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1878.] THE ORNITHOLOGY OF THE PHILIPPINES. 621 The flame-coloured lower breast at once distinguishes this Sun-bird from all others. Its nearest ally is C. Solaris, in which the flame-colour covers the abdomen also. 35. CHALCOSTETHA INSIGNIS. Nectarinia insignis, Jardine, Nat. Lib. xxxvi. p. 274. [P. Princesa, 3, January 1878: iris warm brown; bill and legs black.] A single example of an adult male, and not to be distinguished . from Sumatran and Malaccan individuals. 36. JETHOPYGA SHELLEYI. Mthopyga shelleyi, Sharpe, Nature, 3rd August, 1876, p. 297 ; Tr. L. S. 2nd ser. Zool. i. p. 343. no. 105 ; Shelley, Monogr. Cin-nyridse, pt. iii. t. [P. Princesa, 3, December 2, 1877: iris brown; bill black; legs and feet very dark brown. 2 (?)> January 4, 1877: bill and legs dark brown.] The female has not been described ; and it is with some doubt that I so identify the single skin noted above. The chin, throat, and upper breast is pale grey ; the lower breast and abdomen and wing-lining are pale yellowish white. The vent and under tail-coverts of a more decided shade of yellow. The head is greyish olive-brown. Remainder of upper surface a clear olive-green, lightest on the upper tail-coverts. The quills and rectrices are dark brown edged with olive-green, having a slight ruddy hue. Cheeks and ear-coverts pale grey with a greenish tinge. The dimensions are sensibly smaller than those of the male-wing 1*75 ; culmen 0*56. 37. ANTHREPTES MALACCENSIS. Certhia malaccensis, Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 91. no. 62. [P. Princesa, 3, January 1878: iris Indian red ; bill black; legs greyish olive; scales of feet yellow. $, December 29, 1877: iris bright Indian red; bill very dark sepia-brown; legs and feet yel­lowish olive ; soles of feet yellow; claws pale brown. 3 (jun.), November 27, 1877: iris Indian red; bill dark brown; legs yel­lowish olive.] The example of the young male above noted is in the exact plumage of the adult female, its sex being betrayed by a couple of metallic plumes on the crown. 38. ARACHNOTHERA DILUTIOR. Arachnothera dilutior, Sharpe, Nature, 3rd August, 1876, p. 297; t. c. p. 341. no. 100 ; Shelley, Cinnyridas, pt. iii. t. [P. Princesa, 3, December 6, 1877: iris brown; bill black; legs and feet dark grey. 2, January 1878: iris dark brown; denuded orbital skin green-yellow ; bill black ; mandible grey ; legs and feet blue-grey.] Bill of female considerably shorter than that of male.