17. 



CINNYRIS SOLARIS. 



(ORANGE-BREASTED SUN-BIRD.) 



Nectarinia solans, Temm. PI. Col. pi. 347, fig. 3 (1825); Jard. Monogr. Sun-birds, pp. 215, 

 206 (1842); S. Mull. & Schl. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Aves, p. 60, pi. 8, fig. 5 (1846); Gray, 

 Gen. B. i, p. 98 (1847); Schl. Handl. Dierk. p. 256 (1857); Wallace, P. Z. S. 1863, 

 p. 486 ; Finsch, Neu-Guinea, p. 163 (1865). 



Cinnyris solans, Less. Man. d'Orn. ii, p. 31 (1828) ; id. Traite d'Orn. i, p. 297, no. 25 (1831) ; 

 Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. pp. 225, 228, no. 1365 (1849); Bp. Consp. Av. i, p. 408, 

 no. 42 (1850); Wallace, Ibis, 1861, p. 350. 



Anthreptes Solaris, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 56 (1854). 



Cyrtostomus Solaris, Keichb. Handb. Scansoriae, p. 308, no. 725, pi. 589, figs. 3995-96 (1854); 

 Bp. Comptes Bendus, 1854, p. 265. 



Arachnothera Solaris, Gray, Hand-1. B. i, p. 112, no. 1386 (1869). 



Arachmchthra solan's, Walden, Ibis, 1870, p. 32. 



6 ad. supra sordide olivaceo-flavus, uropygio et supracaudalibus laetius flavis : tectricibus alarum minimis 

 dorso concoloribus, reliquis brunneis dorsi colore limbatis : remigibus brunneis anguste lsetiore flavo 

 marginatis : rectricibus nigris, sub certa luce indistincte translineatis, exterioribus versus apicem palli- 

 dioribus et anguste albo terminatis : vertice, loris, genis et gutturis lateribus metallice viridibus 

 chalybeo nitentibus : gutture medio olivascenti-bronzino, fascia transversali jugulari metallice violacea : 

 corpore reliquo subtus miniato, crisso et subcaudalibus magis aurantiacis : corporis lateribus olivascenti- 

 flavis, fasciis pectoralibus lsete flavis : subalaribus albis vix flavo lavatis : remigibus subtus brunneis, 

 anguste albo intus marginatis : rostro nigro : pedibus et iride saturate brunneis. 



2 ad. a mare diversa : supra olivascenti-flava : remigibus et rectricibus ut in mare coloratis, his late albo termi- 

 natis : facie laterali olivascente, supercilio parvo flavo : genis et regione parotica inferiore flavis : subtus 

 flava, gula vix pallidiore. 



Hab. in insulis " Timor " et " Flores " dictis. 



Adult Male. Upper parts olive-yellow ; forehead and crown deep metallic green, often shaded with violet- 

 bronze ; wings dark brown, the feathers broadly edged with olive-yellow ; tail black, tipped with white, 

 broadest on the outer feathers ; in front of the eyes black ; cheeks, lower portion of the ear-coverts, 

 and an eyebrow metallic green; remainder of the sides of tbe head and neck olive-yellow; chin and 

 throat deep metallic green, with a more or less well-defined broad violet-bronze band down the centre ; 

 breast orange-red, darkest on the chest, and fading into orange-yellow on the abdomen and under tail- 

 coverts; flanks and thighs shaded with olive; pectoral tufts bright sulphur-yellow; under surface of 

 the wings brown, with the inner margins of the quills and the coverts white, the latter partially shaded 

 with sulphur-yellow; bill black; irides and legs dark brown. Total length 4 - 2 inches, culmen 75, 

 wing 2 - l, tail 1-5, tarsus 0'6. 



Adult Female. Upper parts olive-yellow ; wings and tail as in the adult male ; sides of the head olive- 



