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wing, 67 ; tail, 48 ; tarsus, 2d. Adult female : Leugth, 162 ; wing, 67 ; 

 tail, 48 ; tarsus, 29." ( Grant. ) 



522. BRACHYPTERYX M INDANENSIS Alearns. 



MINDANAO SHORTWING. 



Brachyptfxryx mindanensis Mearns, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. (1905), 18, 3; 

 McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 83. 



Boor-roo-win' g, Bagobos of Mount Apo. 

 Mindanao {Mearns, Goodfelloio) . 



"Adult male. — Similar to the male of B. hrunneiceps, but larger and 

 apparently less heavily washed with black on the top of the head and 

 throat. Belly without a trace of grayish wash present in B. poliogyna 

 from the Island of Luzon. Measurements of jSFo. 192,256, U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum, from Mount Apo at 1,920 meters, July 4, 1904. Total 

 length, 158; alar expanse, 220; wing, 70; tail, 62; bill from base of 

 culmen, 14; bill from nostril, 9.5; tarsus, 33; middle toe with claw, 23. 

 Iris dark brown ; bill, feet, and claws gray-black, darker than plumage. 



"Adult female. — Similar to the female of B. hrunneiceps, but differs 

 in addition to its larger size and relatively longer tail, in having the 

 abdomen washed with brownish gray. The wing-quills and spurious 

 wing are brown. Measurements of type : Length, 158 ; alar expanse, 

 212 ; wing, 70 ; tail, 56 ; bill from base of culmen, 14 ; bill from nostril, 

 9; tarsus, 31; middle toe with claw. 24. Iris dark l)ro\\Ti : bill, feet, and 

 claws dark gray. 



"Young male in first plumage. — Slate-colored feathers of the adult 

 plumage are present in the greater wing-coverts and pectoral region of the 

 specimen (No. 192,257, U. S. National Museum, from Todaya, at 1,220 

 meters, on Mount Apo, July 11, 1904). General color clove-brown, the 

 feathers slaty at base, all but the quills with russet shaft-spots, which are 

 small and triangular on the back, and so extended as to give a general 

 russet tone to the abdomen. Iris brown; bill and feet gray-black. 

 Length, 155 ; alar expanse, 218 ; wing, 70 ; tail, 50 ; bill from base of 

 culmen, 13 ; bill from nostril, 8.6 ; tarsus, 33 ; middle toe with claw, 22. 



"The name 'boor-roo-wi'ng,' used by the native Bagobos, is in imita- 

 tion of the lisping notes of this bird, which suggest sounds of the winds." 

 {Mearns.) 



523. BRACHYPTERYX M ALl NDANGENSIS Mearns. 



MALINDANG SHORTWING. 



Brachypteryx malindangensis Mearns. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. (1909), 

 36, 441. 

 Mindanao ( Mearns ) . 



"Characters. — Most closely related to Brachypteryx hrunneiceps Grant 

 and B. mindanensis Mearns. Smaller than hrunneiceps, about equaling 



