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)