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2. Anthreptes malaccensis chlorigaster (Sharpe).') 



?. Antothreptus malaccensis pt. (1) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1875, VTI, 661 (Siao). 



/. Anthothreptes malaccensis (1) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1876, IX, 57 (Gt. Sangi); 

 (2) Gadow, Cat. B. LX, 1884, 123, partim (Negros). 



/,-. Anthothreptus malaccensis pt. (1) Salvad., Atti Ac. Sc. Tor. 1877, XTT, 320 (Sangi). 



I. Anthreptes chlorigaster (1) Sliarpe, Tr. Z. S. 1877, I, 342 (Negros); (2) W. Bias., Oniis 

 1888, 585 (Gt. Sangi). 



m. Anthreptes chlorigastra (I) Shelley, Monogr. Xect. p. XLV (Negros, Cebu), 321, pi. 103, 

 f. 1 (Gt. Sangi) (1877). 



n. Anthothreptes chlorogastra (1) Tweedd., P. Z. S. 1877, 756, 763 (Cebu?). 



0. Anthothreptes chlorigaster (1) Tweedd., P. Z. S. 1878, 287 (Negros); (2) Steere, List 

 Coll. B. & M. Philipp. Is. 1890, 23 (Negros, Masbate); (3) Bourns & Worces., 

 B. Menage Exped. 1894, 38. 



|>. Anthotreptes chlorigaster (1) Meyer, Isis, Dresden 1884, 6, 38 (Siao, Gt. Sangi). 



Figure and descriptions. Shelley m I\ Salvad. y 7; Sharpe 11; W. Bias. 12. 



Diagnosis. Adult male: Size large (wing 70 — 77 mm); under surface greener yellow than in 

 the typical form, less ohvaceous than in celebensis ; head and mantle metallic bottle- 

 green, without, or with hardly any, violet intermixed. 

 Iris blood-red (Platen I 2). 



Adult female? Larger than the female of celebensis and of the typical subspecies; under- 

 parts from breast downwards strongly washed with olive and ohve-yellow; chin and 

 throat whitish olive-grey (Siao, Nr. 8567, C 382; Gt. Sangi, 12709). 

 Iris red-bro-mi (Platen I 2). 



Young. Like the adult female, but the under surface greener yellow, the chin and throat 

 washed with the same colour, and the head above not tinged with grey (Siao, C 8568). 



Observation. From analogy -with the Celebes race we hold the specimens with pale grey 

 throats and greyish olive heads for females, and the one described without grey on 

 these parts for a bird of the year. The feather-structure of this specimen, which is 

 mentioned by Shelley, also appears immature. Prof. ~W. Blasius mentions two 

 females as distinguishing themselves by a yellower colour on the chin and throat, 

 but for the above reason we believe these to be only yoimg females. 



Nest? See under Hermotimia sangirensis. 



Distribution. Philijipine Islands (Steere 11, Everett 1, etc.); Great Sangi (Meyer ml, 

 Bruijn Id, Platen 12, Nat. Coll.); Siao (Meyer ml, pi). 



.Remark. Sangi specimens were compared by Capt. Shelley with one of the two type 

 specimens from Negros and considered by him to be perfectly identical. 



Arachnothera longirostris Miill. Schl. This species was recorded byMiiller 

 and Schlegel from Celebes, but confirmation of its occurrence there is wanting; 



') The following references seem to belong to the intermediate A. malaccensis — chlorirjuster : Antho- 

 threptes chlorvgaster Tweotlcl, P. Z. S. 1878, 951 (Mindanao); Anthreptes chlorigastra Shelley, Monogi-. 

 p. XLV pt. (IMindanao;; Anthreptes chlorigaster W. Bias., J. f. 0. 1890, 139 (Sooloo); (?) A. mal. chlorogaster 

 Hart., Nov. Zool. 1896, 567 (Sumbawa). It is a little to be regretted that ornithologists have seen fit to alter 

 the spellings of the generic and specific names of this species in the way they have done; science does not 

 profit by STiih shufilings, nor classical learning, it may be, to any great extent either. For the genus we 

 have: Anthreptes, Antothreptus, Anthothreptes. Anthothreptus and Anthotreptes; for the species chlorigaster. 

 chlorigastra, chlurogastra and chlorogaster. 



