ANTHREPTES. 659 
671. ANTHREPTES CHLORIGASTER Sharpe. 
GREEN-BELLIED SUNBIRD. 
Apthreptes chlorigaster SHARPE, Trans. Linn. Soc. 2d. ser. Zool. (1877), 1,; 
342; McGrecor and WorcrESTER, Hand-List (1906), 100. 
Anthothreptes malaccensis GApow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1884), 9, 122 
(part). 
Basilan (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Lubang (Mc- 
Gregor) ; Cebu (Everett, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Masbate (Steere Ezp., 
Bourns € Worcester) ; Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Good- 
fellow); Negros (Steere, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Panay 
(Bourns & Worcester); Romblon (Bourns & Worcester); Sibuyan (Bourns & 
Worcester, McGregor); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Tawi Tawi 
(Bourns & 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, 22; 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). 
BROWN-THROATED SUNBIRD, 
Certhia malaccensis Scopout, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. (1786), 2, 91. 
Anthreptes malaccensis SHELLEY, Monogr. Nectarin. pt. 6 (1878), 315, pl. 
101, fig. 2; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 100. 
Anthothreptes malaccensis GAapow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1884), 9, 122 
(part); OAres, Fauna Brit. Ind. Bds. (1890), 2, 344, fig. 98 (bill 
enlarged). 
Balabae (Hverett); Calamianes (McGregor ¢ Worcester); Palawan (Steere, 
Everett, Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino, White) : 
Sibutu (Everett); Sitanki (Bartsch). Cochin China, Malay Peninsula, Siam, 
Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Flores. 
