Bá-lud mai-tim, Manila; bá-duc, Batan.

Basilan (Everett, Bourns & Worcester); Batan (McGregor); Cagayan Sulu (McGregor); Calayan (McGregor); Guimaras (Layard, Meyer); Lubang (McGregor); Luzon (Gevers, Whitehead); Mindanao (Steere Exp., Platen, Goodfellow); Mindoro (McGregor); Negros (Everett, Whitehead); Romblon (McGregor); Sibutu (Everett); Sibuyan (McGregor); Sulu (Burbidge); West Bolod (Mearns). Northern Borneo.

Adult (sexes alike).—General color slate-black with metallic purple or green tips to the feathers; chin, upper throat, and sides of face below eyes pale gray; head, neck, back, breast, abdomen, and tips of wing-coverts, and upper and under tail-coverts glossed with metallic purple changing to green; remiges and rectrices black without metallic reflections, their coverts largely black with only the tips metallic; colors change greatly with the angle at which the specimen is held. Iris bright yellow; base of bill dark red, tip light yellow; feet and bare space about eye red. Length, 380 to 430; two males, wing, 248; tail, 161; exposed culmen, 22; tarsus, 28.

Young.—Differs from the adult in having metallic edges of feathers narrower on body, and wanting on wing-coverts; throat and breast blackish brown, each feather tipped with cinnamon.

Although of wide distribution, this species does not occur in great numbers except on the Island of Batan in the Batanes group where many individuals are caught with bird-lime and sold to visiting ships.

Ba-tic′-la-uin′, Manila; i-bu-oo, Benguet Igorot.

Balabac (Everett); Basilan (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Bohol (McGregor); Bongao (Everett); Leyte (Whitehead); Luzon (Meyer, Heriot, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor); Marinduque (Steere Exp.); Masbate (Bourns & Worcester); Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Mindoro (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor, Porter); Negros (Meyer, Steere, Everett, Keay); Palawan (Lempriere, Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Romblon (McGregor); Sibutu (Everett); Sibuyan (McGregor); Sulu (Burbidge); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester).

Adult male.—Head, sides of neck and breast, and lower parts bright cinnamon-rufous, much lighter on throat and chin, darker on flanks, under tail-coverts, and rectrices; above including wings and tail dark brown; most of the feathers except remiges and rectrices, edged with fine rufous dots; feathers of neck covered with irregular vermiculations of rufous and blackish brown; sides of neck and of body and crop marked with a few black cross-lines; neck and its sides glossed with amethystine changing to green; metallic colors extending faintly onto back and rump; rectrices from above dark brown, except two outermost pairs which are cinnamon-rufous, each crossed by a diagonal black bar; next pair similar but more obscurely colored; inner webs of primaries edged with cinnamon. Iris of three rings, outermost reddish or crimson, middle ring black, innermost pale straw; skin around eye dirty brown; eyelids and basal half of bill crimson; distal end of bill brown; legs and feet bright crimson; nails brown. Length, about 394; three males average, wing, 189; tail, 200; exposed culmen, 16; tarsus, 23.

Adult female.—Nearly like the male but with very little if any metallic gloss; neck and its sides black, barred with light cinnamon; crop and lower throat more or less barred and vermiculated with black.

Young.—A young bird from Sibuyan with tail less than half grown differs from the adult female in the throat- and breast-feathers being blackish brown, edged with rufous, and in having bars of upper parts more sharply cut, being produced by solid colors rather than by dots; the rectrices seen from above have narrow rufous tips and from below, each is crossed by a narrow, subterminal gray line.

The adult plumage is here described from a pair of birds taken at Irisan, Benguet Province, on May 1, 1903. That these were breeding birds was shown by dissection and was noted on the tags. If the rusty edges are absent from the wing-coverts of fully adult birds then it must require two or possibly three years for them to attain that plumage.

“Exceedingly common in some localities. Frequents open ground surrounded by patches of second growth. When flushed it frequently alights in trees. Eyes yellow; legs and feet red. Length, 370; culmen, 19; wing, 165; tail, 184; tarsus, 22; middle toe with claw, 33.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

“Common among the mountains of north Luzon, and found nesting on the summit of Monte Data, where the large tracts of dead bracken ferns afford it good protection. I saw a young one nearly ready to fly on 28th of January on this mountain. This dove is also plentiful in the lowland forests, and is distributed throughout the Archipelago.” (Whitehead.)

A-la-gá-dang, Calayan.

Batan (McGregor); Calayan (McGregor).

Adult.—Similar to Macropygia tenuirostris but larger and darker; cinnamon edgings on inner primary webs and rufous edging of wing-coverts narrower or obsolete. The sexes differ as in the preceding species.

Male (type).—Bill brown with reddish base; legs dark reddish brown; nails brown; iris of three rings, outer crimson, middle black, inner straw. Length, 413; wing, 198; tail, 198; exposed culmen, 18; tarsus, 24.

Female (type).—Colors of bill, legs, and eyes as in the male. Length, 406; wing, 196; tail, 195; exposed culmen, 18; tarsus, 22.

This species is rather abundant in Calayan; in habits it does not differ from Macropygia tenuirostris. The species is rare in Batan, Batanes, where a nest containing one egg was taken, June 12. The egg is pure white and measures 37 by 27.

Bá-to ba-tó de col-lar, Manila; pa-gao, Calayan; tuc-mó, Ticao, Bohol, Cagayancillo.

Agutaya (McGregor); Bantayan (McGregor); Banton (Celestino); Basilan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Bohol (Everett, Steere Exp., McGregor); Cagayancillo (McGregor); Calayan (McGregor); Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Caluya (Porter); Catanduanes (Whitehead); Cebu (Everett, Steere Exp., McGregor); Cuyo (McGregor); Fuga (McGregor); Guimaras (Steere Exp.); Leyte (Everett); Libagao (Porter); Lubang (McGregor); Luzon (Meyer, Everett, Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor); Maestre de Campo (McGregor & Worcester); Marinduque (Steere Exp.); Masbate (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Mindanao (Everett, Koch & Schadenberg, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Goodfellow); Mindoro (Steere Exp., Schmacker, Whitehead, McGregor, Porter); Negros (Meyer, Everett, Steere Exp., Keay); Palawan (Platen, White); Panay (Bourns & Worcester); Romblon (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Samar (Whitehead); Semirara (Worcester); Siasi (Guillemard); Sibay (McGregor & Worcester); Sibutu (Everett); Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Siquijor (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Sulu (Guillemard, Bourns & Worcester); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor); Verde (McGregor). North Borneo, Marianne Islands.

Adult (sexes alike).—Forehead and face pearl-gray; top and sides of head and nape darker, washed with vinous, nuchal collar blackish, each feather touched with gray, the tips faint metallic green; behind collar a band of light rusty brown; rest of upper parts, including tail-coverts, tertiaries, and proximal wing-coverts, earthy brown; chin white shading into light vinous on throat, breast, and sides of neck and abdomen; sides and flanks gray; middle of abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts white; alula, primary-coverts, and primaries blackish brown, the last with narrow whitish edges, secondaries similar to primaries; distal coverts in each series slate-gray; rectrices blackish brown below; outer webs of shortest pair white; three outer pairs with wide gray ends and narrow white tips; three middle pairs with brown ends. Iris light orange or reddish brown; bill dark horn-blue; angle of mouth dull red; legs light carmine; nails brown. Length, 300 to 330; three males average: Wing, 161; tail, 134; exposed culmen, 15; tarsus, 25; middle toe with claw, 31. Two females: Wing, 158; tail, 129; culmen, 18; tarsus, 24; middle toe with claw, 31.

“Enormously abundant in many localities, especially about the rice-fields after harvest. Everywhere common in open country. It is a favorite cage bird with the natives, who call it took-moo from its note. The nest, which is a mere platform of sticks and twigs, is placed on the branch of some low tree or bush. The eggs are pure white in color, and oval in form, with both ends rather sharply pointed. They measure 28.4 to 30.5 in length by 20.8 to 21.3 in breadth.

“Eyes golden brown; feet purple; length, 305; wing 155; tail, 123; culmen, 20; tarsus, 24; middle toe with claw, 32.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

Dussumier’s dove occurs in nearly every island of the group; it is partial to open, lowland country. After harvest it feeds in the rice-fields, being found in pairs or small companies.

Bá-to ba-tó de col-lar, Manila.

Calayan (McGregor); Lubang (McGregor); Luzon (Cuming, Möllendorff, Meyer, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor); Mindoro (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester). China, Japan, Indo-Chinese countries, eastern Bengal, Andamans.

Adult male.—Back, wings, and under parts nearly uniform vinaceous-red; upper parts darker, more reddish brown; head and sides of face light slate-gray sharply separated from color of back by a narrow, black, nuchal band; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts blackish slate; chin white or nearly so; vent and under tail-coverts white; alula, primary-coverts, primaries, and secondaries blackish brown; rectrices black below; three outer pairs with the terminal third white; three inner pairs with terminal third pearl-gray; outermost pair with outer web all white; middle pair brown above. Iris dark; bill, legs, and nails black. Length, 215 to 240. Three males average: Wing, 138; tail, 90; exposed culmen, 14; tarsus, 19; middle toe with claw, 25.

Adult female.—Color pattern as in the male but the vinaceous-red replaced by earthy brown; under parts paler with a faint vinaceous wash; head brown like the back. Three females average: Wing, 128; tail, 77; exposed culmen, 14; tarsus, 18; middle toe with claw, 24.

Young.—The young male is like the adult female but lacks the nuchal band and under parts have no vinaceous wash; wing-coverts and feathers of breast tipped with yellowish brown.

The eastern ruddy dove is one of the common doves in Luzon; it is very abundant in open lowland country where it feeds upon the ground. Like the barred and Dussumier’s doves this species is common in the vicinity of Manila; many are sold in the markets throughout the year. In the other islands it is very scarce.

Balabac (Everett); Palawan (Whitehead, McGregor, Celestino, White). Burma, Malay Peninsula, Greater and Lesser Sunda Islands, Celebes, Moluccas.

Adult (sexes alike).—Head dark gray with a vinaceous wash; forehead and face lighter; lores with a small black spot; bifurcated feathers of neck black with white tips; feathers of upper parts brown with paler, dull, rusty edges and dark shaft-stripes, the stripes widest on tertials and wing-coverts; distal coverts in each series pearl-gray, outer webs white; quills brown with narrow pale edges; lower parts vinous; paler, nearly white on chin; abdomen white washed with buff; under tail-coverts white; three outer tail-feathers black broadly tipped with white; next pair black, tipped with gray; two central feathers uniform brown, next pair black with a broad, terminal, brown band. “Iris reddish pearl; bill black; feet pinkish.” (Wallace.) Length, about 300; wing, 145; tail, 150; exposed culmen, 17; tarsus, 22.

Young.—“More rufescent above and beneath; feathers of the hind neck of a pale brown with grayish edges.” (Salvadori.)

The Malay spotted dove occurs in small numbers as a winter visitant to Balabac and Palawan. Whitehead says it is “scarce and very local” in Palawan; Celestino took several specimens at Puerto Princesa.

Ba-to ba-tó ca-tic′-bi, Manila.

Lubang (McGregor); Luzon (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor); Mindoro (Everett, McGregor); Verde (McGregor). Siam, Southern Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Greater and Lesser Sunda Islands, Celebes, Amboina.

Adult male.—Anterior half of head, sides of face, chin, and upper throat pearl-gray; a little lighter on chin and forehead; hind crown and nape uniform dull reddish brown; rest of upper parts, including wing-coverts, earthy brown; neck and sides of neck decorated with sharply cut black and white bars (on hind neck washed with brown); above, the bars become obliterated posteriorly leaving the feathers uniform brown with black tips which persist to longest upper tail-coverts; below, along sides and flanks the black bars are reduced in width; middle of breast vinaceous-pink; middle of abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts white and unbarred, primaries and secondaries brown, narrowly edged with brown or gray; lining of wing cinnamon with narrow black bars; rectrices brown, all but middle pair with wide white tips. Iris pale blue; bill and bare skin about eyes blue; legs and feet dull red; nails light horn. Length, 216 to 229. Five males yield the following measurements: Wing, 94 to 100 (98); tail, 91 to 104 (96); exposed culmen, 14 to 15 (14.5); tarsus, 19 to 20 (19.5); middle toe with claw, 22 to 24 (23).

Adult female.—Like the male; said to be less reddish on the occiput but this difference is not very obvious except where fully adult birds are compared.

Young.—Above like the adult but bars continued from nape onto top of head; wing-coverts barred with brown, buff, and rusty brown; secondaries edged with rusty buff; inner webs of primary-coverts rusty brown; no vinaceous-pink on breast which is barred like the sides.

In the full-plumaged bird the bars encroach upon the pink area of breast and are more strongly developed on sides and flanks than in less mature individuals. In most specimens the primary-coverts are tipped with cinnamon but in fine plumage these coverts are uniform brown and the primaries from third to eighth inclusive, are narrowly edged with red near their bases.

The nest of this species is a frail mass of twigs with scarcely any hollow; it is placed on the branch of a bush, in a small tree, or according to Whitehead, among hanging creepers. Near Mariveles, Bataan, a nest with fresh eggs was found February 27, 1902. The two oval eggs are pure white.

The barred dove, while one of the commonest species in Luzon, occurs but rarely in other islands of the Archipelago. It is often found feeding in rice-fields after the grain has been harvested and is brought into the Manila markets from neighboring towns.

Ba-to ba-tó si-li, Manila; ma-ná-tad, Bohol; ac-bá-on, Ticao; ba-na-tá, Cagayancillo; li-mú-kin, Calayan.

Banton (Celestino); Basilan (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Batan (McGregor); Bohol (McGregor); Cagayancillo (McGregor); Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester); Calayan (McGregor); Camiguin N. (McGregor); Cebu (Everett, Steere Exp., McGregor); Cuyo (McGregor); Fuga (McGregor); Guimaras (Steere Exp.); Lubang (McGregor); Luzon (Everett, Meyer, Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor); Marinduque (Steere Exp.); Masbate (Steere Exp., McGregor); Mindanao (Everett, Koch & Schadenberg, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Goodfellow, Celestino); Mindoro (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor, Porter); Negros (Meyer, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Keay); Palawan (Steere, Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, White); Panay (Steere, Bourns & Worcester); Romblon (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Samar (Bourns & Worcester); Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Siquijor (Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Sulu (Platen); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor); Verde (McGregor). Indian and Malay Peninsulas, Indo-Chinese countries, Sunda Islands, Nicobars, Andamans, Moluccas, Ceylon, Celebes, New Guinea.

Adult male.—Forehead and superciliary stripe white, shading into slate-blue on crown and nape; upper back and neck washed with slate-blue; primaries, primary-coverts, and alula dull brown; small lesser coverts on shoulder tipped with white; rest of wings and back rich metallic green, changing to rich bronze when specimen is held away from the light; back metallic copper-color crossed near middle by a band of blue-gray; another blue-gray band between back and rump; upper tail-coverts dark slate with black tips; sides of neck and face and lower parts vinaceous-purple, paler on chin and on abdomen, the former sometimes washed with brown; basal under tail-coverts blue-gray, the longest ones blackish; rectrices mostly blackish, outermost pair mostly pearl-gray above, clearest on outer web, with a subterminal black band; next two pairs similar but variable. Iris brown; bill coral-red, dark at base; legs dark carmine; feet bluish; nails horn. A specimen from Mindoro measures: Length, 255; wing, 152; tail, 92; culmen from base, 23; tarsus, 27; middle toe with claw, 30.

Adult female.—In color pattern like the male from which it differs chiefly in having the vinaceous-purple replaced by brown, more or less faintly glossed with purple; whole head brown, superciliary stripe much reduced; small lesser wing-coverts brown; rump and upper tail-coverts cinnamon-brown with blackish tips and slight purple gloss; rectrices much as in male but second, third, and fourth outer pairs more or less rufous basally. A specimen from Masbate measures: Length, 241; wing, 139; tail, 85; culmen from base, 20; tarsus, 26; middle toe with claw, 28.

Young.—A young male has top and sides of head brown, the tips of many feathers cinnamon or rusty, especially those about the eyes; metallic colors of back and wings largely replaced by dusky brown and many of the wing-coverts, as well as some primaries and secondaries, tipped and mottled with rusty cinnamon; sides of neck, breast, and abdomen barred with cinnamon and blackish brown. Iris dark brown; bill dull reddish brown; legs dull pink; nails slate.

“Exceedingly common throughout the group. Invariably found on the ground and usually in deep woods. Usually alights on the ground again when flushed. Eyes dark brown; bill dark red; legs and feet light to dark red; nails light brown. Seven specimens average, 243 in length; wing, 141; tail, 88; culmen, 22; tarsus, 24; middle toe and claw, 29.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

The bronze-winged dove, because of its wide distribution, is a species little valued by the collector but its solitary and unobtrusive habits usually lead the novice to mistake it for a rarity. In no place abundant, the species may be found in nearly every island where forest, or even a small growth of trees, exists to afford protected feeding grounds. Oates records two eggs of this species which were collected in Mindoro by the Steere Expedition.

Pu-ña-lá-da, Manila and generally.

Luzon (Meyer, Everett, Heriot, Steere Exp., Whitehead, McGregor, Celestino).

Adult (sexes similar).—Top of head, from base of bill to hind border of eye, gray; rest of upper parts dark brown, each feather, except rectrices and their coverts, edged with metallic green or purple, according to the light; the edging wider on interscapulars; sides of neck similar to back; chin, throat, and sides of face below eyes pure white; a patch of blood-red on the stiffish feathers of crop, shading into pale salmon on lower breast and abdomen; sides gray; flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts light buff; primaries and secondaries brown, edges reddish brown, basal half of inner web of primaries cinnamon; greater and median coverts reddish brown with wide gray tips forming two gray bands across each wing; lesser coverts gray; two middle pairs of rectrices brown on upper surface; the other rectrices gray, each with a subterminal black bar.

Length, about 280. A male from Bataan Province, Luzon, measures: Wing, 148; tail, 112; culmen from base, 21; tarsus, 35. A female from the same province measures: Wing, 145; tail, 102; culmen from base, 20; tarsus, 32.

This beautiful dove is often found in the Manila markets; it is a well-known favorite of the Spaniards. The species is commonly known as puñalada which means “stabbed with a dagger.” The Calamianes record of this species is doubtless an error.

Basilan (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Leyte (Whitehead); Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp.); Samar (Bourns & Worcester).

Adult male and female.—Head, cheeks, neck, and mantle dark metallic green changing to metallic purple; back, rump, and tail-coverts chestnut, some of the feathers with amethystine edges; white of chin and throat extending backward on each side of a large dark red crop-patch; rest of under parts rich buffy brown, lighter on tail-coverts, nearly white on abdomen; alula, primaries, and primary-coverts dark brown; secondaries chestnut; upper lesser coverts brown, edged with metallic green changing to amethystine; remainder of lesser coverts broadly tipped with gray; median and greater coverts chestnut, tipped with gray forming wing-bands; middle tail-feathers chestnut, the others blackish with wide gray tips. A male from Basilan: Length, 280; wing, 153; tail, 110; exposed culmen, 19; tarsus, 36. A female from Basilan: Wing, 145; tail, 95; exposed culmen, 19; tarsus, 34.

“Eyes lilac; legs light pink; feet dark pink; nails nearly white; upper mandible black, lower gray. Seven specimens average as follows: Length, 355; culmen, 21; wing, 146; tail, 95; tarsus, 32; middle toe with claw, 9.

“We consider the Sulu record of this species extremely doubtful. We saw a Phlegœnas there which we failed to obtain. It seems to us more probable, however, from the close relationship of the known birds of Sulu to those of Tawi Tawi that the species in question is P. menagei.

“The habits of the Philippine representatives of this genus are the same. The birds are invariably found on the ground in the forest. They run very rapidly, and in close cover frequently escape in this way without taking wing. When flushed they invariably alight on the ground again, and run rapidly after alighting, so that they are very difficult to kill. P. criniger is fairly abundant in Basilan, but much rarer in Samar.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

Pe-nes, Negros.

Negros (Keay).

Adult.—“Feathers of the head, upper part of cheeks, hind neck, sides of breast, mantle, and lesser wing-coverts (except the distal series) gray, broadly edged with dark metallic green, changing to amethystine; back and rump purplish chestnut with amethystine margins to feathers; upper tail-coverts purplish chestnut; primaries dusky, with margins of outer webs and basal two-thirds of inner webs chestnut; secondaries chestnut, dusky toward tips of inner webs; greater and median coverts purplish chestnut; lesser coverts with two or three of their distal rows subterminally gray, broadly margined with white, the latter color forming a conspicuous band across wing; lining of wing and under wing-coverts chestnut; central pair of tail-feathers dark chestnut, the remainder gray with a broad subapical band of black; lower part of cheeks, throat, fore neck, breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts white (abdomen washed with fawn in some specimens); flanks and thighs fawn, almost white in some examples; patch on crop-region small and blood-red; pectoral band narrow and incomplete, formed by the metallic green margins to some of the breast feathers. Feet red. Wing, 159; tail, 104; culmen, 18; tarsus, 37.” (Clarke.)

Keay’s blood-breasted pigeon is easily recognized by the conspicuous white band across the wing.

Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester).

“Adult male.—Entire upper surface of head, nape, hind neck, upper back, sides of neck, and sides of breast rich metallic green; scapulars and interscapulars dark brown, broadly edged with elegant violet when specimen is held between observer and the light, this color changing to deep green when specimen is held away from source of light; rump and upper tail-coverts ruddy brown narrowly edged with metallic colors of back; a few of the longest coverts nearly black, washed with rufous-brown at tips; basal portion of tail-feathers dark ashy gray, the two central feathers darkest; a distinct subterminal band of black on all but central pair of feathers; all the feathers with a terminal gray band, least distinct on central pair; wing-coverts dark brown, broadly tipped with metallic green except outer series, which are broadly tipped with ashy gray; primary- and secondary-coverts and secondaries fulvous-brown, the outer half of outer webs of feathers rich rufous-brown, the inner secondaries having the entire outer web, and tip of inner web, of this color; primaries fulvous-brown faintly washed with rufous-brown on basal half of outer webs; lores, a narrow line under eye, and ear-coverts nearly black with a faint wash of metallic green; metallic green of back and sides of neck continued in a distinct band across the breast, only slightly interrupted at center of breast and inclosing a beautiful orange plastron formed by the bristle-like tips of the feathers of the fore breast; basal portion of these feathers as well as chin, throat, sides of face, and sides of throat pure white; an indistinct white band behind the green pectoral band; hind breast and upper abdomen pearly ash, a few of the feathers tipped with creamy white; belly creamy white; flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts buff; under surface of tail like upper, the terminal band being rather more pronounced; under wing-coverts, axillars, and basal portion of inner webs of all the quills chestnut-brown; rest of quills dark brown. Iris light silver-gray; bill slaty gray at tip, black at base; legs and feet light red; nails light brown. Length, 286; wing, 153; tail, 103; culmen, 21; tarsus, 36.

“Extremely rare and difficult to obtain. We secured two fine males but failed to get a female.” (Bourns and Worcester.)

Mindoro (Platen, Schmacker, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor).

Adult (sexes similar).—Head and neck dark metallic green changing to amethystine; scapulars, back, and rump chestnut, many of the feathers edged with metallic green; below white becoming faint buff or ochraceous on abdomen, flanks, and tail-coverts; finely speckled with gray on sides of breast; red crop-patch very small; alula, primaries, and primary-coverts brown; secondaries and coverts chestnut, except some of the lesser series which are blackish with broad light gray tips forming a conspicuous patch; upper tail-coverts and middle pair of tail-feathers gray, remainder of rectrices blackish with gray tips. Iris purple; bill black; legs dark rose-color; nails gray. Length, 275 to 285. A male measures: Wing, 150; tail, 106; exposed culmen, 20; tarsus, 34. A female: Wing, 141; tail, 100; exposed culmen, 20; tarsus, 34.

Two nests with eggs were collected on the Baco River in 1905. The first was taken April 28, and was placed 1.5 meters from the ground on a horizontal limb of a small tree. The two eggs were advanced in incubation. They measure 30 by 22 and 29 by 22. The second nest was similarly placed in a shrub. The nest measures 200 by 280 mm. across the top and is very shallow, the outside depth being about 50 mm. On the bottom are a number of rather large leaves and sticks, topped by fine rootlets and spiral plant-tendrils. The materials were poorly put together so that a large part of the bottom fell off when the nest was removed from its site. The two eggs were well incubated. They measure 29 by 22 and 30 by 21. Their color is light cream.

“Common in the old forests in the interior of Mindoro, but very difficult to shoot. We found its nest in a tangle of vines about two meters above the ground. The female flew from the nest to the ground and pretended to be lame. The nest, which contained two young birds, was found in the month of May.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

Dun-dú-nai, native name.

Mindoro (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Negros (Bourns & Worcester); Palawan (Platen); Sibutu (Everett); Siquijor (Celestino); Sulu (Bourns & Worcester); Talaran, off Basilan (Freer); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester). Nicobar and Greater Sunda Islands, Mergui and Bismark Archipelagos, Moluccas to New Guinea.

Adult male.—Head, neck, throat, and breast dark slate or blue-black; long neck-plumes, mantle, back, wing-coverts, and some of the inner secondaries bright metallic green, blue, or bronze-red changing with the light; primaries and outer secondaries black, more or less edged with blue; tail and its coverts pure white; abdomen, flanks, and thighs blue-black with more or less metallic green. Wing, 250; tail, 82; culmen from base, 24; tarsus, 40.

“Female.—Similar to the male but smaller, narrow feathers of the neck shorter, and also frontal knob smaller.

“Young.—Like the female, but the tail greenish black.” (Salvadori.)

“Rare in all the islands visited by us except Tawi Tawi, where it is very common. Invariably found on the ground in deep woods. It rises very heavily and with much noise, always alighting in low trees, and then flying from tree to tree if disturbed. Iris dark brown; legs dark purple; upper surface of feet dark purple; lower surface yellow; nails yellow; bill black. Seven specimens average as follows: Length, 346; culmen, 23; wing, 241; tail, 86; tarsus, 38; middle toe and claw, 48.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)