NO. 1679. 



Lim' OF rUILIPPINE BIRDS— MEARN8. 



447 



Mcuiiurcincnt.^ of J'l/rrliula stcerci. 



202265 



210771 

 210772 



U. S. 



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 ...do. 



Locality. 



Female ad. Summit of Mount 

 Bliss, Mindanao. 



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Male ad do 



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mm. 

 9 



9.5 

 9.5 



DICRURUS BALICASSIUS MINDORENSIS, new subspecies. 

 MINDORO DRONGO SHRIKE. 



Type.— Cfit. No. 202009, U.S.N.M. Adult male, collected at 3,000 

 feet altitude on Mount Halcon, Mindoro Island, November 30, 190G, 

 by Edgar A. Mearns. 



CharactCTS. — Slightly larger than Dicrurus halicassius from Luzon 

 Island; also differing in having the metallic reflections of the upper 

 parts and breast greenish blue instead of bluish green. 



Measurements of type (adult male). — Wing, 148 mm.; tail, 130; 

 culmen, 27; tarsus, 25. 



Measurements of three adult female topotypes (Cat. Nos. 20200G-8, 

 U.S.N.M.).— Wing, 143, 146, 144 mm.; tail, 128, 129, 129; culmen, 

 27.5, 31, 29 ; tarsus, 26, 25, 25. 



CHIBIA CAGAYANENSIS, new species. 

 CAGAYAN SULU DRONGO SHRIKE. 



Type.—Cfii. No. 191894, U.S.N.M. Adult female from Cagayan 

 Sulu Island, in the western part of the Sulu Sea, Philippine Islands, 

 collected February 26, 1904, by Edgar A. Mearns. (Original num- 

 ber, 13285.) 



Characters. — Very similar to Chihia palawaiiensis., differing only 

 in its somewhat larger size, shallower forking of the tail, the nar- 

 rower and very much smaller spangles on the breast, and in the 

 absence of metallic green on the upper tail-coverts. 



Measurements of skin (tjq^e and only specimen). — Length, 260 

 mm.; wing, 136; tail, 126; emargination of tail, 16; culmen (chord), 

 28.5 ; tarsus, 24.5. 



Measurements of two adult female topotypes of Chihia palaioanen- 

 sis (Cat. Nos. 161330 and 161331, U.S.N.M.).— Length, 157, 150 mm.; 

 wing, 133, 131; tail, 126, 130; emargination of tail, 20, 20; culmen, 

 28, 27; tarsus, 23, 25.5. 



RcTYiark. — I saw a number of these birds on the island of Cagayan 

 Sulu on my brief first visit. 



