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the belly purer and less fulvous. Length, 216; wing, 89; culmen, 22; 

 tail, 102; middle tail-feathers, 208; tarsus, 15." (Sharpe.) 



"Included in this list with some doubt on the strength of a specimen 

 mentioned by Hartert." (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



429. TERPSI PHONE NIGRA McGregor. 



BLACK PARADISE FLYCATCHEE. 



Terpsiphone nigra McGregor, Phil. Jour. Sci. (1907), 2, sec. A, 340, pis. 

 1 to 3. 



Ti-uay-uay, Batan. 

 Batan ( McGregor ) . 



Adult male {type). — Black, with a slight purplish blue gloss; middle 

 of abdomen white; under tail-coverts black with white bases and with 

 traces of clay-brown along the edges; wings and tail black with some 

 purplish blue gloss on exposed margins. Iris brown; bill, legs, and 

 wide fleshy eye-wattle bright blue; nails paler blue; inside of mouth 

 pale green. Length in flesh, 383; wing, 91; central rectrices, 282; 

 second pair of rectrices, 131; outermost and shortest pair of rectrices, 

 65 ; culmen from base, 19 ; bill from nostril, 13 ; tarsus, 15 ; middle toe 

 with claw, 15; longest crest-feathers, 15. 



Nearly adult male. — Similar to the adult, but some feathers of lower 

 back and a few of the inner remiges edged with chestnut; middle of 

 lower breast, axillars, and wing-lining mottled with white; abdomen 

 white; under tail-coverts teiTa-cotta yellow with small dusky patches. 

 Length, 376; wing, 90; tail-feathers: longest, 267; second, 127; shortest, 

 80; culmen from base, 19; bill from nostril, 13; tarsus, 16.5; middle 

 toe with claw, 16.5; longest crest-feathers, 16. 



Male, first year. — Head, neck, throat, and breast glossy black ; mantle, 

 back, and rump bright chestnut; upper tail-coverts chestnut and glossy 

 black (mixed plumage) ; lower breast giay; abdomen white; flanks dull 

 chestnut; under tail-coverts white waslied with terra cotta; alula, prima- 

 ries and primary-coverts blackish brown ; primaries and secondary-coverts 

 edged with chestnut; secondaries edged with rusty brown; rectrices dark 

 brown, slightly chestnut, the outer pair minutely tipped with white. 

 Length, 190; wing, 85; tail, 85; outermost rectrices, 71; culmen from 

 base, 18.5 ; bill from nostril, 13. 



Adult female. — Differs from the adult male, first year, in having 

 mantle, back, tail-coverts, and secondary-coverts reddish brown instead 

 of chestnut. Length, 190; wing, 85; tail, 81; outermost rectrices, 74; 

 culmen from base, 20; bill from nostril, 13. Another female is duller, 

 having the mantle, back, and rump decidedly grayer. Length, 189; 

 wing, 85; tail, 88; culmen from base, 17; bill from nostril, 12. 



