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.)