

ANTHREPTES GRISEIGITLAKIS. 



(GREY-THROATED SUN-BIRD.) 



Anthothreptes griseigularis, Tweeddale, P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 817, 880, 1878, p. 113. 



<J ad. supra metallice viridis, vix lilacino-bronzino uitens : tectricibus alarum minimis et scapularibus dorso 

 concoloribus, mediauis nitide clialybeis : majoribus et scapularibus imis castaneis : remigibus saturate 

 brunneis, extiis castaneo lavatis vix olivascentibus : uropygio et supracaudalibus chalybeis violaceo 

 nitentibus : rectricibus nigris, metallice viridi limbatis : loris et capite laterali castaneis minime olivaceo 

 lavatis : fascia mystacali chalybea, viridi niarmorata : gutture toto cinerascente, cano lavato : corpore 

 reliquo subtus, tibiis et subcaudalibus olivascenti-flavis : fasciis pectoralibus laete et conspicue flavis : 

 subalaribus albidis : remigibus infra brunneis, intus albidis : rostro nigro : pedibus virescenti-cinereis : 

 iride rubra. 



2 ad. supra sordide cinerascens, olivascenti tincta, plumis medialiter saturatioribus : scapularibus et dorso 

 postico olivaceis : alis saturate brunneis, pennis olivaceo extus lavatis : tectricibus medianis et majori- 

 bus, scapularibus paucis longioribus et secundariarum intimarum marginibus rufescenti-brunneis : 

 rectricibus nigris, rufescenti-brunneo marginatis : capitis lateribus et guttaris lateribus saturate cine- 

 rascentibus : mento et gutture medio medialiter canescentibus : gutture imo cinerascenti lavato : 

 corpore reliquo subtus olivascenti-flavo : subalaribus albis : remigibus infra saturate brunneis, intus 

 albidis. 



Hab. in insulis Pbilippinensibus "Surigao" et "Sukuyok" dictis, et "Placer" in insula Mindanensi. 



Adult Male. Upper parts metallic green glossed with lilac-bronze; wings dark brown, tbe least series of 

 coverts steel-blue shaded with violet ; median series of wing-coverts and the lower scapulars broadly 

 tipped with chestnut-brown; the greater coverts more narrowly edged with the same colour, and the 

 quills edged with a more olive-shaded chestnut ; lower back and upper tail-coverts steel-blue glossed 

 with violet; tail black, the feathers edged with metallic green; sides of the head olive-shaded chestnut; 

 moustachial band steel-blue mottled with metallic green; chin and throat ashy grey with a white 

 reflection ; under surface of the body, thighs, and under tail-coverts olive-shaded yellow ; pectoral 

 tufts bright yellow ; under surface of the wings dark brown with the inner margins of the quills and 

 the coverts white ; bill black ; irides red ; legs greenish grey. Total length 4 - 4 inches, culmen 065, 

 wing 2-55, tail 1'6, tarsus - 65. 



Adult Female. Upper half of the head, back of the neck, and upper back ashy brown tinted with olive and 

 with the centres of the feathers darker; scapulars and lower back olive; wings dark brown, the least 

 series of coverts and the quills edged with olive, the median and greater series of coverts, as well as a 

 few of the greater scapulars and the inner quills, edged with rufous brown ; tail black, the feathers 

 edged with rufous brown; sides of the head and sides of the throat ashy; chin and centre of the 

 throat white; base of the throat ashy white; breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts olive-shaded 

 yellow ; under surface of the wings dark brown with the inner margins of the quills and the coverts 

 white; bill black; irides red; legs greenish grey. Total length 4*3 inches, culmen 06, wing 2 - 35, 

 tail l - 6, tarsus 0'6. 



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