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341. EUDYNAMYS MINDANENSIS (Linnaeus). 

 PHILIPPINE KOEL. 



Cuculus mindanensis LINNAEUS, Syst. Nat. ed. 12, (1766), 1, 169. 



Eudynamis mindanensis SHELLEY, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 19, 321; 

 SHARPE, Hand-List (1900), 2, 165; MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand- 

 List (1906), 63. 



Ba-ha6, Ticao; cu-ao, Masbate; pa-had, Cagayancillo ; bau-bao, Cuyo; cu-aoo, 

 Calayan. 



Apo ( Celestino ) ; Bantayan (McGregor)-, Basilan (Everett, Steere Exp., 

 Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Bohol (McGregor) ; Bongao (Everett) ; Caga- 

 yancillo (McGregor); Calayan (McGregor)-, Caluya (Porter)-, Camiguin N. 

 (McGregor) ; Cebu (Bourns & Worcester) ; Cuyo (McGregor) ; Fuga (McGregor) ; 

 Guimaras (Meyer) ; Leyte (Whitehead) ; Luzon (Everett, Whitehead) ; Malanipa 

 (Murray); Marinduque (Steere Exp.); Masbate (Bourns & Worcester, McGre- 

 gor) ; Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestmo, Good- 

 fellow) ; Mindoro (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor, 

 Porter) ; Negros (Steere, Bourns & Worcester, Keay) ; Palawan (Platen White- 

 head, Steere Exp.) ; Panay (Bourns & Worcester) ; Romblon (Bourns & Worcester, 

 McGregor); Samar (Steere Exp.); Semirara (McGregor & Worcester); Sibutu 

 (Everett) ; Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Siquijor (Bourns d Wor- 

 cester, Celestino) ; Sulu (Platen, Bourns & Worcester) ; Tablas (Bourns & Wor- 

 cester) ; Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester) ; Ticao (McGregor). Sangi Islands. 



"Adult male. Similar in plumage to E. honorata. 'Bill grayish 

 green; legs dark lead-gray; claws black; iris crimson.' (Everett.) 

 Length, 373; culmen, 30; wing, 188; tail, 193; tarsus, 33. 



"Adult female. Similar in plumage to E. honorata but with the 

 entire upper half of the head rufous, streaked or mottled with black ; bars 

 on the chest, abdomen, and under tail-coverts slightly narrower. 'Bill 

 pale green, deep orange at base; legs yellow, tinged green on the tarsus; 

 nails gray; iris chrome-yellow.' (Everett.) Length, 368; culmen, 32; 

 wing, 19; tail, 19; tarsus, 33." (Shelley.') 



"A very common bird throughout the islands, especially abundant in 

 mangrove swamps and in second growth. Called *bah6w' by the natives 

 from its note. Frequently heard crying at dead of night. Five males 

 average, 386 in length; wing, 189; tail, .185; culmen, 28; tarsus, 32; 

 middle toe with claw, 46. Two females, length, 362; wing, 183; tail, 

 176; culmen, 28; tarsus, 29; middle toe with claw, 37. Eyes red; legs 

 and feet leaden gray to nearly black; bill pale greenish. Food usually 

 insects, but in one case fruit." (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



342. EUDYNAMYS PRATER McGregor. 

 ALLIED KOEL. 



Eudynamis f rater MCGREGOR, Bull. Philippine Mus. (1904), 4, 21; MC- 

 GREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List ( 1906) , 63. 



Calayan (McGregor) ; Fuga (Whitehead, McGregor). 



