COPSYCHUS. 559 
graduated; outstretched feet not reaching tips of shortest pair of 
rectrices. Colors black and white, the tail entirely black in the only 
Philippine species. Sexes somewhat unlike in colors. 
541. COPSYCHUS MINDANENSIS (Boddaert). 
DOMINICO, 
Turdus mindanensis BopDAERT, Tabl. Pl. Enl. (1783), 38. 
Turdus mindanensis GMELIN, Syst. Nat. (1788), 1, pt. 1, 823. 
Copsychus mindanensis WALDEN, Trans. Zool. Soc. (1875), 9, 194, pl. 33, 
fig. 1; SHARPE, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1883), 7, 60; Hand-List (1903), 
4, 159; WHITEHEAD, Ibis (1899), 218 (habits) ; McGrecor and Wor- 
CESTER, Hand-List (1906), 86. 
A-ni-ni-hol, Siquijor; do-mi-ni-co, Manila. 
Bantayan (McGregor); Basilan (Hverett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, 
McGregor) ; Bohol (McGregor) ; Bongao (Everett) ; Cebu (Meyer, Everett, Bourns 
& Worcester, McGregor); Guimaras (Meyer, Steere Exp.); Lapac (Bartsch) ; 
Leyte (Everett) ; Lubang (McGregor) ; Luzon (Everett, Méllendorff, Steere Ezp., 
Whitehead, McGregor, Bartsch); Masbate (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; 
Mindanao (2verett, Steere Hxp., Bourns & Worcester, Goodfellow) ; Mindoro 
(Bourns & Worcester, Everett, McGregor); Negros (Layard, Everett, Steere 
Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Keay); Romblon (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor, 
Bartsch); Samar (Steere Exp.) ; Semirara? (Worcester); Sibuyan (Bourns & 
Worcester, McGregor) ; Siquijor (Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Sulu (G@ui- 
llemard, Bourns & Worcester); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester, Celestino) ; Tawi 
Tawi (Bourns & Worcester) ; Ticao (McGregor); Verde (McGregor). 
Male.—Upper parts and entire head, throat, and breast glossy blue- 
black; axillars, under wing-coverts, and feathers of thighs black, tipped 
with white; remainder of under parts white; wings and tail black, 
outer webs of the feathers glossy; inner wing-coverts entirely white 
(but one of the greater coverts occasionally half black) ; two second- 
aries with outer webs white. Length, about 185 mm. A specimen 
from Siquijor measures: Wing, 92; tail, 90; culmen from base, 20; 
bill from nostril, 14; tarsus, 25. 
Female.—Similar to the male, but upper parts duller; forehead, 
lores, chin, throat, and breast ash-gray; flanks and crissum washed with 
_ pale fulvous. A female measures: Wing, 83; tail, 83; culmen from base, 
18; bill from nostril, 12. 
Young.—Colors similar to adult in pattern, but upper parts dull black ; 
chin, throat, and breast dark smoke-gray, spotted with white and pale 
buff. 
“A showy bird, commonly seen in low bushes and about clumps of 
bamboo, close to the ground, or on it. The male is constantly opening 
and closing his tail, and seems to be a vain fellow, well aware of his 
good looks, and disposed to make the most of them. He is a fine singer 
as well. Seven males average 203 in length; wing, 107; tail, 105; 
culmen, 20; tarsus,-26; middle toe with claw, 24. Four females, length, 
