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CINNYRIS SALVADOEII. 



(COUNT SALVADORI'S SUN-BIRD.) 



Hermotimia nigriscapularis (pt.), Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genova, vii. p. 938 (1875). 

 Hermotimia, sp., Salvad. Atti R. Ace. Torino, xii. p. 308 (1877). 



6 ad. similis C. nigriscapulari sed multo major, et partibus metallicis magis cyanescentibus. 



Hab. in insula Papuana, " Jobi " dicta. 



Adult Male. Similar in plumage to C. nigriscapularis, but considerably larger ; the metallic portion of the 

 wings, lower back, upper tail-coverts, and the margins of the tail-feathers slightly bluer. Total length 

 4'7 inches, culmen 0'75, wing 2"8, tail 1"9, tarsus 0"7. 



Hab. The island of Jobi, in the bay of Geelvink. 



The present species is, in my opinion, clearly distinct from C. nigriscapularis, being, as the 

 measurements will show, a very much larger bird ; and that these relative dimensions may be the 

 better recognized, I have illustrated both species upon the same Plate, the lower figure repre- 

 senting this species. 



The island of Jobi, in Geelvink Bay, contains two Sun-birds belonging to this group — the 

 present one, closely allied to C. nigriscapularis of the neighbouring island of Miosnom, and 

 C.jobiensis, representing C. aspasice, from the mainland of New Guinea. 



My C. salvadorii is founded upon two specimens collected by Bruijn at Ansus ; one of these 

 is in such bad condition that measurements would be unreliable, as the wings and tail are 

 formed of partially grown feathers ; nevertheless it considerably exceeds in all its dimensions the 

 numerous specimens which I have examined of C. nigriscapularis. The types of C. salvadorii 

 are the specimens mentioned by Count Salvadori (I. c.) in the latter portion of his article upon 

 Hermotimia nigriscapularis, where he observes : — " In Bruijn's collection there are two specimens 

 from Ansus very similar in colour to those from Miosnom, and having the wing-coverts similar, 

 but differing in their much larger dimensions. They should, I believe, belong to a distinct 

 species, which, however, I shall merely content myself with noticing." 



As, in my opinion, the Jobi bird is specifically distinct from C. nigriscapularis, I venture to 

 attach Count Salvadori's name to the species in acknowledgment of the great services he has 

 rendered to our knowledge of Moluccan and Papuan ornithology. 



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