412 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



"Adult male. — Much smaller tliaii .S. i<teerii. Head, back, aud sca- 

 pulars purple somewhat mottled with brown ; white nuchal collar very 

 narrow and ill-defined ; purple of back gradually clianging into brown on 

 rimip; tips of scapulars black; upper tail-coverts and tail bright chestnut; 

 upper wing-coverts black; tertiaries barred across both webs with pure 

 white; three secondaries with lilac spot on outer webs: tips of secondaries 

 and tertiaries black; primaries blackish brown; chin, throat, sides of face, 

 ear-coverts, and lores pure black; breast, abdomen, and flanks lilac, 

 deeper on upper breast, lighter on abdomen ; thighs black, the feathers 

 tipped with brown; under tail-coverts light buff; axillars white; under 

 wing-coverts black; bend of wing white. 



"Female like male except that the lilac of under surface is replaced by 

 white. Bill, legs, feet, nails, and eyes exactly as in *S. stcrii and the 

 30ung show the same plumage changes as in that species. 



"Average measurements from five males: Length, 15.3: wing, 78; tail, 

 62; culmen, 22; tarsus, 20." (Bourns and Worcester.) 



"Habits exactly like those of the preceding species ; abundant in Samar 

 but irregularly distributed.^' (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



