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^ETHOPYGA BELLA. 



(WHITE-BREASTED YELLOW-BACKED SUN-BIRD.) 



Mhopyga bella, Tweeddale, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist, xx, p. 537 (1877) ; id. P. Z. S. 187-7, 

 pp. 819, 829. 



d ad. fronte et vertice antico metallice viridibus : pileo postico nuchaque obvascenti-viridibus : plumis ante- 

 ocularibus nigris : facie laterali, capitis et colli lateribus sanguineis : macula postparotica, metallice 

 lilacina : tectricibus alarum olivascenti-viridibus, remigibus saturate brunneis, extiis olivascenti-viridi- 

 bus : dorso postico et uropygio lsete sulfureis : supracaudalibus et rectricibus duabus centralibus 

 metallice viridibus, barum reliquis nigris, metallice viridi vix violascente marginatis : striga mystacali 

 metallice lilacina, infra viridi : mento summo anguste sanguineo : mento reliquo, gutture toto et 

 prsepectore laete sulfureis, hoc anguste scarlatino striato : corpore reliquo subtiis et subcaudalibus 

 albis : subalaritms albis : remigibus infra brunneis, intus albo limbatis : rostro et pedibus saturate 

 brunneis : iride saturate brunne^. 



2 ad. mari dissimilis : supra saturate olivascenti-viridis, tectricibus alarum dorso concoloribus : remigibus 

 brunneis, extiis olivascenti-brunneis : dorso postico et uropygio lsete sulfureis : supracaudalibus olivas- 

 centi-viridibus : rectricibus nigris olivaceo marginatis, extimis albido terminatis : facie laterali et 

 gutture toto cineraceis olivaceo lavatis : corpore reliquo subtiis et subcaudalibus albidis, pectore medio 

 flavo lavato : subalaribus albis : remigibus infra brunneis, intus albidis. 



Hab. in insula Philippinensi " Surigao " dicta. 



Adult Male. Forehead and front half of the crown metallic green ; remainder of the crown, occiput, and 

 nape olive-green ; in front of the eye a triangular patch of black feathers ; sides of the head and neck 

 and the upper half of the back blood-red ; on the ear-coverts a metallic lilac patch ; wings dusky black 

 with the scapulars and all the feathers broadly edged with olive-green ; lower back sulphur-yellow ; 

 upper tail-coverts and two centre tail-feathers metallic green; remainder of the tail-feathers black, 

 edged with metallic green, shaded with violet ; sides of the chin and sides of the upper half of the 

 throat blood-red ; a narrow metallic lilac moustachial stripe extends about halfway down the sides of 

 the throat, and is continued in a broader band of metallic green; remainder of the chin, the throat, 

 and the front of the chest bright sulphur-yellow, with a few of the feathers on the crop slightly 

 streaked with scarlet ; remainder of the body and the under tail-coverts white ; under surface of the 

 wings dark brown with the inner margins of the quills and the coverts white ; bill, legs, and irides 

 dark brown. Total length 33 inches, culmen Oo5, wing 1*6, tail 1'2, tarsus 05. 



Adult Female. Upper parts olive-green ; wings dark brown with all the coverts broadly edged with olive- 

 green, and the quills more narrowly so with olive-brown; lower back sulphur-yellow; upper tail- 

 coverts olive-green ; tail black, the feathers edged with olive-green and with broad pale ends to some 

 of the outer feathers ; cheeks, chin, and throat very pale olive-shaded ash ; rest of under surface of 

 body and under tail-coverts white, shaded with pale yellow down the centre of the breast, abdomen, 

 and on the under tail-coverts ; under surface of the wings dark brown, with the inner margins of the 



