EUDREPANIS DUYVENBODEI. 



(SANGHIR YELLOW-BACKED SUN-BIRD.) 



Nectarinia duyvenbodei, Schl. Ned. Tijdschr. v. Dierk. iv. p. 14 (1871); Meyer, Sitzb. k. Ak. 



Wissensch. lxx. p. 125 (1874). 

 JEthopyga? duyvenbodei, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genova, ix. p. 57 (1876). 



tS ad. fronte et vertice metallice smaragdineis : pileo laterali et postico cum collo rubris : interscapulio et 

 scapularibus olivascenti-flavis : uropygio lsete flavo : supracaudalibus metallice violaceis : cauda nigra, 

 rectricibus quibusdam albo terminatis : alis saturate brunneis, tectricibus minimis et medianis saturate 

 metallice bronzino-viridibus, tectricibus majoribus violaceo-bronzino marginatis : remigibus anguste 

 ohvascenti-flavo limbatis : subtiis lsete flavus, pectore medio paullo latiore. 



2 ad. supra olivascenti-flava : capite colloque magis olivascentibus : dorso postico, uropygio et supracaudalibus 

 magis flavicantibus : capite laterali pileo concolori, supercilio angusto flavo : alis saturate brunneis, 

 tectricibus late olivascenti-flavo marginatis, remigibus hoc colore angustiiis limbatis : cauda, nigra, 

 rectricibus externis quibusdam albo terminatis : subtiis laete flava. 



Hab. in insulis " Sangbir " dictis. 



Adult Male. Forehead and crown metallic emerald -green ; in front of tbe eyes and the eyelids yellow ; 

 sides and back of the head and neck brick-red ; upper back and scapulars olive-yellow ; lower back 

 rich gamboge-yellow ; upper tail-coverts metallic violet ; tail black, some of the outer feathers with 

 white tips ; wings dark brown ; the least and median series of wing-coverts deep metallic bronzy green ; 

 the greater series of wing-coverts edged with violet-bronze ; the quills very narrowly margined with 

 olive-yellow ; underparts rich gamboge-yellow, rather deeper on the centre of the breast ; on the crop 

 a few of the feathers have indications of narrow orange-red bars ; under surface of the wings brown 

 with the inner margins of the quills and the coverts white, the latter tinted with yellow ; bill and legs 

 black ; irides dark brown. Total length 4 - 4 inches, culmen - 7, wing 2"25, tail 1*55, tarsus 0'65. 



Adult Female. Upper parts olive-yellow, the head and neck more olive, lower back and upper tail-coverts 

 more yellow ; sides of the head the same colour as the crown, with a narrow yellow eyelid ; wings dark 

 brown, the coverts broadly edged with olive-yellow, the quills more narrowly so with the same colour ; 

 tail black, some of the outer feathers with white tips ; upper parts rich gamboge-yellow with the sides 

 of the crop obve; bill and legs black; irides dark brown. Total length 36 inches, culmen 065, 

 wing 2 - 0, tail l - 35, tarsus 065. 



Hab. Sanghir Islands. 



The present bird belongs to Mr. Sharpe's genus Eudrepanis, which was first characterized by 

 him in this work in February 1877. The species may be readily recognized by the yellow rump, 

 square tail, and metallic-coloured wing-coverts, which characters combined are only found in 

 this species and in JE. pulcherrima. To distinguish these two birds apart it is sufficient to 

 remark that in the present one the sides and back of the head and neck are red. 



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