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wing, 67; tail, 48; tarsus, 29. Adult female: Length, 132; wing, 67; 
tail, 48; tarsus, 29.” (Grant.) 
522. BRACHY PT Eggrx MINDANENSIS Mearns. 
MINDANAO SHORTWING. 
Brachypteryx mindanensis MEARNS, Proc. Biol. Soe. Wash. (1905), 18, 3; 
McGrecor and WorcrsTer, Hand-List (1906), 83. 
Boor-roo-win'g, Bagobos of Mount Apo. 
Mindanao (Mearns, Goodfellow). 
“Adult male.—Similar to the male of B. brunneiceps, but larger and 
apparently less heavily washed with black on the top of the head and 
throat. Belly without a trace of grayish wash present in B. poliogyna 
from the Island of Luzon. Measurements of No. 192,256, U. S. Na- 
tional Museum, from Mount Apo at 1,920 meters, July 4, 1904. Total 
length, 158; alar expanse, 220; wing, 70; tail, 62; bill from base of 
culmen, 14; bill from nostril, 9.5; tarsus, 33; middle toe with claw, 23. 
Iris dark brown; bill, feet, and claws gray-black, darker than plumage. 
“Adult female.—Similar to the female of B. brunnetceps, but differs 
in addition to its larger size and relatively longer tail, in having the 
abdomen washed with brownish gray. The wing-quills and spurious 
wing are brown. Measurements of type: Length, 158; alar expanse, 
212; wing, 70; tail, 56; bill from base of culmen, 14; bill from nostril, 
9; tarsus, 31; middle toe with claw, 24. Tris dark brown; bill, feet, and 
claws dark gray. 
“Young male in first plumage.—sSlate-colored feathers of the adult 
plumage are present in the greater wing-coverts and pectoral region of the 
specimen (No. 192,257, U. S. National Museum, from Todaya, af 1,220 
meters, on Mount Apo, July 11, 1904). General color clove-brown, the 
feathers slaty at base, all but the quills with russet shaft-spots, which are 
small and triangular on the back, and so extended as to give a general 
russet tone to the abdomen. Iris brown; bill and feet gray-black. 
Length, 155; alar expanse, 218; wing, 70; tail, 50; bill from base of 
eulmen, 13; bill from nostril, 8.6; tarsus, 33; middle toe with claw, 22. 
“The name ‘boor-roo-wi/ng,’ used by the native Bagobos, is in imita- 
tion of the lisping notes of this bird, which suggest sounds of the winds.” 
( Mearns.) 
523. BRACHYPTERYX MALINDANGENSIS Mearns. 
MALINDANG SHORTWING, 
Brachypteryz malindangensis Mrarns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. (1909), 
36, 441. 
Mindanao (Mearns). 
“Characters.—Most closely related to Brachypteryx brunneiceps Grant 
and B. mindanensis Mearns. Smaller than brunneiceps, about equaling 
