A Manual of Philippine Birds

by Richard C. McGregor

• Æthopyga rubrinota McGregor, Bur. Govt. laboratories (1905), 25, 30; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 98.

Pi-rit, Lubang.

Lubang (McGregor).

Male.—Very similar to the male of Æ. flavipectus, but the breast paler yellow. Length, about 96; wing, 42; tail, 39; culmen from base, 14.5; bill from nostril, 11.5; tarsus, 13.5.

Female.—Similar to the female of Æ. flavipectus. Wing, 41.5; tail, 20; culmen from base, 14; bill from nostril, 11; tarsus, 12.5.

Genus EUDREPANIS Sharpe, 1877.

This genus is very similar to Æthopyga, but the tail is short in both sexes; from Cinnyris it differs in having no metallic colors on the chin and throat.

Species.

• a¹. Chin, throat, and breast bright yellow (males).
  • b¹. Chin, throat, and breast bright lemon-yellow; more red on the breast.
    • c¹. Secondaries edged with metallic green jefferyi (p. [651])
    • c². Secondaries edged with dull olive-green pulcherrima (p. [650])
  • b². Chin, throat, and breast pale sulphur-yellow; less red on the breast. decorosa (p. [651])
• a². Chin and throat gray; breast washed with greenish yellow; no red on the breast (females).
  • b¹. Rump bright lemon-yellow jefferyi (p. [651]); pulcherrima (p. [650])
  • b². Rump pale sulphur-yellow decorosa (p. [651])