DRYOCOCCYX. 387 



Subfamily PH^^NICOPHAINv^. 



Getieia. 



a\ Nostril in a vertical groove at base of bill Dryococcyx (p. 387) 



a^. Nostril not in a vertical groove; tail-feathers tipped with white. 



b\ Feathers over eye lengthened, harsh, and hair-like Dasylophus (p. 388) 



b-. Feathers of head and throat with black scale-like tips. 



Lepidogrammus ( p. 388) 



Genus DRYOCOCCYX Sharpe, 1877. 



Nostril round in a long vertical groove at base of bill ; on side of head 

 from bill to above posterior border of ear, a wide unfeathered space 

 covered with minute fleshy protuberances ; wing short ; tail long, its 

 feathers wide and greatly graduated. 



351. DRYOCOCCYX HARRINGTONI Sharpe. 

 HAHRINGTON'S CUCKOO. 



Dryococcyx harringtoni Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. Zool. (1877), 1, 321, 

 fig. 1; Hand-List (1900), 2, 172; Shelley, Cat. Birds Brit. Mas. 

 (1891), 19, 400; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (190(i), (54. 



Balabac {Hteerc, Everett) ; Calaniianes (Bourns d Woiccster, McGregor) ; 

 Palawan {Everett, Lempriere, Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns d Wor- 

 cester, Celestino, White). 



Adult {sexes similar). — Forehead, jaw, and narrow lines above and 

 below eye, gray ; crown and occiput olive-brown, faintly glossed with 

 green; back, rump, and basal two-thirds of tail glossy metalic green; 

 distal half of tail dark chestnut; chin, throat, breast, sides of neck, and 

 incomplete collar bright rufous, shaded into chestnut on abdomen, 

 thighs, and crissum. Length of a male from Palawan, 450; wing, 170; 

 tail, 270; culmen from base, 39; tarsus, 38. Wing of a IViiuUe, 170; 

 tail, 278 ; culmen from base, 39 ; tarsus, 39. 



"In limiting the range of this species to Palawan. Shelley seems to 

 have overlooked the fact that it was originally discovered in Balabac by 

 Steere. We found it to be quite abundant in the Calaniianes Islands, and 

 secured numerous specimens there. Usually found in deep forest, occa- 

 sionally in second growth. Iris of fcinale yellow; iris of male with outer 

 nearly white ring, and inner ring of deep red or brown; bill pea-green; 

 legs and feet leaden gray; nails black; hare skin round eye maroon. 



"Five males from Palawan measure', Kil in length; wing, 104; 

 tail, 2Q2; culmen, 40; tarsus, 4(1; middle toe with claw, 35. Three 

 females, length, 472; wing, 1(54; tail, 2<)8 ; culmen, 38; tarsus, 39; 

 middle toe with claw, 3(i. Calaniianes Itinls ai'c indistinguishable." 

 (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



