Female.—Above light olive-green; feathers of head edged with gray; below greenish yellow, brighter on abdomen, flanks, and crissum; wings and tail blackish brown; primaries and secondaries edged with dull orange-rufous on outer webs and with white on inner webs; rectrices tipped with light gray. A female from Luzon, wing, 50; tail, 30; culmen from base, 16; bill from nostril, 14; tarsus, 12.
“Ten males from Palawan average: Length, 104; wing, 50; tail, 31; tarsus, 13; middle toe with claw, 13; culmen, 20. Ten females, culmen, 19; wing, 47; tail, 28; tarsus, 14; middle toe with claw, 13. Iris dark brown; bill, legs, and feet black. Called by natives of Palawan ‘sopra daraga.’ Breeding in Palawan in December; in Siquijor in February; in Negros in January; and in Samar in April.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
665. CINNYRIS HENKEI Meyer.
HENKE’S SUNBIRD.
- Cinnyris henkei Meyer, Zeitschr. für Ges. Orn. (1884), 207, pl. 7.
- Cinnyris whiteheadi Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1894), 2, 1; Ibis (1894), 514, pl. 14, fig. 1; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 230 (distribution); McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 99.
- Leptocoma henkei Dubois, Syn. Av. (1902), 699.
Sa-uit sa-uit, Calayan.
Babuyan Claro (McGregor); Calayan (McGregor); Camiguin N. (McGregor); Fuga (McGregor); Luzon (Whitehead, McGregor).
Male.—Similar to C. sperata, but mantle, hind neck, and sides of neck dull black; quills and wing-coverts entirely black, except the metallic green lesser coverts; abdomen, thighs, and crissum black, washed with olive-green. A male from Calayan measures: Wing, 535; tail, 32; culmen from base, 18; bill from nostril, 16; tarsus, 15.
Female.—Similar to the female of C. sperata. A female from Calayan measures: Wing, 52; tail, 31; culmen from base, 16; bill from nostril, 14; tarsus, 14.5.