Male.—Crown, mantle, and sides of neck metallic green changing to amethystine; back, rump, tail-coverts, and lesser wing-coverts metallic violet-blue; chin and throat liver-brown, bordered on each side by a narrow line of metallic green and violet-blue; remainder of under parts greenish yellow brightest in the middle of breast and abdomen; pectoral tufts lemon-yellow; wings blackish; primaries and secondaries edged with olive-green; alula and greater and median coverts burnt sienna; rectrices black, edged with metallic green which changes to amethystine. A male from Lubang measures: Wing, 71; tail, 46; culmen from base, 20; bill from nostril, 16.5; tarsus, 18. A male from Sibuyan, wing, 71; tail, 50; culmen from base, 22; bill from nostril, 17; tarsus, 19.
Female.—Above tea-green; below apple-green; center of breast and abdomen yellower; wings and tail dark brown, the feathers edged with dull golden olive. Bill shorter than in the male. A female from Basilan, wing, 66; tail, 42; culmen from base, 19; bill from nostril, 14; tarsus, 18.
“Ten males from Basilan average: Length, 129; wing, 69; tail, 45; culmen, 20; tarsus, 17; middle toe with claw, 26. Nine females, length, 127; wing, 66; tail, 42; culmen, 20; tarsus, 17; middle toe with claw, 21. Iris brownish red; legs and feet brownish to yellowish olive; nails black; bill dark brown to black. Food, in three cases, seeds.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
672. ANTHREPTES MALACCENSIS (Scopoli).
BROWN-THROATED SUNBIRD.
- Certhia malaccensis Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. (1786), 2, 91.
- Anthreptes malaccensis Shelley, Monogr. Nectarin. pt. 6 (1878), 315, pl. 101, fig. 2; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 100.
- Anthothreptes malaccensis Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1884), 9, 122 (part); Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind. Bds. (1890), 2, 344, fig. 98 (bill enlarged).
Balabac (Everett); Calamianes (McGregor & Worcester); Palawan (Steere, Everett, Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino, White); Sibutu (Everett); Sitanki (Bartsch). Cochin China, Malay Peninsula, Siam, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Flores.
Male.—Very similar to the male of A. chlorigaster, but smaller and with the breast and abdomen bright yellow. A male from Palawan measures: Wing, 68; tail, 48; culmen from base, 18; bill from nostril, 14; tarsus, 17.
Female.—Similar to the female of A. chlorigaster but smaller. A female from Palawan, wing, 62; tail, 42; culmen from base, 16; bill from nostril, 13; tarsus, 15.
“Ten males from Palawan average: Length, 131; wing, 66; tail, 47; culmen, 21; tarsus, 17; middle toe with claw, 16. Ten females, length, 123; wing, 61; tail, 42; culmen, 20; tarsus, 16; middle toe with claw, 15.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)