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.