BRACHYPTEIIYX. 539 



a'. Head, neck, and throat rusty brown, eontrastin<r with the rest of tlie plumage 

 (females) . 



b\ Crown lighter; chin and throat lighter poliogyna (p. 539) 



6^ Crown darker; chin and throat deeper in color; belly not paler than I>reast. 



c'. Smaller, tail shorter brunneiceps (p. 539) 



cr. Larger, tail longer; abdomen washed with brownish gia>'. 



d\ Color much lighter mindanensis ( p. 540 ) 



dr. Color much darker; russet of front of iiead intensified to almost a 

 burnt umber and not extending backward beyond the eyes. 



malindangensis (p. 510 i 



.-v20. BRACHYPTERYX POLIOGYNA Crant. 



GRANT'S SHORTWING. 



Brachiipteriix poliogyna Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1895), 4, 40; Ibis 

 (1895), 446, pi. 12, fig. 1; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 216 (habits); 

 Sharpe, Iland-List (1903). 4, 56; McGregor and Worce.ster. Hand- 

 List (190G). 83. 



Luzon {Whitehead, .]}cfJreg'jr) ; Mindoro {Whitchenth . 



Male. — Most of the pluinage dark s]ate-blue; middle of abdomen 

 washed with gray : forehead, lores, ring around eye, jaw, and chin black ; 

 above each eye a concealed jjatcli of soft silky white feathers; wings and 

 tail black, the feathers edged with slate-blue : bend of wing white. Iris 

 dark brown ; bill, legs, and nails black. Length, 140; wing, 67; tail, 49; 

 culmen from base, 14; bill from nostril, 9; tarsus, 2H: middle toe with 

 claw, 22. 



i^cma/c. —Entire head, neck, chin, and throat umber or rusty brown, 

 much darker on crown, lighter on chin and throat; remainder of plumage 

 slaty blue, similai- to the male, but lighter on the under parts and much 

 grayer on abdomen. Length, 127 ; wing, do : tail, 42; culmen from base, 

 15; bill from nostril, 8; tarsus, 30 ; middle toe with claw, 21. 



521. BRACHYPTERYX BRUNNEICEPS Grant. 



NEGROS SHORTWING. 



Brachy pier fix brunneiceps (Jraxt, Ibis (1896), 457; Whitehead, Ibis (1899). 

 217 (habits) ; Sharpe, Hand-List (1903), 4, 56; McGregor and Wor- 

 ce.ster. Hand-List (1906), 83. 



Negros ( Whitehead ) . 



Diagnosis. — "The Negros shortwing is closely allied to B. poliogi/na. 

 which Mr. \^'Tiitehead discovered in the highlands of Lepanto, Luzon. 

 The males in fact, are, as one would expect, very much alike, l)ut the 

 Negros })ird has tlu^ top of the head and throat washed with black in- 

 stead of dark slate. Uclwccii Ibc females the differences are much more 

 marked; the crown of the head in E. hnuinciceps is mucli (buker brown, 

 much less strongly washed with sienna on the forehead : the chin and 

 middle of the throat are much deeper in color, very little paler than the 

 sides; and the genei-al tone of tlie undei- parts is (birker slate-blue, the 

 belly being in nn \\n\ iialcr tlian the breast. Adult male: Length, 127; 



