Birds of Celebes: Nectariniidae. 
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The typical Anthreptes malaccensis: Teiiasserim, Malacca, Sumatra, Borneo, 
Java as far as (?) Flores. 
Anthreptes malaccensis celehensis (Shelley): Celebes and (fide Shelley) Sula. 
Anthreptes malaccensis chlorigaster (Sharpe); Negros, with the birds of which 
locality those of Sangi (fide Shelley) are identical. 
Perhaps the way in which these forms intergrade may be best shown by 
the following key to the adult males in the Di’esden Museum; 
The typical 
A. malaccensis 
a. Under surface yellower. 
a'. Head above and mantle greener metallic bottle-green: Borneo, Nr.6368. 
h'. Head above and mantle bluer metallic bottle-green. 
U’. Throat drab: Java, Nr. 63(54. 
c’. Throat more rufous: Java, C 5504. 
d' //. Intermediate specimen: Sumatra, C 10262. 
b. Under surface more olivaceous. 
S 6® mm, like that of the typical A. malaccensis. 
A. malaccensis 
— chlm'igaster 
d'. Size small: wing 
d". Head and mantle bluer; under surface yellower, less olivaceous; 
flanks yellower. 
d'". Head and mantle as d”: Mindanao, C 9909. 
e"'. Head and mantle still bluer: Palawan, 0 13747 
A. malaccensis 
celehensis 
e". Head and mantle greener; under surface more olivaceous; flanks 
tinged v-ith grey. 
f”'. Breast slightly less olivaceous: Banka Id. off Celebes 
0 12221 and 12224. ’ 
g'" Breast slightly more olivaceous: Mantehage Id 0 12222 
and 12223. 
h"'. Breast still more olivaceous, throat tinged with russet: 
Macassar, Nr. 8571 (type of celehensis). 
Intermediate unclassifiable specimens: Manado 
tua C 12225, Minahassa Nr. 8575, Tom- 
buku, B. Celebes Nr. 8576. 
e . Size large: wing 70 77 mm. 
, Sides more olivaceous yellow; mantle bluer metallic bottle-ffreen- 
A. malaceemis Sangi, old ad. Nr. 8562. 
chlorigaster yellower; mantle greener: Siao, Nr. 8565. 
intermediate: Great Sangi Nr.856], C 12710; SiaoNr.8566. 
An additional select series of 6 adult males from East Celebes vary on the under sur- 
face from the much yellower tone of the form chlorigaster to an olivaceous tint darker than 
is usual in Celebes skins. Two from, Banggai Island are dark below, but less dark than the 
latter specimen. 
The largest speciinens of A. malaccensis celehensis exceed the smallest of A. 
malaccensis chlorigaster of Sangi in size, and in colom' there is no appreciable 
diflference between Sangi specimens and those of Banka except the tinge of 
olive-grey on the flanks of the latter. Though the present species seems to be 
of a not exceptionably variable character in one and the same locality and some 
of the points of difference shown in the key above may be ascribed to differ- 
ITeyor & Wigleswortli, Birds of Cclsbes (Jhot. 9th, 1 SO' )- 
