ANTHEEPTES CHLORIGASTKA. 



(SHARPE'S BROWN-THROATED SUN-BIRD.) 



Anthothreptes malaccensis (pt.), Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genova, xii, p. 661 (1875); id. 



op. cit. ix, p. 57 (1876) ; id. Att. R. Ace. Tor. xii, p. 320 (1877). 

 Anthreptes chlorigaster, Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. 2nd series, Zool. i, p. 342 (1877). 



3 ad. similis A. malaccensi sed major : pectore magis olivascente, medialiter flavicante, corporis lateribus et 

 subcaudalibus olivascenti-viridibus, fasciis pectoralibus lsete flavis conspicuis diversus. 



2 ad. supra olivascenti-viridis, tectricibus minimis dorso concoloribus : ala, reliqua, rectricibusque saturate 

 brunneis, pennis olivascenti-flavo marginatis : capite laterali olivascenti-viridi : macula anteoculari et 

 supercilio indistincto flavicanti-fulvis : mento gulaque superiore fulvis, gutture olivascenti-flavo : corpore 

 reliquo subtiis ut in mare colorato, sed fasciis pectoralibus absentibus : margine alari pallide flavo. 



Hab. in insulis Philippinensibus et in insulis " Sanghir" dictis. 



Adult Male. Similar in plumage to A. malaccensis, excepting that the breast is shaded with olive-green, 

 most strongly so on the sides of the breast, flanks, and under tail-coverts, the bright yellow pectoral 

 tufts contrast strongly with the olive-green colouring of the breast : the chin and throat are identical in 

 colour with those of A. malaccensis. Total length 5 - 2 inches, culmen 08, wing 2 - 75, tail 2 - 0, tarsus 07. 



Adult Female. Upper parts olive-green, including the least series of wing-coverts ; remainder of the wings 

 and the tail dark brown, the feathers edged with olive-yellow ; sides of the head olive-green, with 

 a portion of the cheek, space in front of the eye, and a partial eyebrow yellowish buff; chin and upper 

 half of the throat buff, the lower half and the sides merging into olive-shaded yellow ; remainder of the 

 under surface of the body similar to that of the adult male, excepting that the yellow pectoral tufts are 

 absent, and the feathers at the bend of the wing are very pale yellow. Total length 4"5 inches, 

 culmen 075, wing 2 - 65, tail U75, tarsus 0'7. 



Hab. The island of Negros, in the Philippines, and the Sanghir Islands. 



This species is distinguished from the other closely allied Brown-throated Sun-birds by its larger 

 size. It is very similar in colouring to A. malaccensis, excepting that the breast is strongly 

 shaded with olive-green, from which character it has derived its name, the colouring of the 

 breast being almost intermediate between that of the above-named species and A. celebensis, 

 while, like the latter, the pectoral tufts contrast strongly with the surrounding breast-plumes : 

 this is not the case in A. malaccensis. 



Mr. Sharpe first described this species as new from two specimens collected by Dr. Steere in 

 the island of Negros, one of the Philippines. One of these type specimens, now in the British 

 Museum, I have described above, and have compared it with five specimens collected by 

 Dr. Meyer at Siao, one of the Sanghir Islands. Three of these specimens from Sanghir are 

 fully plumaged males, and agree perfectly with the type of this species ; a fourth I have 



