540 .\iA\i'AL OF piiii.iri'ixi-; BIRDS. 



wing, 67; tail, 48; tarsus, 29. Adult female : Ix-n^tl). l;J->; vvin^, (>7; 

 tail, 48; tarsus, 29." (Grant.) 



522. BRACHYPTERYX MINDANENSIS Mearns. 

 MINDANAO SHORTWING. 



Brachypteryx mindanenms MEABNS, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. < l'.or, 18, 3; 

 MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906). 



Boor-roo-win'g, Bagobos of Mount Apo. 

 Mindanao (Mearns, Goodfellow). 



"Adult male. Similar to the male of B. brunnciceps, but larger and 

 apparently less heavily washed with black on the top of the head and 

 throat. Belly without a trace of grayish wash present in B. poliogyna 

 from the Island of Luzon. Measurements of No. 192,256, U. S. Na- 

 tional Museum, from Mount Apo at 1,920 meters, July 4, 1904. Total 

 length, 158; alar expanse, 220; wing, 70; tail, 62; bill from base of 

 culmen, 14; bill from nostril, 9.5; tarsus, 33; middle toe with claw, 23. 

 Iris dark brown; bill, feet, and claws gray-black, darker than plumage. 



"Adult female. Similar to the female of B. brunnciceps, but differs 

 in addition to its larger size and relatively longer tail, in having the 

 abdomen washed with brownish gray. The wing-quills and spurious 

 wing are brown. Measurements of type: Length, 158; alar expanse, 

 212; wing, 70; tail, 56; bill from base of culmen, 14; bill from nostril, 

 9 : tarsus, 31 ; middle toe with claw. ? 1. I ris dark brown ; bill, feet, and 

 claws dark gray. 



"Young male in first plumage. Slate-colored feathers of the adult 

 plumage are present in the greater wing-coverts and pectoral region of the 

 specimen (No. 192,257, U. S. National Museum, from To. lava, at 1,220 

 meters, on Mount Apo, July 11, 1904). General color clove-brown, the 

 feathers slaty at base, all but the quills with russet shaft-spots, which are 

 small and triangular on the back, and so extended as to give a general 

 russet tone to the abdomen. Iris brown; bill and feet gray-black. 

 Length, 155; alar expanse, 218; wing, 70; tail, 50; bill from base of 

 culmen, 13 ; bill from nostril, 8.6 ; tarsus, 33 ; middle toe with claw, 22. 



"The name c boor-roo-wi'ng, 3 used by the native Bagobos, is in imita- 

 tion of the lisping notes of this bird, which suggest sounds of the winds." 

 (Mearns.) 



523. BRACHYPTERYX MALI NDANGENSIS Mearns. 

 MALINDANG SHORTWING. 



Brachypteryx malindanycnsis MEARNS, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. (1909), 



36, 441. 

 Mindanao ( Mearns ) . 



"Characters. Most closely related to Brachypteryx brumuiceps Grant 

 and B. mindanensix Moarns. Smaller than brunneiceps, about equaling 



