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341. EUDYNAMYS MINDANENSIS (Linneus). 
PHILIPPINE KOEL. 
Cuculus mindanensis LINN2XUS, Syst. Nat. ed. 12, (1766), 1, 169. 
Eudynamis mindanensis SHELLEY, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 19, 321; 
SHARPE, Hand-List (1900), 2, 165; McGrecor and WorcESTER, Hand- 
List (1906), 63. 
Ba-haé, Ticao; cu-ad, Masbate; pa-had, Cagayancillo; bau-bad, Cuyo; cu-aod, 
Calayan. 
Apo (Celestino); Bantayan (McGregor); Basilan (Hverett, Steere Exp., 
Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Bohol (McGregor); Bongao (Everett); Caga- 
yancillo (McGregor); Calayan (McGregor); Caluya (Porter) ; Camiguin N. 
(McGregor) ; Cebu (Bourns & Worcester) ; Cuyo (McGregor) ; Fuga (McGregor) ; 
Guimaras (Meyer) ; Leyte (Whitehead) ; Luzon (Everett, Whitehead) ; Malanipa 
(Murray); Marinduque (Steere Exp.); Masbate (Bourns & Worcester, McGre- 
gor); Mindanao (Everett, Steere Hxp., Bourns € Worcester, Celestino, Good- 
fellow); Mindoro (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor, 
Porter) ; Negros (Steere, Bourns € Worcester, Keay); Palawan (Platen White- 
head, Steere Exp.) ; Panay (Bourns € Worcester) ; Romblon (Bourns € Worcester, 
McGregor); Samar (Steere Exp.); Semirara (McGregor & Worcester) ; Sibutu 
(Everett) ; Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Siquijor (Bourns € Wor- 
cester, Celestino) ; Sulu (Platen, Bourns & Worcester); Tablas (Bourns € Wor- 
cester) ; Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester) ; Ticao (McGregor). Sangi Islands. 
“Adult male-—Similar in plumage to H. honorata. ‘Bill grayish 
green; legs dark lead-gray; claws black; iris crimson.’ (Lverett.) 
Length, 373; culmen, 30; wing, 188; tail, 193; tarsus, 33. 
“Adult female—Similar in plumage to H. honorata but with the 
entire upper half of the head rufous, streaked or mottled with black; bars 
on the chest, abdomen, and under tail-coverts slightly narrower. ‘Bill 
pale green, deep orange at base; legs yellow, tinged green on the tarsus; 
nails gray; iris chrome-yellow.’ (Hverett.) Length, 368; culmen, 32; 
wing, 19; tail, 19; tarsus, 33.” (Shelley.) 
“A very common bird throughout the islands, especially abundant in 
mangrove swamps and in second growth. Called ‘bahéw’ by the natives 
from its note. Frequently heard crying at dead of night. Five males 
average, 386 in length; wing, 189; tail, 185; culmen, 28; tarsus, 32; 
middle toe with claw, 46. T'wo females, length, 362; wing, 183; tail, 
176; culmen, 28; tarsus, 29; middle toe with claw, 37. Eyes red; legs 
and feet leaden gray to nearly black; bill pale greenish. Food usually 
insects, but in one case fruit.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 
342, EUDYNAMYS FRATER McGregor. 
ALLIED KOEL, 
Eudynamis frater McGrecor, Bull. Philippine Mus. (1904), 4, 21; Mc- 
GREGOR and WoRCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 63. 
Calayan (McGregor) ; Fuga (Whitehead, McGregor). 
