NO ir,79. TAi^T OF PJirUPPIXE BIRD^—MEARX.^. 437 



upper back, washed Avitli vinaceoiis on crown, ear-coverts, and breast, 

 fadino; to whitish around base of bill, and shading to drab-gray on 

 legs and crissuni ; scapulars, back, rump, and wing-coverts mouse 

 gray, lustrous in a certain light; wing-quills and upper tail-coverts 

 dark mouse gray, with subdued reflections of violet, coppery, and 

 green; rectrices lustrous golden green above, smoke gray below; 

 flanks, axillars, and lining of wings clear gray. An adult male 

 topotype in fresh plumage, shot by Dr. Paul C. Freer, October 7, 

 lOOG, only differs from the type in being appreciably darker. The 

 sexes are practically alike in size and color. 



Colors of soft parts. — Two mated pairs, about to breed, had the 

 soft parts colored exactly alike, January 21, lOOG: Iris red; eyelids 

 and feet vinaceous; claws dusky purplish gray; bare space surround- 

 ing eye, pale plumbeous; bill pale bluish gray at tip, darker — 

 plumbeous — at base. Testicles functionally enlarged. 



Measurements of tuio adult males (type and topotype measured 

 fresh by the author). — Total length, 420, 430 mm.; alar expanse, 

 735, 750; wing, 240, 240; tail, 156, 160; culmen (chord), 20, 20; 

 tarsus, 32, 34 ; middle toe Avith claw, 46, 49. 



OTUS STEEREI, new species. 

 TUMINDAO SCOPS OWL. 



Tijpe.—Cnt. No. 210752, U.S.N.M. Adult male. Collected by 

 Edgar A. Mearns, October 13, 1906, on Tumindao Island, off Sitanki 

 Island, Philippine Islands. (Original number, 14421.) 



Characters. — Very similar to the Celebesian Otus inenadcnsis, 

 from which it may be distinguished by being larger, with upper 

 parts darker, with more of the black vermiculations; black centers 

 to the feathers of the under parts much less conspicuous; feathers 

 of tarsus more heavily cross-barred with blackish. Of the Philip- 

 pine species it is most closely related to Otus cicyensis McGregor, 

 but is darker and much smaller, having the same white, black-tipped 

 scapulars, but with the entire plumage darker and more heavily 

 marked, and the wing about 15 mm. shorter. It bears no close 

 resemblance to any other Philippine species. 



Measurements. — Wing, 157 mm.; tail^ 84; culmen from cere 

 (chord), 15; tarsus, 33. Iris yellow; bill and feet greenish (from 

 fresh specimen). The stomach of the type contained insects. 



Named for J. B. Steere, known for his studies of Philippine birds. 



PRIONITURUS MALINDANGENSIS, new species. 

 MOUNT MALINDANG RACQUET-TAILED PARROT. 



Type.— C?it. No. 200887, U.S.N.M. Adult female. Collected at 

 5,000 feet altitude on Mount Lebo, a spur of Mount Malindang, 

 Misamis Province, northwestern Mindanao, Philippine Islands, May 

 14, 1906, by Edgar A. Mearns. (Original number, 14131.) 



