

quills and the coverts white ; bill, legs, and irides dark brown. Total length 29 inches, culmen 0*5, 

 wing l - 55, tail 1, tarsus - 5. 



Hab. Island of Surigao, in the Philippine archipelago. 



Tins beautiful little Sun-bird belongs to the yellow-throated section of the genus sEthopyga, and 

 is nearly allied to JE. shelleyi, from which it is distinguished by the green forehead, the olive 

 occiput and nape, the metallic violet patch upon the ear-coverts, by the metallic lilac and green 

 moustachial band, and by the white abdomen. 



At the present time this species is only known from the type specimens, five in number, sent 

 home by Mr. Alfred Everett from Surigao, a small island off the north-east extremity of Mindanao. 

 These are now in the Marquis of Tweeddale's collection ; and to his kindness I am indebted for 

 being able to figure and describe this lovely Sun-bird, the smallest of the genus. 



The five specimens are all labelled males : four are in the full breeding-dress ; while the fifth 

 shows no signs of the male dress, nor of immaturity in the structure of its feathers ; and as I feel 

 confident that the sex must have been incorrectly marked upon the label, I have here described 

 it as the adult female. 



