Anthothreptus griseigularis Tweeddale, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1877),
830.
Anthreptes griseigularis Shelley, Monogr. Nectarin. pts. 9 &
10 (1879), 323, pl. 104; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List
(1906), 100.
Anthothreptes griseigularis Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1884),
9, 126; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 231.
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.
b1. Smaller; exposed culmen, about 30 mm.; crissum
lemon-yellow. ... flammifera (p. 662)
b2. Larger; exposed culmen, about 35 mm.; crissum pale
gray. ... dilutior (p. 663)
a2. Forehead, cheeks, ear-coverts, and gape-region
naked. ... philippinensis (p. 663)