642 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



Subfamily NECTARINIINyE. 

 Genera. 



a 1 . Nasal opercles covered with short feathers; rectrices long and graduated. 



Chalcostetha (p. 642) 

 a 2 . Nasal opercles naked; or, if feathered, the tail moderate in length and nearly 



square. 



6 1 . Rump bright yellow, or else the throat greenish or pale yellow. 

 c 1 . Tail of males usually long and strongly graduate; central rectrices often 

 slender and somewhat pointed and always extending beyond the feet. 



JEthopyga ( p. 643 ) 

 c 2 . Tail short and nearly square, never extending beyond the toes. 



Eudrepanis (p. 649) 

 b 2 . Rump dull green, or some metallic color nearly uniform with the back; 



tail square, none of the rectrices narrow. 

 c 1 . Much smaller; wing about 60 mm.; bill more slender and more strongly 



curved Cinnyris (p. 651) 



c 2 . 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 (Jardine). 

 COPPER-BREASTED STJNBIRD. 



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



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



Chalcostetha insignis SHELLEY, Monogr. Nect. pt. 4, (1877), 87; pi. 30; 



GADOW, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1884), 9, 12; MCGREGOR and WOBCESTEB, 



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, 52; culmen from base, 18; bill from 



