716 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE B1KKS. 



Bourns & Worcester, White) ; Panay (Steere, Bourns d Worcester) ; Papahag 

 (Bartsch) ; Polillo (McGregor) ; Romblon (Bourns & Worcester) ; Samar (Bourns 

 & Worcester); Semirara (Worcester) ; Siasi (Quillemard) ; Sibutu (Everett) ; 

 Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Siquijor (Steere Exp., Bourns d 

 Worcester, Celestino) ; Sulu (Burbidge, Bourns d Worcester) ; Tablas (Bourns 

 & Worcester) ; Tawi Tawi (Bourns d Worcester) ; Ticao (McGregor). 



Adult (sexes alike). Entirely black, strongly glossed with green, 

 except the remiges and rectrices which have 4mt little gloss ; when held 

 away from the .light the feathers show slight purple reflections. Iris 

 bright red; bill, legs, and nails black. Length, about 215. A male 

 from Bohol measures: Wing, 106; tail, 74; culmen from base, 25; bill 

 from nostril, 15 ; tarsus, 22. A female from Bohol, wing, 104 ; tail. 72 ; 

 culmen from base, 20 ; bill from nostril, 14 ; tarsus, 22. 



Young. Above blackish, slightly glossed with green; sides of head 

 and of neck and under parts white or yellowish, streaked with blackish 

 brown, the streaks narrowest on throat, widest on sides of breast and on 

 flanks. 



"Five males average: Length, 224; wing, 106; tail, 75; culmen, 22; 

 tarsus, 21 ; middle toe with claw, 24. Four females, length, 212 ; wing, 

 102; tail, 69; culmen, 20; tarsus, 20; middle toe with claw, 24." 

 (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



Three eggs of the Panay glossy starling collected by Whitehead in 

 Isabela Province, Luzon, are described as follows: "Shape sharp ovate. 

 Ground-color beautiful sea-green, blotched and spotted toward the large 

 end with pale reddish lilac under-markings and sienna over-markings.' 

 Measurements, 27 mm. by 19 mm." (Grant and Whitehead.) 



731. LAMPROCORAX TODAYENSI8 Mearns. 

 TODAYA GLOSSY STARLING. 



Lamprocorax todayensis MEABNS, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. (1905), 18, 88; 



GRANT, Ibis (1906), 469. 

 Lamprococorax today ensi,s McGREGOB and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 109 



(error). 



Kohl-lee" -po, Bagobos of Todaya. 

 Mindanao (Mearns, Goodfellow) . 



Female (type). "Similar to L. panayensis, but much smaller, and 

 otherwise differing as follows : The feathers of the nape and lower throat 

 are more rigid and, perhaps, relatively longer; viewed in certain lights 

 the plumage is less golden green, the gloss being purplish blue ; the wings 

 and tail are dull, purplish black, without metallic gloss; and the throat 

 is more decidedly glossed with violet-purple. Length of skin, 157 ; wing, 

 95; tail, 59; culmen, 13.5; bill from nostril, 10; depth of bill at nostrils, 

 6; tarsus, 19." (Mearns) "Iris ruby-red; bill and feet black." 

 (Goodfellow.) 



