716 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 
Bourns & Worcester, White); Panay (Steere, Bourns & Worcester); Papahag 
(Bartsch) ; Polillo (McGregor) ; Romblen (Bourns é Worcester) ; Samar (Bourns 
¢& Worcester); Semirara (Worcester); Siasi (Guillemard); Sibutu (Hverett) ; 
Sibuyan (Bourns &€ Worcester, eg Siquijor (Steere Hap., Bourns 4 
Worcester, Celestino); Sulu (Burbidge, Bourns & Worcester); Tablas (Bourns 
é& Worcester) ; Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester) ; Ticao (McGregor). 
Adult (sexes alike).—Entirely black, strongly glossed with green, 
except the remiges and rectrices which have but little gloss; when held 
away from the light the feathers show slight purple reflections. Iris 
bright red; bill, legs, and nails black. Length, about 215. A male 
from Bohol measures: Wing, 106; tail, 74; culmen from base, 25; bill 
from nostril, 15; tarsus, 22. A female from Bohol, wing, 104; tail, 72; 
culmen from base, 20; bill from nostril, 14; tarsus, 22. 
Young.—Above blackish, slightly glossed with green; sides of head 
and of neck and under parts white or yellowish, streaked with blackish 
brown, the streaks narrowest on throat, widest on sides of breast and on 
flanks. 
“Five males average: Length, 224; wing, 106; tail, 75; culmen, 22; 
tarsus, 21; middle toe with claw, 24. Four females, length, 212; wing, 
102; tail, 69; culmen, 20; tarsus, 20; middle toe with claw, 24.” 
(Bourns and Worcester MS.) 
Three eggs of the Panay glossy starling collected by Whitehead in 
Isabela Province, Luzon, are described as follows: “Shape sharp ovate. 
Ground-color beautiful sea-green, blotched and spotted toward the large 
end with pale reddish lilac under-markings and sienna over-markings. 
Measurements, 27 mm. by 19 mm.” (Grant and Whitehead.) . 
731. LAMPROCORAX TODAYENSIS Mearns. 
TODAYA GLOSSY STARLING, 
Lamprocorazx todayensis MEARNS, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. (1905), 18, 88; 
GRANT, Ibis (1906), 469. 
Lamprococorax todayensis McGRrrecor and WorcESsTER, Hand-List (1906), 109 
(error). 
Kohl-leé-po, Bagobos of Todaya. 
Mindanao (Mearns, Goodfellow) . 
Female (type).—‘Similar to L. panayensis, but much smaller, and 
otherwise differing as follows: The feathers of the nape and lower throat 
are more rigid and, perhaps, relatively longer; viewed in certain lights 
the plumage is less golden green, the gloss being purplish blue; the wings 
and tail are dull, purplish black, without metallic gloss; and the throat 
is more decidedly glossed with violet-purple. Length of skin, 157; wing, 
95; tail, 59; culmen, 13.5; bill from nostril, 10; depth of bill at nostrils, 
6; tarsus, 19.” (Mearns.) “Tris ruby-red; bill and feet black.” 
( Goodfellow.) 
