



viridi nitente, macula anteoculari nigra, regione parotiea saturatiore, pectore summo vix aurantiaco 

 lavato distinguendus : fasciis pectoralibus pectore concoloribus. 



2 ad. similis feminse C. frenati sed striga pallida lorali nulla, distinguenda : supra minus flavicans, subtus 

 pallidior. 



llab. in insulis Pkilippensibus. 



Adult Male. Very similar to C. frenatus, from winch it differs in not possessing an eyebrow, and in having 

 no yellow loral streak, in the upper parts being slightly greener, by the metallic throat glossed towards 

 the sides with deep green. There is a black patch in front of the eye, the ear-coverts are darker, and 

 the breast is slightly shaded with orange towards the base of the metallic throat. Total length 4 - 5 

 inches, culmen 075, wing 2 - 2, tail 17, tarsus - 6. 



Adult Female. Very similar to that of C. frenatus, but with the upper parts less yellow, and the underparts 

 rather paler. It has a pale yellow eyebrow, but no loral streak. Total length 39 inches, culmen - 7, 

 wing 2'1, tail 1"6. 



Hab. Philippine Archipelago. 



The present species is confined to the Philippines, where it has been met with in nearly all the 

 islands from Luzon to Mindanao ; but as Dr. Steere did not procure it in Palawan, it would appear 

 not to extend so far westward as that island. 



It is most nearly allied to C. frenatus, from which bird it differs in not possessing the yellow 

 loral streak, and in the sides of the metallic throat being shaded with green instead of blue, and 

 from the other members of this group in the pectoral tufts being of the same colour as the 

 breast. 



It usually, though not invariably, has some of the yellow feathers towards the dark metallic 

 plastron shaded with orange ; and the maroon and black breast-band, possessed by several of this 

 group, is in the present species absent, or merely indicated by a few stray feathers. A specimen 

 collected by Dr. Meyer in Zebu has some of the frontal feathers tipped with metallic violet, and 

 a very distinct eyebrow of that colour. 



It has been recorded by Dr. Meyer from Luzon, whence also came the specimens which 

 furnished the subject of the early description by Sonnerat. I have examined specimens from 

 Manila in Mr. Gould's cabinet, on the authority of Mr. Hugh Cuming, as well as those collected 

 by Dr. Steere in Panay and Mindanao, and those obtained by Dr. Meyer in the Marquis of 

 Tweeddale's cabinet, procured in Guimaras and Negros in March, and in Zebu in April. The 

 latter, a male and female, form the subject of my plate and descriptions. 



