MALINDANGIA. 485 



closely barred with black and white. Wing, 166; tail, 130; culmen from 

 base, 28 ; bill from nostril, 22 ; tarsus, 25. 



Genus MALINDANGIA Mearns, 1907. 



"Wing and tail about equal; wing-feathers as in Edolisoma, third, 

 fourth, and fifth quills longest; tail forked, fourth quill longest, third 

 eubequal, outer quill shortest; webs of outer pair of rectrices sharply 

 pointed; in form and pattern the tail resembles that of Campochcera, but 

 has the webs more pointed ; bill with culmen decidedly shorter than tarsus, 

 narrower at gape than length of outer toe without claw; stiffened shafts 

 of rump-feathers very pronounced." (Mearns.) 



452. MALINDANGIA MCGREGORI Mearns. 

 MCGREGOR'S CUCKOO SHRIKE. 



Malindangia mcgregori MEARNS, Phil. Journ. Sci. (1907), 2, sec. A, 355. 

 Mindanao (Mearns). 



"Adult male and 'female. Upper parts including crown, mantle, 

 rump, upper tail-coverts, and middle pair of tail-feathers uniform light 

 gray ; forehead, chin, throat, breast, and sides of head to above eyes black ; 

 innermost secondaries, scapulars, and least wing-coverts gray like the 

 back; middle and greater wing-coverts and a broad external band on 

 innermost pair of secondaries white; remaining wing-quills black ex- 

 ternally, broadly white on inner webs at base; alula all black; axillars 

 and under wing-coverts white; three outer rectrices tipped with grayish 

 white on both webs, the innermost of the three narrowly, the next broadly, 

 and the outermost for more than one-third of its length ; chest, flanks, 

 and thighs gray like the back, this color fading to whitish on the abdomen 

 and becoming pure white on the under tail-coverts. Iris red or reddish 

 brown ; bill all black ; feet plumbeous-black, with under side of toes yellow. 

 Three adult males measure : Length, 236 to 240 ; alar expanse, 335 to 342 ; 

 wing, 110 to 113; tail, 108 to 117; culmen, 19 to 19.5; tarsus, 23 to 24; 

 middle toe with claw, 20 to 21. Female: Length, 230; alar expanse, 

 330; wing, 108; tail, 111; culmen, 19; tarsus, 23; middle toe with 

 claw, 21. 



"Remarks. The black of the under side of the head extends around 

 the neck and forms an incomplete black neck-collar which in the oldest 

 males is but narrowly interrupted in the median line above. The sexes 

 are colored alike, but one female (No. 14,177), probably immature, has 

 the black areas of the head and neck replaced by a dark gray color. The 

 plumage otherwise differs from that of the adult only in having scarcely 

 discernible fulvous edgings and wavy cross-bands to the feathers of the 

 abdomen. This species was abundant on Mount Malindang. Fifteen 

 specimens were collected, ten of them males and five females." (Mearns.) 



