A Manual of Philippine Birds - Richard C. McGregor

“Ten males average: Length, 120; wing, 55; tail, 39; culmen, 22; tarsus, 15; middle toe with claw, 15. Three females, length, 109; wing, 51; tail, 36; culmen, 22; tarsus, 14; middle toe with claw, 14. Iris dark brown; bill, legs, feet, and nails black. Breeding in December in Palawan and in February in Culion. Called by natives of Palawan ‘chee-wit’.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

Genus ANTHREPTES Swainson, 1831.

Bill as long as head, slightly curved, and stouter than in the other Philippine genera of this family; nasal opercles without feathers; tail nearly square. Male with upper parts, sides of neck, and a line along each side of throat metallic colored; under parts without metallic feathers; female with shorter bill than the male and without metallic colors.

Species.

a¹. Chin and throat liver-brown.
- b¹. Larger; wing, 71 mm.; culmen from base, 20 chlorigaster (p. [659])
- b². Smaller; wing, about 68 mm.; culmen from base, 18.
  - c¹. Breast brighter yellow and general coloration brighter.
    - d¹. Larger.
    - d². Smaller malaccensis (p. [659])
  - c². Breast more greenish yellow; general coloration duller; pectoral tufts bright yellow rhodolæma (p. [661])
a². Chin and throat light gray griseigularis (p. [661])

671. ANTHREPTES CHLORIGASTER Sharpe.

GREEN-BELLIED SUNBIRD.

Anthreptes chlorigaster Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. 2d. ser. Zool. (1877), 1, 342; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 100.
Anthothreptes malaccensis Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1884), 9, 122 (part).

Basilan (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Lubang (McGregor); Cebu (Everett, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Masbate (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Goodfellow); Negros (Steere, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Panay (Bourns & Worcester); Romblon (Bourns & Worcester); Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester, Everett); Ticao (McGregor).