- Eudrepanis jefferyi Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn, Club (1894), 3, 1; Ibis (1895), 111, pl. 5, fig. 2; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 229 (nest, feeding habits); McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 99.
Luzon (Whitehead, McGregor).
Male.—Differs from the male of E. pulcherrima in having the outer webs of secondaries metallic green instead of olive-green and entire outer webs of primaries blackish brown with traces of metallic green. Bill, legs, and nails black. Length, 95; wing, 50; tail, 27; culmen from base, 20.5; bill from nostril, 16; tarsus, 14.
Female.—Above olive-green, darker and browner on the crown; rump lemon-yellow; under parts pale yellowish; grayer on chin and throat; wing-feathers blackish brown, edged with olive-green; rectrices blackish brown, tipped with dirty white, and narrowly edged with metallic green. Wing, 46; tail, 27; culmen from base, 19; bill from nostril, 15; tarsus, 15.
663. EUDREPANIS DECOROSA McGregor.
BOHOL SUNBIRD.
- Eudrepanis decorosa McGregor, Phil. Jour. Sci. (1907), 2, sec. A, 330.
Bohol (McGregor).
Male.—Similar to the male of E. jefferyi, but metallic color on secondaries and wing-coverts steel-blue instead of green; rump-patch and under parts pale sulphur-yellow; red on chest reduced to a few small spots. Bill, legs, and nails black. Length, 89; wing, 45; tail, 24; culmen from base, 19; bill from nostril, 15; tarsus, 14.
Female.—Similar to the female of E. jefferyi, but the rump-patch sulphur-yellow. Wing, 44; tail, 22; culmen from base, 18; bill from nostril, 14.5; tarsus, 13.