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upper tail-coverts, and wings black, glossed with dark green; tail resem- 
bles that of the male. ‘Naked skin round eye and on chin and throat 
dark blue: iris crimson, feet dark greenish leaden.” (Hverett.) Bull 
and casque brown, base of lower mandible with indistinct obliquely 
transverse grooves. Length, 500; wing, 218; tail, 175; tarsus, 41. 
“Young female (with undeveloped casque) differs from the adult in 
having chestnut upper tail-coverts and the black band across the end of 
the tail suffused with rufous.” (Grant.) 
299. PENELOPIDES BASILANICA Steere. 
BASILAN TARICTIC. 
Penelopides basilanica STEERE, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 
13; GRANT, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1892), 17, 375; SHARPE, Hand-List 
(1900), 2, 65; McGrrecor and WorcESTER, Hand-List (1906), 56. 
Basilan (Hverett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor). 
“Much like P. affinis of Mindanao, but differs from it in having the 
rufous upon the tail reaching to and beneath the upper tail-coverts, so 
that the whole base of the tail appears rufous, though some specimens 
show some black at the bases of the feathers when they are uncovered. 
The sides of the mandible are also flesh-colored to their bases instead of 
being black behind as in P. affinis.” (Steere.) 
“The differences enumerated by Steere between this species and P. 
affinis, though slight, occur in all the specimens secured by us. A male 
measured, 610 in length; wing, 231; tail, 205; tarsus, 45; middle toe 
with claw, 46. A female, length, 559; wing, 211; tail, 183; tarsus, 39; 
middle toe with claw, 45. Eyes red to umber-brown; legs and feet green- 
ish slate-color; nails black; bill white at tip, black on crest, remainder 
mottled with reddish brown.” (Bourns and Worcester MNS.) 
300. PENELOPIDES SAMARENSIS Steere. 
SAMAR TARICTIC. 
Penelopides samarensis STEERE, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 
13; GRANT, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1892), 17, 376; SHARPE, Hand-List 
(1900), 2, 65; McGrecor and WorcEsTER, Hand-List (1906), 56. 
Tao-si, Bohol. 
Bohol (McGregor) ; Leyte (Hverett, Steere Hap.) ; Samar (Steere Exp., Bourns 
& Worcester, Whitehead). 
Male.—Very similar to the male of P. affinis but upper tail-coverts 
very pale buff. Wing, 260; tail, 230; bill from nostril, 90. 
Female.—tLike the female of P. affinis. Wing, 235; tail, 225; bill 
from nostril, 72. 
“A well-marked species. Five males average, 606 in length; wing, 
232; tail, 208; tarsus, 42; middle toe with claw, 52. Eyes reddish brown ; 
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