412 
“Adult male-—Much smaller than S. steerii. Head, back, and sca- 
pulars purple somewhat mottled ygth brown; white nuchal collar very. 
narrow and ill-defined; purple of Wack gradually changing into brown on 
rump ; tips of scapulars black ; upper tail-coverts and tail bright chestnut iz 
upper wing-coverts black; tertiaries barred across both webs with pure — 
white ; three secondaries with lilac spot on outer webs; tips of secondaries — 
and tertiaries black; primaries blackish brown ; chin, throat, sides of face, 
ear-coverts, and lores pure black; breast, abdomen, and flanks lilac, 
deeper on upper breast, lighter on abdomen, thighs black, the feathers 
tipped with brown; under tail-coverts light buff; axillars white; under a 
wing-coverts black; bend of wing white. 
“Female like male except that the lilac of under surface is replaced by 
white. Bill, legs, feet, nails, and eyes exactly as in S. sterw and the 
young show the same plumage changes as in that species. 
“Average measurements from five males: Length, 155; wing, 78; tail, 
62; culmen, 22; tarsus, 20.” (Bourns and Worcester.) 
“Habits saenichly like those of the preceding species ; abundant in Samar 
but irregularly distributed.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 
