22 



Type. — No. 3201, female, Philippine Museum Collection. Calayan 

 Island. Collected September 18, 1903, by R. C. McGregor and A. 

 Celestino. 



Description of foimle. — Above dark brown with a faint purple gloss 

 on wing coverts and scapulars. Top of head, neck, and sides of face 

 with shaft stripes of rufous; back, rump, and wings with small spots 

 of tawny rufous. Quills and tail barred with same color. Lower parts 

 buff (inclining to white on middle of breast) barred with black. A 

 more or less distinct white band from base of bill to below posterior edge 

 of ear coverts, wider posteriorly ; below this a wide band of dark rufous 

 mixed with black; ear coverts similar; chin and throat striped with 

 black and tawny buff. Bill dusky greenish; irides crimson; legs and 

 feet steel blue; nails brown. Total length, 19.25 inches; wing, 9.45; 

 tail, 8.94; exposed culmen, 1.25; bill from nostril, 0.88. 



Habitat. — Calayan and Fuga, Babuyanes group, P. I. 



Measurements of Eudynamia mindanensis. 



No. 



1765 

 1717 

 1906 

 1972 

 2149 

 1217 

 752 

 3182 

 3141 

 3270 

 3402 

 3444 



Male ___ 

 .— do — 



—do 



.— do — 

 „_.do — 



. do — 



do — 



—do 



.___do — 



.—do 



.— do — 

 .— do — 



Locality. 



Puerto Galera. 



do 



Cuyo 



Cagayancillo__ 



do 



Masbate 



Ticao 



Calayan 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Measurements of Evdynamis frater. 



Locality. 



Bill 



from 



nostril. 



Fuga (albino) _.- 



Calayan (albino) 



Calayan (type) — 



.do 



.do. 

 _do. 

 _do_ 



0.85 

 .93 



.87 

 .87 

 .85 

 .89 

 .93 



In spite of the great variation in the size of these cuckoos, as shown 

 by the accompanying tables, I believe the large birds represent a distinct 

 species. At least some of the variation in wing and tail measurements 

 is due to the more or less incomplete growth of these parts. This spe- 

 cies has a strong tendency to albinism. The following specimens are 

 interesting : 



No. SlJfO, male, Calayan, September 15, 190S. — In left wing one of 

 the greater coverts and tip of longest primary white. In right wing 

 white spot on one short tertiary and on one primary covert. One white 

 feather on abdomen. One buff barred feather on abdomen. 



