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sheen, and this confined principally to wings and tail; and dull white 

 below, heavily streaked with the dark brown of the upper surface, 

 with very little or no metallic sheen. 



In what I take to be the first nuptial plumage the lower parts are 

 still white, but the streaks are broader and nearly all metallic green, 

 the upper parts, including the lesser and median wing coverts, are 

 metallic green, though somewhat duller than in the adult; but the 

 remaining portions of the wdngs are brown as in the juvenal dress. 



Measurements are given in Table 33. 



This species has been recorded by Doctor Hartert^^ from also 

 Sirhassen Island. 



Table 33. — Measurements of specimens of Lamprocorax panayensis heterochlorus 



'Measured in the flesh by the collector. 



The number of recognizable races of Lamprocorax panayensis is 

 now 20, as follows: 



1. Lamprocorax panayensis panayensis (Scopoli). 



Muscicapa panayensis Scopoli, Deliciae florae et faunae Insubricae, pt. 2, p. 96, 



1786. ("Ibid. p. 115 Tab. 73" [ = Sonnerat, Voyage Nouvelle Guinee = 



Panay Island, Philippine Islands].) 

 [Turdus] columbinus Gmelin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 836, Apr. 20, 1789. 



("in insulis Philippinis" [type locality now designated as Panay Island].) 

 [Turdus] cantor Gmelin, Systema naturae, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 837, Apr. 20, 1789. 



("in insulis Philippinis" [based on "Petit merle de I'ile de Panay" Sonnerat; 



type locality, therefore, Panay Island].) 



Geographic distribution. — Philippine Islands. 



2. Lamprocorax panayensis sanghirensis (Salvadori). 



Calornis sanghirensis Salv.\dori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, ser. 1, vol. 

 9, p. 60, Oct. 7, 1876. ("Petta, Isole Sanghir" [north of Celebes].) 



Geographic distribution. — Sanghir Islands, north of Celebes. 



" Nov. Zool., vol. 1, no. 2, p. 476, Apr. 16, 1894. 



