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JITHOPYGA FLAVOSTRIATA. 



(CELEBEAN YELLOW- BACKED SUN-BIRD.) 



Nectarinia flavostriata, Wallace, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 478, pi. 19. fig. 2 ; Briigg. Abhandl. nat. 



Ver. Bremen, v. p. 73 (1876). 

 Promerops flavostriata, Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 110. no. 1349, part. (1869). 

 JEthopyg a flavostriata, Walden, Ibis, 1870, p. 35 ; id. Trans. Z. S. viii. p. 71 (1874); Salvad. 



Ann. Mus. Civic. Genova, vii. p. 659 (1875). 

 Nectarophila, sp. 1 ?, Walden, Ibis, 1870, p. 42. no. 30. 

 Nectarinia, sp.1, Walden, Trans. Z. S. viii. p. 71 (1874). 

 jEthopyga beccarii, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genova, vii. p. 659 (1875). 



i ad. supra sanguineus : fronte et sincipite, supracaudalibus et rectricum marginibus violaceis chalybeo 

 nitentibus : uropygio flavo : cauda, nigra : alis saturate brunneis, tectricibus minimis et medianis 

 sanguineis dorso concoloribus, tectricibus majoribus remigibusque saturate rubro marginatis : gutture 

 et prsepectore scarlatinis, pallide flavo conspicue striolatis, striga mystacali utrinque nigra, metallice 

 • violaeea nitente : corpore reliquo subtus saturate fuscescenti-olivaceo : maxilla saturate brunnea, man- 

 dibula palhdiore; iride saturate brunnea. 



2 ad. supra olivascenti-viridis, capitis collique lateribus pileo concoloribus : alis saturate brunneis, tectricibus 

 minimis et medianis dorso concoloribus, tectricibus majoribus remigibusque rubro late marginatis : 

 cauda brunnescenti-nigra rubro lavata, rectricibus late rubro marginatis et ad apicem pallidioribus : 

 subtus omnino flavicanti-olivacea. 



J juv. similis feminse adultse, sed plumis verticis quibusdam rubro marginatis : collo postico, interscapulio et 

 scapularibus fere omnino sanguineis, supracaudalibus obvascenti-flavis : tectricibus alarum minimis et 

 medianis rubro marginatis : plumis quibusdam pectoralibus rubro variis. 



Hab. in insula " Celebes " dicta.. 



Adult Male. Upper parts deep blood-red; forehead and front half of the crown violet-shaded steel-blue; 

 lower back yellow ; upper tail-coverts and broad margins of the tail-feathers violet-shaded steel-blue, 

 the remainder of the tail black ; wings dark brown, the least and median series of coverts red like the 

 back, the greater coverts and the quills narrowly edged with dark red ; feathers in front of the eyes 

 black; the cheeks deep red; lores, chin, throat, and front of the breast bright scarlet-red, strongly 

 streaked with pale yellow, especially towards the chin ; a metallic violet and black moustachial streak 

 extending from the beak to about halfway down the sides of the throat ; remainder of the breast, 

 abdomen, and under tail- coverts very dark dusky olive; under surface of the wings dark brown, with 

 the coverts and the inner margins of the quills white ; bill dark brown, with the lower mandible paler ; 

 legs and irides dark brown. Total length 4'6 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 2-1, tail 1-9, tarsus - 55. 



Adult Female. Upper parts olive-green, as well as the sides of the head and neck, the forehead and crown 

 browner; wings dark brown, with the least and median series of coverts olive-green, greater coverts 

 and quills broadly edged with red ; tail brownish black, washed with red, the feathers broadly edged 



