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).
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.)