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than half the length of tarsus; wing and tail about equal; wing rounded, 
the first primary half as long as the third; tail moderate, graduated, with 
feathers somewhat pointed, and a not decomposed; plumage full and 
soft.” (Mearns.) 
519. LEONARDINA WOODI Mearns. 
WOOD’S BAGOBO BIRD, 
Leonardia woodi Mearns, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. (1905), 18, 2. 
Leonardina woodi MEARNS, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. (1905), 18, 88; Mc- 
GREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 83. 
Doo-roogh-bah-long, Bagobo of Mount Apo. 
Mindanao (Mearns). 
“Type (adult male).—Third primary equal to ninth; fifth, sixth, and 
seventh subequal and longest. Upper parts bistre, washed with burnt 
umber on lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts; tail blackish seal- 
brown; the feathers of the rump, which are very long and soft, have 
concealed white spots; sides of head and neck (including lores and ear- 
coverts), breast, and abdomen slate-gray, the latter washed with white; 
sides gray washed with burnt umber, particularly on the flanks, some of 
the feathers with concealed white spots; thighs gray washed with burnt 
umber; under tail-coverts tawny olive, the longest ochraceous; chin and 
throat white. Iris reddish brown; bill black; feet and claws plumbeous. 
Length, 205; alar expanse, 280; wing, 90; tail, 87; bill, measured from 
nostril, 10; culmen, 16; tarsus, 38 ; middle toe and claw, 27.” (Mearns.) 
The type and only known specimen was taken on Mount Apo, Min- 
danao, at 1,220 meters altitude. 
Subtamily BRACH YPTERYGIN€. 
Tarsus slender; plumage normal, the feathers of back not lengthened ; 
sexes unlike in colors. 
Genus BRACHYPTERYX Horsfield, 1821. 
Bill small and slender; rictal bristles weak; wing and tail moderate ; 
tarsus long and slender, equal to more than one-half the tail and to about 
three times the bill from nostril. Sexes very unlike in colors; male with 
a concealed eyebrow-patch ; female with head and neck brown. 
Species. 
a’. Head, neck, and throat slate-blue like the rest of the plumage (males). 
6%. Smaller; throat and top of head dark slate...................-...- poliogyna (p. 539) 
b*. Larger; throat and top of head black. 
Gh Simla ler 7 23s a ee pee ae brunneiceps (p. 539) 
ce’, Larger; no grayish white on abdomen. 
d’. White spot above the eye larger and not entirely concealed. 
mindanensis (p. 540) 
d?, White spot above the eye minute and wholly concealed. 
malindangensis (p. 540) 
