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<3 ad. pileo summo nuchaque metallice capreis viridi nitentibus : genis et regione parotica nigris : collo laterali 

 et postico, dorso summo et tectricibus alarum medianis sordide coccineis : tectricibus minimis, dorso 

 imo, uropygio et supracaudalibus metallice viridibus violaceo nitentibus : tectricibus majoribus remigi- 

 busque brunnescenti -nigris, sordide coccineo marginatis : rectricibus indigotico-nigris, metallice violaceo 

 vel chalybeo marginatis : gutture metallice lilacino ; pectore summo chermesino : corpore reliquo subtus 

 olivaceo, tibiis et subcaudalibus flavo lavatis : rostro et pedibus saturate brunneis : iride flavicanti- 

 brunnea. 



2 supra flavicanti-olivacea : facie laterali et vertice cinerascentibus, hac paullo olivaceo lavato : supercilio 



albicante : remigibus rectricibusque saturate brunneis, flavicanti-olivaceo marginatis : rectricibus 

 extends albo terminatis : subtus sulfurea, mento albicante : loris albis. 



3 juv. supra olivascens, capite laterali pileo concolori : supercilio fulvo : dorsi plumis rubro marginatis : 



remigibus saturate brunneis, olivaceo limbatis, vix rubro lavatis : rectricibus nigris, olivaceo lavatis, 

 extemis albo terminatis : subtus flavus, plumis prajpectoralibus rubro marginatis. 



Hal), in insulis Pbilippinis. 



Adult Male. Forebead, crown, and nape metallic coppery green ; cheeks and ear-coverts black ; sides and 

 back of the neck, upper back, scapulars, and median series of wing-coverts deep red ; least series of 

 wing-coverts, lower half of the back, and upper tail-coverts metallic green with a slight violet gloss ; 

 remainder of the wings brownish black, with the edges of the greater coverts and quills deep red ; tail 

 blue-black, the feathers narrowly edged with metallic violet and steel-blue; chin and throat rich 

 metallic lilac; chest bright carmine-red ; remainder of the underparts olive, washed with yellow on the 

 thighs and towards the under tail-coverts ; under surface of the wings dark brown ; bill and legs dark 

 brown; irides yellowish brown. Total length 3"8 inches, culmen 065, wing 2, tail l - 2, tarsus 055. 



Adult Female. Upper parts yellowish olive; sides and upper half of the head and neck ashy grey, slightly 

 shaded with olive on the crown ; a whitish eyebrow ; wings and tail dark brown, the feathers edged 

 with yellowish olive, with a slight rufous tinge on the greater wing-coverts ; some of the outer tail- 

 feathers tipped with white; underparts sulphur- yellow, fading into white towards the chin; lores 

 white. 



Young Male. Upper parts olive, including the sides of the head; a butt' eyebrow ; feathers on the back with 

 rufous edges ; wings dark brown, the feathers edged with olive, shaded rufous ; tail dark brown, the 

 feathers with olive edges and with white tips to some of the outer ones ; underparts yellow ; the feathers 

 on the crop broadly edged with red. 



Hab. Philippine archipelago. 



This richly coloured Sun-bird belongs to the " Nectarophila " group, and may be readily distin- 

 guished by its olive abdomen, which, together with the deep-red mantle, the metallic lilac 

 throat, and scarlet chest, form characters by which it may be recognized from all the other 

 members of this family. 



It inhabits the Philippine Islands, and was first described by Brisson from specimens sent to 

 France by Poivre. 



According to Temminck, Dussumier found to be plentiful at Manila; and in the. same 

 island of Luzon it has been collected by Sonnerat, Dr. Meyer, Von Martens, and Dr. Steere. To 



