642 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



Subfamily N ECTARINIIN.^. 



Genera. 



a^. Nasal opercles covered with short feathers; rectrices long and graduated. 



Chalcostetha (p. 642) 

 a'. Nasal opercles naked; or, if feathered, the tail moderate in length and nearly 

 square. 

 V. Rump bright yellow, or else the throat greenish or pale yellow. 



c\ Tail of males usually long and strongly graduate ; central rectrices often 

 slender and somewhat pointed and always extending beyond the feet. 



.ffithopyga (p. 64.3) 

 c'. Tail short and nearly square, never extending beyond the toes. 



Eudrepanis ( p. 649 ) 

 b-. Rump dull green, or some metallic color nearly uniform with the back: 

 tail square, none of the rectrices narrow, 

 c^. Much smaller; wing about 60 mm.; bill more slender and more strongly 



curved Cinnyris (p. 651) 



c*. Much larger; wing about 70 mm.; bill stouter and but slightly curved. 



Anthreptes (p. 658) 



Genus CHALCOSTETHA Cabanis, 1850. 



Back, rump, and tail-coverts metallic green and purple; top of head 

 bright metallic green ; rectrices graduated ; nasal opercles covered with 

 short feathers. The last character mentioned distinguishes Chalcostetha 

 from all nearly related genera. 



652. CHALCOSTETHA CALCOSTETHA (.Jardinoi. 



COPPER-BREASTED SUNBIRD. 



Nectarinia calcostetha Jardine, Monogr. Sun-Birds (1842), 203. 



Nectarinia insignis Jardine, Monogr. Sun-Birds (1842), 274. 



Chalcostetha i7isignis Shelley, Monogr. Nect. pt. 4, (1877), 87; pi. 30; 



Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1884), 9, 12; McGregor and Worcester, 



Hand-List (1906), 98. 



Balabac {Everett) ; Palawan {Everett, Whitehead, Steere Exp., Bourns d 

 Worcester, White). Tenasserim, Cochin China, Sunda Islands, Malay Peninsula, 

 Siam, Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes. 



Male. — Forehead, crown, and nape metallic green; mantle dull black; 

 median and lesser wing-coverts, back, and tail-coverts metallic purple 

 when held away from the light, changing to dark green when held toward 

 the light ; tail black, some of its feathers edged with violet • wings blackish 

 brown, the greater secondary-coverts edged with violet; middle of throat 

 and breast with a large metallic copper-colored patch; chin, a line down 

 each side of the copper-colored patch, and lower breast metallic violet; 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts black ; pectoral tufts bright lemon-yellow. 

 Length, about 140; wing, 61; tail, 53; culmen from base, 18; bill from 



