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feet and claws sepia hiown (from fresh specimen). Total length, 17G; alar 

 expanse, 200 ; \vin<r, <)"^; tail, SI ; l)ill. nieasnred from base of niandihle, 14 ; 

 bill from nostril, 8.5 ; tarsus, 14; middle toe with claw, 23. 



Remarh. — The type and only specimen of /'. nnicolor Ilartert (Bull. 

 Brit. Orn. Club. Vol. XIV, No. i-vi, p. 74, April 28, 1904) was taken by Mr. 

 John Waterstradt on a ditferent part of Mount .\po, at an altitude of only 

 3,000 feet, or ;>,200 feet lower than tiie ty|)e loeaiity of P. gri^eipectuK. Mr. 

 \Vatei"stradt's specimen was killed in November while nnne was taken in 

 July, and it is possible that his bird was an immature individual of the 

 species here described. 



Brachypteryx mindanensis sp. nov. 



MOUNT APU SHOKTWING. Buor-voo-wing' (Bagobo). 



Type No. 192.25o, U. 8. National Museum, from Mount Apo at 6,000 feet, 

 June 21, 1904. Adult female. 



The three Philippine species of Brachypieryx are closely related. In 

 color, the form from Mount Apo, Mindanao, is nearest to B. hrunneict'ps 

 from the Island of Negros ; but the latter is the smallest of the three forms, 

 while the former is the largest. 



Adult mall'. — Similar to the male of B. Itninnnreps, but larger and ap- 

 parently less heavily washed with black on the top of the head and throat. 

 Belly without a trace of grayish wash present in B. poliogyna from the Island 

 of Luzon. Measurements of No. 192,25(i,U. S. National Museum, from Blount 

 Apo at 6,300 feet, July 4, 1904: Total length, 158 ; alar expanse, 220 ; wing, 

 70; tail, 62; bill from base of culmen, 14; bill from nostril, 9.5; tarsus, 33 ; 

 middle toe and claw, 23. Iris dark l)rown ; bill, feet, and claws gray- 

 black, darker than plumage. 



Adalt female. — Similar to the female of B. hrauveieeps, but differs, in 

 addition to its larger size and relatively longer tail, in having the abdomen 

 washed with brownish gray. The wing-quills and spurious wing are 

 brown. Measurements of type: Total length, 158 ; alar expanse, 212; wing, 

 70; tail, 56 ; bill from base of culmen, 14; bill from nostril, 9; tarsus, 31 ; 

 nuddle toe with claw, 24. Iris dark brown: bill, feet, and claws dark 

 gray. 



YouiKj )iiale ill jirtil plumage. — Slate-colored feathers of the adult plum- 

 age are present in the greater wing-coverts and pectoral region of the 

 specimen (No. 192,257, U. S. National Museum, from Todaya, at 4,000 feet 

 on Mount Apo, July 11, 1904). General color clove brown, the feathers 

 slaty at base, all but the quills with russet shaft spots, which are small and 

 triangular on the back, and so extended as to give a general russet tone to 

 the abdomen. Iris brown ; bill and feet gray-black. Total length, 155; 

 alar expanse, 218; wing, 70; tail, 50; bill from base of culmen, 13; bill 

 from nostril, S.() ; tarsus, 33; middle toe with claw, 22. 



The name Boor-roo-vung^ , used by the native Bagobos, is in imitation 

 of the lisping notes of this bird, which suggest sounds of the winds. 



