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Prioniturus malindangensis , new species. 
Mount Mal&ndang Racquet-tailed Parrot. 
Type .- No. 200887, U. S. Rational Museum. Adult female. Coll¬ 
ected at 5,000 feet altitude on Mount Lebo, a spur of Mount Malindang, 
Misamis Province, northwestern Mindanao, Philippine Islands, May 14, 
1905, by Edgar A. Mearns (original number, 14, 131). 
Characters .- Closely related to ^rioniturus waterstradti Roths¬ 
child, from Mount Apo, southeastern Mindanao, from which it may be 
distinguished by its larger size, much yellower coloring of under¬ 
side, greener, lens brownish bach and scapulars, longer tail but 
much shorter naked shafts to the central pair of feathers. 
Adult female , (type and only specimen).- Uppernarts green, with 
slight touches of bluish on forehead, and a light greenish brown 
rump, as in P. waterstradti; wings bright green above, with con 
inner webs blackish, and outer webs narrowly edged with yellow; edge 
of wing pale yellow; rcctrices green above tipped with dull black, 
beryl green on under side, the shafts and spatules of the central pair 
dull black, with web3 all green to the naked shafts; entire under¬ 
parts golden green; axillars and lining of wings oil green; under¬ 
side of primaries dull black, broadly bordered on the inner webs with 
beryl green. Iris dark brown; bill pale brown color, faintly plum¬ 
beous at base and tip of mandibles; feet and claws plumbeous (from 
fresh specimen). 
Measurements of type (female).- Wing, 153; tai ! , 79 (to end of 
lengthened central pair, 126); culmen from cere (chord), 20; tarsus, 
16; middle toe with claw, 25. 
Measurements of adult female topotyne of P. waterstradti (No. 
192136, U.S.National Museum).- Wing, 145; tail, 75 (to end of 
lengthened central pair 151); culmen from cere (chord), 18; tarsus, 
15; middle toe with claw, 25 (skin). 
