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MALINDANGIA. 485 
closely barred with black and white. Wing, 166; tail, 180; culmen from 
base, 28; bill from nostril, 22; tarsus, 25. 
Genus MALINDANGIA Mearns, 1907. 
“Wing and tail about equal; wing-feathers as in Hdolisoma, third, 
fourth, and fifth quills longest; tail forked, fourth quill longest, third 
subequal, outer quill shortest; webs of outer pair of rectrices sharply 
pointed ; in form and pattern the tail resembles that of Campochera, but 
has the webs more pointed ; bill with culmen decidedly shorter than tarsus, 
narrower at gape than length of outer toe without claw; stiffened shafts 
of rump-feathers very pronounced.” (Jearns.) 
452. MALINDANGIA MCGREGORI Mearns. 
MCGREGOR’S CUCKOO SHRIKE, 
Malindangia megregori MEARNS, Phil. Journ. Sci. (1907), 2, sec. A, 355. 
Mindanao (Mearns). 
“Adult male and female—Upper parts including crown, mantle, 
rump, upper tail-coverts, and middle pair of tail-feathers uniform light 
gray ; forehead, chin, throat, breast, and sides of head to above eyes black; 
innermost secondaries, scapulars, and least wing-coverts gray like the 
back; middle and greater wing-coverts and a broad external band on 
innermost pair of secondaries white; remaining wing-quills black ex- 
ternally, broadly white on inner webs at base; alula all black; axillars 
and under wing-coverts white; three outer rectrices tipped with grayish 
white on both webs, the innermost of the three narrowly, the next broadly, 
and the outermost for more than one-third of its length; chest, flanks, 
and thighs gray like the back, this color fading to whitish on the abdomen 
and becoming pure white on the under tail-coverts. Iris red or reddish 
brown; bill all black ; feet plumbeous-black, with under side of toes yellow. 
Three adult males measure: Length, 236 to 240; alar expanse, 335 to 342 5 
wing, 110 to 118; tail, 108 to 117; culmen, 19 to 19.5; tarsus, 23 to 24; 
middle toe with claw, 20 to 21. -Female: Length, 230; alar expanse, 
330; wing, 108; tail, 111; culmen, 19; tarsus, 23; middle toe with 
claw, 21. . 
“Remarks.—The black of the under side of the head extends around 
the neck and forms an incomplete black neck-collar which in the oldest 
males is but narrowly interrupted in the median line above. The sexes 
are colored alike, but one female (No. 14,177), probably immature, has 
the black areas of the head and neck replaced by a dark gray color. The 
plumage otherwise differs from that of the adult only in having scarcely 
discernible fulvous edgings and wavy cross-bands to the feathers of the 
abdomen. This species was abundant on Mount Malindang. Fifteen 
- specimens were collected, ten of them males and five females.” (Mearns.) 
