Part 147

"Adult female.--Similar in plumage to E. honorata but with the entire upper half of the head rufous, streaked or mottled with black; bars on the chest, abdomen, and under tail-coverts slightly narrower. 'Bill pale green, deep orange at base; legs yellow, tinged green on the tarsus; nails gray; iris chrome-yellow.' (Everett.) Length, 368; culmen, 32; wing, 19; tail, 19; tarsus, 33." (Shelley.)

"A very common bird throughout the islands, especially abundant in mangrove swamps and in second growth. Called 'bahów' by the natives from its note. Frequently heard crying at dead of night. Five males average, 386 in length; wing, 189; tail, 185; culmen, 28; tarsus, 32; middle toe with claw, 46. Two females, length, 362; wing, 183; tail, 176; culmen, 28; tarsus, 29; middle toe with claw, 37. Eyes red; legs and feet leaden gray to nearly black; bill pale greenish. Food usually insects, but in one case fruit." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

342. EUDYNAMYS FRATER McGregor.

ALLIED KOEL.

Eudynamis frater McGregor, Bull. Philippine Mus. (1904), 4, 21; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 63.

Calayan (McGregor); Fuga (Whitehead, McGregor).

Male.--Entire plumage glossy blue-black. Bill dusky greenish; iris crimson; legs and feet dark steel-blue; nails brown. Length, 490; wing, 241; tail, 237; exposed culmen, 31; bill from nostril, 22.

Female.--Above dark brown with a faint purple gloss on wing-coverts and scapulars; feathers of crown, neck, and sides of face with rufous shaft-stripes; back, rump, and wings with small tawny-rufous spots, quills and tail barred with same color; lower parts buff (inclining to white on middle of breast) barred with black; a more or less distinct white band from base of bill to below posterior edge of ear-coverts, wider posteriorly; below this a wide band of dark rufous mixed with black; ear-coverts similar; chin and throat striped with black and tawny-buff. Bill dusky greenish; iris crimson; legs and feet steel-blue; nails brown. Length, 490; wing, 240; tail, 227; exposed culmen, 31; bill from nostril, 22.

Subfamily CENTROPODINÆ.

Genus CENTROPUS Illiger, 1811.

Bill powerful, strongly curved; legs and feet strong, tarsus naked; claw of hind toe very long and slender, nearly straight; wings short, rounded, and curved to the body, primaries but little longer than secondaries; tail very long, its feathers wide and soft; feathers of head, neck, and throat coarse and decomposed, their shafts strong and polished.

Species.

a1. Head, chin, and throat black; wings neither chestnut nor fawn.

b1. Entire plumage nearly uniform black, glossed with oil-green.

c1. Slightly smaller; culmen in male, about 29 mm. ... mindorensis (p. 381) c2. Slightly larger; culmen in male, about 32 mm. ... carpenteri (p. 382)

b2. Neck and breast smoky brown in contrast with the black of head and throat. ... steeri (p. 382)

a2. Not uniform black; wings chestnut, rufous, or fawn.

b1. Tail black, glossed with blue or green.

c1. Under parts nearly uniform black.

d1. Head, neck, and breast glossed with bluish violet; wing, 220 mm. or more. ... sinensis (p. 383) d2. Head, neck, and breast glossed with oil-green or dark blue; wing, 190 mm. or less.

e1. Wings bright rufous; shafts of wing-coverts rufous; wing-lining black. ... viridis (p. 383) e2. Wings dark buff; shafts of wing-coverts pale buff; wing-lining buff. ... javanicus (p. 384)

c2. Chin, throat, and breast light buff; abdomen black, glossed with oil-green. ... melanops (p. 386)

b2. Tail and entire upper parts uniform rufous. ... unirufus (p. 386)

343. CENTROPUS MINDORENSIS (Steere).

MINDORO COUCAL.

Centrococcyx mindorensis Steere, List Birds. & Mams. Steere Exped. (1900), 12. Centropus mindorensis Shelley, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 19, 339; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 166; Grant, Ibis, (1896), 475; McGregor, Bur. Govt. Labs. (1905), 34, 17; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 63.

Mindoro (Steere Exp., Everett, Platen, Schmacker, Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor, Porter); Semirara (Worcester).

Adult (sexes similar).--Entire plumage black, heavily glossed with oil-green; most of the feathers with glossy black shafts; in some specimens the alula and primary-coverts edged with rufous. Iris dark red; bill, legs, and nails black. Length of a male, 460; wing, 155; tail, 270; culmen from base, 29; depth of bill at front of nostril, 13.