

CINNYRIS GEAYL 



(GRAY'S SUN-BIRD.) 



Nectarinia grayi, Wallace, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 479 ; Briigg. Abhandl. Ver. Bremen, v. p. 72. 



no. 79 (1876). 

 Promerops grayi, Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 110. no. 1359 (1869). 

 Nectarophila grayi, Walden, Ibis, 1870, p. 42, pi. 1. fig. 2 ; id. Tr. Zool. Soc. viii. p. 71 



(1874); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genova, vii. p. 660. no. 39 (1875). 

 Hermotimia grayi, Salvad. Atti R. Ace. Sc. Torino, xii. p. 310 (1877). 



d ad. fronte et vertice viridiscenti-aureis : genis, regione parotica, et collo laterali et postico nigris : tergo 

 snmmo saturate rubro : tectricibus alarum minimis et scapularibus basaliter chalybeis : dorso postico 

 et supracaudalibus etiam chalybeis : alis et scapularibus aliter nigris, tectricibus alarum medianis 

 quibusdam rubro variis : cauda indigotico-nigra, rectricibus chalybeo marginatis : mento gulaque 

 metallice lilacinis, utrinque metallice chalybeo marginatis : praepectore saturate rubro : corpore reliquo 

 subtus nigro. 



5 ad. supra cinerascenti-brunnea, tergo, scapularibus, et tectricibus alarum minimis et medianis olivaceo 

 lavatis : alis saturate brunneis, olivascenti-flavo limbatis : supracaudalibus caudaque nigris, rectricibus 

 externis albo terminatis : mento gulaque albis : pectore et subcaudalibus pallide flavis. 



Hab. in insula Celebensi. 



Adult Male. Forehead and crown golden, slightly shaded with green ; cheeks, ear-coverts, sides and back 

 of the neck black ; upper back deep red ; least series of wing-coverts, basal portion of the scapulars, 

 the lower back, and the upper tail-coverts steel-blue with green and violet reflections ; remainder of the 

 wings and scapulars black, with some of the median series of coverts mottled with deep red ; tail blue- 

 black, the feathers edged with the same steel-blue as the lower back ; chin and throat metallic lilac, 

 with a well-defined narrow steel-blue margin on each side ; front of chest deep red ; remainder of the 

 under surface of the body and wings black; bill and legs black; irides dark brown. Total length 

 4 - 25 inches, culmen - 65, wing 2 - 15, tail T6, tarsus - 55. 



Adult Female. Upper parts ashy brown, with the entire back, the scapulars, and the least and median 

 series of wing-coverts shaded with olive ; remainder of the wings dark brown, with the greater series of 

 coverts and the quills broadly edged with olive-yellow ; upper tail-coverts and the tail black, the latter 

 with white tips to some of the outer feathers ; chin and throat white ; breast and under tail-coverts 

 pale yellow ; under surface of the wings brown, with the coverts and the inner margins of the quills 

 white, the former shaded with sulphur-yellow. Total length 3 - 6 inches, culmen 06, wing 2'0, tail 1'3, 

 tarsus 0'55. 



Young Male. Similar in plumage to the adult female, excepting that the forehead and crown are shaded 

 with olive, and the chin and throat are washed with sulphur-yellow. Total length 4 - 3 inches, culmen 

 065, wing 2-1, tail 14, tarsus 0'55. 



Male in moult. Similar in plumage to the adult female, excepting that the upper parts are rather more 



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