ANTHREPTES. G61 



''Characters of adult female * * *. Differs from females of An- 

 threptes griseignlaris in the absence of the grayish white chin and throat ; 

 from .1. clilorogaster in the yellower coloration of the middle under parts 

 and greener upper parts; and from ^4. malaccensis only in the greater 

 contrast of the canary-yellow of the middle under parts with tlie green 

 color of the flanks, which in A. cagayanensis are pale oil-green, and in 

 A. malaccensis olive-yellow. I have no female of .1. iviglesworthi for 

 comparison. Wing, 65; tail, 47; culmen (chord), l-")..") ; l)ill from nostril. 

 12 ; tarsus, l.j.S.'* (Mearns.) 



G75. ANTHREPTES RHODOL/EM A Slielley. 

 RUFOUS-THROATED SUNBIRD. 



Anthreptes rhodolama Shelley, Monogr. Nectarin. pt. G (1878), 313, pts. 



7 & 8. pi. 101, fig. 1; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 



100. 

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



( part ) . 



Palawan (Everett). Borneo. 



''Two males from Borneo have the whole breast olive-yellow like the 

 abdomen and flanks; the pectoral tufts are bright yellow, and therefore 

 very conspicuous; under wing-coverts pale buff, edged with yellow; 

 median wing-coverts, scapulars, sides of head, and ear-coverts verv deep 

 maroon-red." (Gadow.) 



676. ANTHREPTES GRISEIGULARIS Tweeddale. 



GRAY-THROATED SUNBIRD. 



Anthothreptus (iiiscigularis Tweeddale, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1877), 830. 

 Anthreptes griscigularis Shelley, IVIonogr. Nectarin. pts. 9 & 10 (1879), 



323, pi. 104; McGbegoe and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 100. 

 Anthothreptes griseigularis Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1884), 9, 126; 



Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 231. 



Luzon (Everett, Whitehead, McGregor) ; Mindanao (Everett, Celestino) ; Min- 

 doro (McGregor) ; Sakuijok (Everett) ; Saniar (Bovrns d Worcester, Whitehead) . 



Male. — Similar to the male of A. chlorigaster, but chin and throat 

 light gray (gray 6 to gray 10 of Eidgway's Nomenclature of Colors) ; 

 breast and abdomen much paler than in A. clilorig aster ; pectoral tufts 

 pale lemon-yellow. A male from Bataan Province, Luzon, measures : 

 Length, 127; wing, 68; tail, 41; culmen from base, 20; bill from nostril, 

 15; tarsus, 17. A male from Mindanao, wing, 63; tail, 38; culmen 

 from base, 18 : bill from nostril, 14; tarsus, 16.5. 



Female. — Green like the female of A. chlorigasier but paler. A female 

 from Luzon, wing, 59 ; tail, 35 ; culmen from base, 19 ; bill from nostril, 

 15 : tarsus, 15. 



