PENELOPIDES. 337 



\ipper tail-coverts, and wings black, glossed with dark green; tail resem- 

 bles that of the male. 'Xaked skin round eye and on chin and throat 

 dark blue: iris crimson, feet dark greenish leaden.' (Everett.) Bill 

 and casque brown, base of lower mandible with indistinct obliquely 

 transverse grooves. Length, 500; wing, 218; tail, 175; tarsus, 41. 



"Young female (with undeveloped casque) differs from tlie adult in 

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

 the tail suffused with rufous." (Grant.) 



299. PENELOPIDES BASILANICA Steere. 



BASILAN TARICTIC. 



Petielopides basilanica Steere, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 

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

 (1900), 2, 65; McGkegor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 56. 



Basilan (Everett, iiteere Exp., Bourns tf ^Vorcester, McGregor). 



"Much like P. affinis of Mindanao, Init differs from it in having the 

 rufous upon the tail reaching to and beneath the upper tail -coverts, so 

 that the whole base of the tail appears rufous, though some specimens 

 show some black at the bases of the feathers when they are uncovered. 

 The sides of the mandible are also flesh-colored to their bases instead of 

 being black behind as in P. affinis."" (Steere.) 



"The differences enumerated by Steere between this species and P. 

 affinis, though slight, occur in all the specimens secured by us. A male 

 measured, 610 in length; wing, 231; tail, 205; tarsus, 45; middle toe 

 with claw, 46. A female, length, 559; wing, 211; tail, 183; tarsus, 39; 

 middle toe with claw, 45. Eyes red to umber-brown; legs and feet green- 

 ish slate-color; nails black; bill white at tip, black on crest, remainder 

 mottled with reddish brown." i Bourns auil Worcester MS.) 



.500. PENELOPIDES SAMARENSIS Steere. 



SAMAR TARICTIC. 



Penelopides samarensis Steere, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890). 

 13; Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1892). 17, 376; Sharpe, Hand-List 

 ( 1900), 2, 65; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List ( 1906), 56. 



Tao-si, Bohol. 



Bohol {McGregor) ; Leyte {Everett, Steere Exp.) ; Samar {Steere Exp., Bourns 

 d- Worcester. Whitehead) . 



Male. — \'ery similar to the male of /'. uffiiiis but upptT tail-roverts 

 very pale buff. Wing, 260; tail, 230; bill fnmi nostriC !H). 



Female. — Like tlie female of P. affinis. Wing, 235; tail. 225; bill 

 from nostril, 72. 



"'A well-marked species. Five males average. (!0(! in length; wing, 

 232 ; tail, 208 ; tarsus, 42 ; middle toe with claw, 52. Eyes reddish brown ; 

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