“Adult male.—Forehead and chin metallic violet; upper tail-coverts metallic green; tail black, edged with metallic green and violet; the mantle, back, and outer edges of the dark brown wings olive-yellow; chin, sides of head, sides of neck, and fore neck black, this color extending likewise over the sides of the upper breast; no pectoral tufts; center of fore neck and chest bright orange-red, which color passes gradually into the pale yellow of the rest of the under parts. Culmen, 18; wing, 51; tail, 33; tarsus, 13.” (Gadow.)

“Adult male.—The metallic patch of feathers on the forehead-is steel-green, and does not extend so far back; the rest of the crown and nape yellowish olive-green, shading into orange on the back; and the sides of the belly and flanks are olive-gray, pale yellowish in the middle, with a brilliant orange-red patch above. As in C. guimarasensis, the present species has the chin and upper part of the throat metallic purplish blue, and the chest and breast velvety black, divided up the middle by a brilliant orange-red band. Length, 102; wing, 48; tail, 30; tarsus, 14.

“A bird which appears to be a nearly adult female, though the sex was not ascertained, differs from the female of C. guimarasensis as described by Bourns and Worcester, Minn. Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. Papers (1894), I, no. 1, 55, in the following points: The head and nape are dull olive-green, shading into brighter olive-green (instead of brownish) on the rest of the upper parts; the sides of the face are dull olive (not dark ashy gray); the throat and chest gray slightly washed with yellow, rather more marked on the chin, and the rest of the under parts are pale yellowish olive, with no trace of the orange-yellow on the breast as described in the female of C. guimarasensis.” (Grant.)

Specimens of the flaming sunbird collected by Whitehead were inadvertently described by Grant as new under the name Cinnyris excellens. Grant’s descriptions are included here to supplement that by Gadow. I have not seen the species.

668. CINNYRIS GUIMARASENSIS Steere.
GUIMARAS SUNBIRD.

Guimaras (Steere Exp.); Negros (Keay, Celestino); Panay (Bourns & Worcester).

“Adult male.—Forehead and crown metallic green with violet reflections; hind head, neck, and upper part of mantle dark blood-red; back olive-yellow; chin violet; cheeks, sides of neck, and throat velvety black; breast rich orange separated from the black of the throat by a sulphur-yellow band; a central stripe on the throat, partly concealed, of rich vermilion; flanks and abdomen pale yellow. Length, 89; wing, 48.” (Steere.)

“Adult female.—Head and nape light olive-green, becoming browner on back, wing-coverts, and outer webs of secondaries; upper tail-coverts like back; tail black, webs of central pair of feathers washed with same color as back; sides of face dark ashy gray, edges of feathers darker than centers; chin light yellow; entire throat gray, faintly washed with yellow; entire breast bright orange-yellow paler on flanks, abdomen, and under tail-coverts; axillars, under wing-coverts, and inner webs of quills pure white.” (Bourns and Worcester.)