 coverts; wings brownish black, the median series of the coverts broadly edged with blood-red, the 

 greater coverts partially edged with the same colour ; forehead and front of the crown metallic violet, 

 with a black patch on each side in front of the eyes ; lower back bright yellow ; loose downy feathers 

 on the middle of the back black ; upper tail-coverts metallic violet ; tail black, the feathers broadly 

 edged with metallic violet, excepting towards the ends of the feathers; chin, throat, and front of the 

 breast bright blood-red, paler than the back ; a metallic violet band from the sides of the chin to about 

 halfway down the sides of the throat, with its inner edge black; remainder of the underparts dusky 

 black, including the entire under surface of the wings ; upper mandible dark brown, lower one brownish 

 flesh-colour; irides and legs dark brown. Total length 5 inches, culmen - 9, wing 2'3, tail 2 - 0, 

 tarsus 0"6. 



Adult Female. Upper parts olive-green, mottled with red on the upper back and scapulars ; least and median 

 series of wing-coverts similarly coloured; remainder of the wings and the tail brownish black, the 

 feathers edged with deep red ; some of the outer tail-feathers with pale ends ; underparts yellowish 

 olive ; under surface of the wings dark brown, with the coverts and inner margins of the quills white. 

 Total length 4 - 3 inches, culmen 09, wing 2 - 2, tail 17, tarsus - 6. 



Hab. Island of Negros in the Philippine archipelago. 



This is another of the fine species recently discovered by Dr. Steere in the Philippine Islands. 

 It belongs to that division of the red-throated section of JEthopyga in which the metallic portions 

 of the crown and tail are blue, and may be distinguished from its allies by the abdomen and 

 under tail-coverts being black, and by its larger size. 



This species may possibly be the same as one mentioned by Count Salvadori in a letter to 

 'The Ibis' (1865, p. 549), where he says: — "An 2Ethopyga (sp. non descr.) from Menado, in 

 M. Verreaux's collection, has the abdomen almost black." If such be the case, I should doubt 

 the correctness of M. Verreaux's locality, " Menado." 



