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species. Called Hook-took 7 by the natives from its habit of perching 

 in the top of some tree and singing 'took, took, took' by the hour. Some- 

 times called 'clock-bird' by the Spaniards, from the regularity with which 

 it utters its note. 



"Seven males from Mindanao average, 158 in length; wing, 78; tail, 

 34; culmen, 22; tarsus, 18; middle toe with claw, 45. Seven females 

 from same locality: Length, 157; wing, 78; tail, 33; culmen, 22; tarsus, 

 18 ; middle toe with claw, 20. Iris brown ; legs and feet red ; nails black ; 

 skin around eye deep red." (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



355. XANTHOL>EMA ROSEUM (Dumont). 

 ROSE-THROATED BARBET, 



Bucco roseus DUMONT, Diet. Sci. Nat. (1806), 4, 52. 



Xantholcema intermedia SHELLEY, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 19, 97; 



SHAEPE, Hand-List (1906), 2, 186. 

 Xantholcema rosea GRANT, Ibis (1896), 558. 

 Xantholcema roseum MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 64. 



Cebu (Everett, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Guimaras (Steere Exp.) ; 

 Masbate (McGregor] ; Negros (Layard, Everett, Steere Exp., Whitehead) ; Rom- 

 blon (McGregor) ; Tablas (Bourns Worcester, Celestino). Bali, Java, Sumatra. 



Adult (sexes alike). Superciliary stripe, subocular band, chin, and 

 throat crimson ; otherwise the plumage is like that of Xantholcema hcema- 

 cephalum. Bill and nails black; legs and bare skin about eye crimson. 

 A male from Tablas measures : Length, 170 ; wing, 78 ; tail, 36 ; bill from 

 nostril, 15 ; culmen from base, 21 ; tarsus, 19 ; middle toe with claw, 20. 

 A female from Romblon measures: Length, 170; wing, 81; tail, 33; 

 bill from nostril, 16 ; culmen from base, 22 ; tarsus, 22 ; middle toe with 

 claw, 22. 



Young. A young bird has the feathers of forehead and crown blackish 

 slate, tipped with olive-green; below eye a pale yellow band; greater 

 and median wing-coverts and inner secondaries tipped with pale yellow; 

 no crimson feathers; legs flesh-color; otherwise like the adult. 



"Five males from Tablas average, 160 in length; wing, 79; tail, 36; 

 culmen, 22; tarsus, 19; middle toe with claw, 20. Four females from 

 same place: Length, 160; wing, 78; tail, 33; culmen, 22; tarsus, 18; 

 middle toe with claw, 20. Iris dark brown; legs and feet red; nails 

 black; bill black, except base of lower mandible, which is gray." (Bourns 

 and Worcester MS.) 



Shelley gives the name Xantholcema intermedia to the Philippine bird 

 distinguishing it from the Javan form as having upper parts uniform 

 green with no pale edges to the feathers; cheek-band black in front, 

 passing into olive-gray down the sides of the red throat; under parts 

 more strongly marked with brighter green centers to the feathers. The 

 validity of this species is somewhat doubtful. 



