AXTHREPTES. 659 



671. ANTHREPTES CHLORIGASTER Sharpe. 



GREEN-BELLIED SUNBIRD. 



Anthreptes chlorigaster Shakpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. 2(1. ser. Zool. (1877), 1, 

 342; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 100. 



Anthothreptes malaccensis Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1884), 9, 122 

 ( part ) . 



Basilan {Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Lubang (Jfc- 

 Oregor) ; Cebu (Everett, Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; Masbate (Steere Exp., 

 Bourns & Worcester) ; Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Good- 

 bellow) ; Negros (Steere, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester) ; Panay 

 (Bourns d Worcester); Romblon (Bourns & Worcester); Sibuyan (Bourns d 

 Worcester, McGregor) ; Tablas (Bourns d Woi'cester, Celestino) ; Tawi Tawi 

 (Bourns d Worcester, Everett) ; Ticao (McGregor) . 



Male. — Crown, mantle, and sides of neck metallic green changing to 

 amethystine; back, rump, tail-coverts, and lesser wing-coverts metallic 

 violet-blue; chin and throat liver-brown, bordered on each side by a 

 narrow line of metallic green and violet-blue; remainder of under parts 

 greenish yellow brightest in the middle of breast and abdomen; pectoral 

 tufts lemon-yellow; wings blackish; primaries and secondaries edged 

 with olive-green; alula and greater and median coverts burnt sienna; 

 rectrices black, edged with metallic green which changes to amethystine. 

 A male from Lubang measures: Wing, 71; tail, 46; culmen from base, 

 20; bill from' nostril, 16.5; tarsus, 18. A male from Sibuyan, wing, 71; 

 tail, 50 ; culmen from base, 23 ; bill from nostril, 17 ; tarsus, 19. 



Female. — Above tea-green; below apple-green; center of breast and 

 abdomen yellower; wings and tail dark brown, the feathers edged with 

 dull golden olive. Bill shorter than in the male. A female from Basi- 

 lan, wing, 66; tail, 42; culmen from base, 19; bill from nostril, 14: 

 tarsus, 18. 



"Ten males from Basilan average: Length, 129; wing, 69; tail, 45; 

 culmen, 20 ; tarsus, 17 ; middle toe with claw, 26. Nine females, length, 

 127; wing, 66; tail, 42; culmen, 20; tarsus, 17; middle toe with claw, 21. 

 Iris brownish red ; legs and feet brownish to yellowish olive ; nails black ; 

 bill dark brown to black. Food, in three cases, seeds." (Bourns and 

 Worcester MS.) 



672. ANTHREPTES MALACCENSIS (Scopoli). 



BEOWN-THEOATED STJNBIRD. 



Certhia malaccensis Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. (1786), 2, 91. 

 Anthreptes malaccensis Shellf:y, Monogr. Nectarin. pt. 6 (1878), 315, pi. 



101, fig. 2; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 100. 

 Anthothreptes malaccensis Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1884), 9, 122 



(part); Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind. Bds. (1890), 2, 344, fig. 98 (bill 



enlarged ) . 



Balabac (Everett) ; Calamianes (McGregor d Worcester) ; Palawan (Steere, 

 Everett, Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, Celestino, White) ; 

 Sibutu (Everett); Sitanki (Bartsch). Cochin China, Malay Peninsula, Siam, 

 Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Flores. 



