336 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



"Adult male. — Is most nearly allied to P. panini. hut differs from tliat 

 species in having the belly and under tail-eoverts white, the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts black glossed with green, like the rest of the back, and 

 the upper mandible only with transversely grooved l)asal plates. From 

 P. manUhv and ajfiuis it differs (and resembles P. panini) in having no 

 black at the base of the tail. Length, 565 ; wing, 246 : tail, "^03 ; tarsus, 

 43." (Grant.) 



"Similar to P. nianiUa', but black with bronze-green gloss instead of 

 brown as in P. nianiUcp. The whole base of the tail is light ferruginous 

 instead of this color being limited to a narrow bar as in P. nmnillo', and 

 the lower mandible is plain instead of being chiseled as in that species. 

 The female of P. mindorensis has the feathers of the head white as in 

 the male, thus differing from the other Philippines species, in all of which 

 the females are black-headed. « 



"The males and females of P. //////r/o/rz/.s/.s differ chietly in tlie coloi- 

 of the bare skin about the eye and l)ase of the beak, this in life being 

 dark blue in the female and flesh-colored in the male." (Steere.) 



"Habits like those of P. manillce. All the Philippine representatives 

 ■ of this genus have the peculiar undulating flight of woodpeckers when 

 going for any considerable distance. P. mindorensis is exceedingly 

 abundant in Mindoro." (Bourns and Worcrster MS.) 



21KS. PENELOPIDES AFFINIS Tweeddak-. 



ALLIED TARICTIC. 



Penelopides affinis Tweeddale, Ann. & Mao;. Nat. Hist. (1877), (4). 20, 

 534; Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1892). 17, 375: Sharpe, Hand- 

 List (1900). 2, 65; McGregor and Worcester. Hand- List (1 !»(»(>). 50. 



Dinagat {Everett); Mindanao {Everett. Kovh d- Hehndenherfi. Steere E-rp., 

 Goodfellotc, (Siemens, Celestino) . 



"Adult male. — Top of the head and neek yellowish white ; cheeks, ear- 

 coverts, and feathered part of throat black; back, rump, upper tail-coverts, 

 and wings black, glossed with dark green ; l)reast, belly, thiglis, and under 

 tail-coverts white, tinged with buff; tail white (stained rufous), with a 

 wide terminal l)lack band and some Iflack at the base of the feathers, 

 sometimes a band nearly as wide as at the extremity. 'Xaked skin round 

 eye and on chin and throat white; iris crimson; feet greenish lead; nails 

 grayish black; basal half of bill and casque dark brown, rest of bill pale 

 brown; base of the lower mandible with three or four obliquely transverse 

 yellow ridges separated by dark brown grooves.' (Krerett.) Lengtli, 

 500; wing, 2;5(; ; tail, 195; tarsus, 41. 



"Young male (with undeveloped casque) differs from the adult in 

 having the upper tail-coverts chestnut and the black band across the end 

 of the tail suffused with rufous. 



"Adult female. — Head, neck, and under parts dull black; back, rump. 



