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341. EUDYNAMYS MINDANENSIS (Liniifeus). 

 PHILIPPINE KOEL. 



Cuculus mindanensis Linn.eus, Syst. Nat. ed. 12, (1766), 1, 169. 



Eudynamis mindanensis Shelley, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 19, 321; 

 Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 105; McGregor and Worcester, Hand- 

 List (1906), 03. 



Ba-hao, Ticao; cii-ao, Masbate; pa-hao, Cagayancillo: bau-bno, Cuyo; cu-aoiK 

 Calayan. 



Apo (Celestino) ; Bantayan { McGregor ) ; Basilan (Ererctt, Uteere Exp., 

 Hourns d- Worcester. McGregor) : Boliol {Mc(lregor); Bongao (Ererett) ; Caga- 

 yancillo (McGregor) ; Calayan {McGregor); Caluya (Porter); Camiguin N. 

 (McGregor) ; Cebu (Bourns & Worcester) ; Cuyo (McGregor) ; Fuga (McGregor) ; 

 Guimaras (Meyer); Leyte (\Vhite1iead) ; Luzon (Everett, Whitehead); Malanipa 

 (Murray); Marinduque (^teere Exp.); Masbate (Bourns d Worcester, McGre- 

 gor) ; Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns tC- Worcester, Celestino, Good- 

 felloic) ; Mindoro (Steere Exp., Bourns d- Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor, 

 Porter); Negros (t^teere. Bourns d- Worcester, Kcay) ; Palawan (Platen White- 

 head, Steere Exp.) ; Panay (Bourns d- Worcester) ; Romblon (Bourns d Worcester, 

 McGregor) ; Samar (Steere Exp.); Semirara (McGregor d Worcester); Sibutu 

 (Everett) ; Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Siquijor (Bourns d Wor- 

 cester, Celestino) ; Sulu (Platen, Bourns d Worcester) ; Tablas (Bourns d Wor- 

 cester) ; Tawi Tawi (Bourns d Worcester) ; Ticao (McGregor). Sangi Islands. 



"Adult male. — Similar in plumage to E. honorata. 'Bill grayish 

 green; legs dark lead-gray; claws black; iris crimson.' (Everett.) 

 Length, 373; culmen, 30; wing, 188; tail, 193; tarsus, 33. 



"Adult female. — Similar in plumage to E. honorata but with the 

 entire upper half of the head rufous, streaked or mottled with black ; bars 

 on the chest, abdomen, and under tail-coverts slightly narrower. 'Bill 

 pale green, deep orange at base ; legs yellow, tinged green on the tarsus ; 

 nails gray; iris chrome-yellow.' (Everett.) Length, 368; culmen, 32; 

 wing, 19; tail, 19; tarsus, 33."' (Shelley.) 



"A very common bird throughout the islands, especially abundant in 

 mangrove swamps and in second growth. Called 'l)ah6w' by the natives 

 from its note. Frequently heard crying at dead of night. Five males 

 average, 386 in length; wing, 189; tail, 185; culmen, 28; tarsus, 32; 

 middle toe with claw, 46. Two fenuiles, length, 362; wing, 183; tail, 

 176; culmen, 28; tarsus, 29; middle toe with claw, 37. p]yes red; legs 

 and feet leaden gray to nearly black; bill pale greenish. Food usually 

 insects, but in one case fruit." (Bourns and Worce.ster MS.) 



342. EUDYNAMYS FRATER McGregor. 



ALLIED KOEL. 



Eudynamis {rater McGregor, Bull. IMiilippinc Mus. (1904), 4, 21; Mc- 

 Gregor and Worcester, HandList ( 1900) . ()3. 



Calayan (McGregor); Fuga (Whitehead, McGregor) . 



