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54. PHLEGCENAS MENAGEI Bourns and Worcester. 
TAWI TAWI PUNALADA. 
Phlogenas menagei BouRNS and WorcESTER, Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. 
Oce. Papers (1894), 1, 10; SHARPE, Hand-List (1899), 1, 88; Mce- 
GREGOR and WorRCcESTER, Hand-List (1906), 15. 
Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester). 
“Adult male——Entire upper surface of head, nape, hind neck, upper 
back, sides of neck, and sides of breast rich metallic green; scapulars and 
interscapulars dark brown, broadly edged with elegant violet when 
specimen is held between observer and the light, this color changing to 
deep green when specimen is held away from source of light; rump and 
upper tail-coverts ruddy brown narrowly edged with metallic colors of 
back; a few of the longest coverts nearly black, washed with rufous-brown 
at tips; basal portion of tail-feathers dark ashy gray, the two central 
feathers darkest; a distinct subterminal band of black on all but central 
pair of feathers; all the feathers with a terminal gray band, least distinct 
on central pair; wing-coverts dark brown, broadly tipped with metallic 
green except outer series, which are broadly tipped with ashy gray; 
primary- and secondary-coverts and secondaries fulvous-brown, the outer 
half of outer webs of feathers rich rufous-brown, the inner secondaries 
having the entire outer web, and tip of inner web, of this color; primaries 
fulvous-brown faintly washed with rufous-brown on basal half of outer 
webs; lores, a narrow line under eye, and ear-coverts nearly black with a 
faint wash of metallic green; metallic green of back and sides of neck 
continued in a distinct band across the breast, only slightly interrupted 
at center of breast and inclosing a beautiful orange plastron formed by 
the bristle-like tips of the feathers of the fore breast; basal portion of 
these feathers as well as chin, throat, sides of face, and sides of throat 
pure white; an indistinct white band behind the green pectoral band; 
hind breast and upper abdomen pearly ash, a few of the feathers tipped 
with creamy white; belly creamy white; flanks, thighs, and under tail- 
coverts buff; under surface of tail like upper, the terminal band being 
rather more pronounced; under wing-coverts, axillars, and basal portion 
of inner webs of all the quills chestnut-brown; rest of quills dark brown. 
Iris light silver-gray; bill slaty gray at tip, black at base; legs and 
feet light red; nails light brown. Length, 286; wing, 153; tail, 103; 
culmen, 21; tarsus, 36. i 
“Extremely rare and difficult to obtain. We secured two fine males 
but failed to get a female.” (Bourns and Worcester.) 
