Luzon (Everett, Whitehead, McGregor); Mindanao (Everett, Celestino); Mindoro (McGregor); Sakuijok (Everett); Samar (Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead).
Male.—Similar to the male of A. chlorigaster, but chin and throat light gray (gray 6 to gray 10 of Ridgway’s Nomenclature of Colors); breast and abdomen much paler than in A. chlorigaster; pectoral tufts pale lemon-yellow. A male from Bataan Province, Luzon, measures: Length, 127; wing, 68; tail, 41; culmen from base, 20; bill from nostril, 15; tarsus, 17. A male from Mindanao, wing, 63; tail, 38; culmen from base, 18; bill from nostril, 14; tarsus, 16.5.
Female.—Green like the female of A. chlorigaster but paler. A female from Luzon, wing, 59; tail, 35; culmen from base, 19; bill from nostril, 15; tarsus, 15.
Subfamily ARACHNOTHERINÆ.
Genus ARACHNOTHERA Temminck, 1826.
Bill twice as long as head and much curved; nasal opercles unfeathered; wing moderate in length; first primary equal to about one-half the second; tail nearly square. Colors olive-green, gray, and yellow, no metallic feathers. Members of this genus are easily recognized by their very long bills.
Species.
- a1. Forehead, cheeks, ear-coverts, and gape-region feathered.
- a2. Forehead, cheeks, ear-coverts, and gape-region naked. philippinensis (p. [663])