Part 150

Pyrrhocentor unirufus Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein. (1862), 4, 118 (note). Centropus unirufus Shelley, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 19, 367; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 168; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 64.

Luzon (Heriot, Whitehead, Celestino).

"Adult.--Entire plumage deep rufous, slightly darker above than below; the feathers from the forehead to the mantle have darker glossy shafts than those of the throat and fore part of the chest; the quills with broad brown ends. Bill green, passing into yellow toward the tip and on the edges; legs olive-brown. Length, 400; culmen, 38; wing, 160; tail, 229; tarsus, 43." (Shelley.)

A female from Bataan Province, Luzon, measures: Wing, 160; tail, 250; culmen from base, 35; tarsus, 40; middle toe with claw, 44.

Subfamily PHÆNICOPHAINÆ.

Genera.

a1. Nostril in a vertical groove at base of bill. ... Dryococcyx (p. 387) a2. Nostril not in a vertical groove; tail-feathers tipped with white.

b1. Feathers over eye lengthened, harsh, and hair-like. ... Dasylophus (p. 388) b2. Feathers of head and throat with black scale-like tips. ... Lepidogrammus (p. 388)

Genus DRYOCOCCYX Sharpe, 1877.

Nostril round in a long vertical groove at base of bill; on side of head from bill to above posterior border of ear, a wide unfeathered space covered with minute fleshy protuberances; wing short; tail long, its feathers wide and greatly graduated.

351. DRYOCOCCYX HARRINGTONI Sharpe.

HARRINGTON'S CUCKOO.

Dryococcyx harringtoni Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. Zool. (1877), 1, 321, fig. 1; Hand-List (1900), 2, 172; Shelley, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 19, 400; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 64.

Balabac (Steere, Everett); Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Palawan (Everett, Lempriere, Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino, White).

Adult (sexes similar).--Forehead, jaw, and narrow lines above and below eye, gray; crown and occiput olive-brown, faintly glossed with green; back, rump, and basal two-thirds of tail glossy metallic green; distal half of tail dark chestnut; chin, throat, breast, sides of neck, and incomplete collar bright rufous, shaded into chestnut on abdomen, thighs, and crissum. Length of a male from Palawan, 450; wing, 170; tail, 270; culmen from base, 39; tarsus, 38. Wing of a female, 170; tail, 278; culmen from base, 39; tarsus, 39.

"In limiting the range of this species to Palawan, Shelley seems to have overlooked the fact that it was originally discovered in Balabac by Steere. We found it to be quite abundant in the Calamianes Islands, and secured numerous specimens there. Usually found in deep forest, occasionally in second growth. Iris of female yellow; iris of male with outer nearly white ring, and inner ring of deep red or brown; bill pea-green; legs and feet leaden gray; nails black; bare skin round eye maroon.

"Five males from Palawan measure, 461 in length; wing, 164; tail, 262; culmen, 40; tarsus, 46; middle toe with claw, 35. Three females, length, 472; wing, 164; tail, 268; culmen, 38; tarsus, 39; middle toe with claw, 36. Calamianes birds are indistinguishable." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

Genus DASYLOPHUS Swainson, 1837.

Nostril hidden by stiff antrorse feathers; eye surrounded by a large area of bare skin; on each side of crown, from lores to nape, a line of harsh, decomposed, and lengthened feathers; wing short; tail long and graduated.

352. DASYLOPHUS SUPERCILIOSUS (Cuvier).

ROUGH-CRESTED CUCKOO.

Phoenicophaus superciliosus Cuvier, Dict. Hist. Nat. (1826), 10, 55. Dasylophus superciliosus Shelley, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 19, 403; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 172; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 64.

Bá-sac ba-yú-cu, Manila.

Catanduanes (Whitehead); Luzon (Cuming, Meyer, Möllendorff, Steere, Steere Exp., Whitehead, McGregor, Celestino); Marinduque (Steere Exp.).

"Adult male.--General plumage above glossy blackish green, with a partial blue shade; a very distinct eyebrow of bright crimson elongated tufts of hair-like feathers extending from the nostrils to behind the bare orbital patch, which latter is bright orange; the base of many of the red tufts white and forming a narrow partial eyebrow next to the bare skin; tail with broad white ends to the feathers; under parts dusky olive, inclining to black toward the chin, thighs, and under tail-coverts, the latter partially glossed with green. 'Iris pure chrome-yellow; orbital skin and base of bill fiery orange; bill pale green; legs greenish chrome; claws dark gray.' (Everett.) Length, 394; culmen, 38; wing, 157; tail, 241; tarsus, 38.

"Adult female.--Similar in plumage to the male. Length, 389; culmen, 38; wing, 155; tail, 231; tarsus, 37." (Shelley.)

A male from Bataan Province, Luzon, measures: Wing, 160; tail, 240; culmen from base, 36; bill from nostril, 27; tarsus, 35; middle toe with claw, 33.

Genus LEPIDOGRAMMUS Reichenbach, 1849.