A Manual of Philippine BirdsMcGregor, Richard C. (Richard Crittenden)
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A Manual of Philippine Birds
McGregor, Richard C. (Richard Crittenden)
Birds -- Philippines
Bantayan (McGregor); Basilan (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns &
Worcester, Doherty, McGregor); Bohol (McGregor); Cagayan Sulu
(Guillemard, McGregor); Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester); Caluya
(Porter); Cebu (Everett, McGregor); Guimaras (Meyer, Steere
Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Lapac (Guillemard); Leyte (Everett);
Luzon (Meyer, Whitehead, McGregor); Maestre de Campo (McGregor &
Worcester); Malanipa (Murray); Marinduque (Steere Exp.); Masbate
(Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Mindanao (Murray, Everett,
Koch & Schadenberg, Bourns & Worcester, Goodfellow, Celestino);
Mindoro (Steere Exp., Schmacker, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor,
Porter); Negros (Layard, Steere, Everett, Steere Exp., Keay);
Palawan (Steere, Everett, Lempriere, Whitehead, Platen, Steere
Exp., Bourns & Worcester, White); Panay (Steere Exp., Bourns
& Worcester); Romblon (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Samar
(Whitehead); Sibutu (Everett); Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester,
McGregor); Siquijor (Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Sulu
(Guillemard, Bourns & Worcester); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester);
Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor); Verde (McGregor).
Adult.--Forehead, lores, and sides of face grass-green connecting with
the grass-green collar of hind neck; [36] crown and occiput bright
blue; rest of upper parts green, yellowish on the mantle and more
or less mixed with light blue on the back; below yellowish green,
becoming clear green on abdomen and under tail-coverts; primaries
blackish on inner web, dark green on outer web, tips of shorter ones
blue; secondaries mostly blue with light green edges; tertials green
with blue tips; alula and primary-coverts dark blue, black along the
shafts and more or less washed with green; distal greater and median
coverts bright blue with yellow-green margins; proximal greater and
median coverts with the middle black, surrounded by a narrow line
of bright blue followed by a wide edge of old gold; lesser coverts
black, some of the proximal ones bordered with blue and old gold;
tail grass-green above, dark golden yellow below.
Iris very pale straw, a narrow inner ring of darker yellow; upper
mandible bright scarlet, except tip which like the lower mandible is
dull yellow, cere black; legs dull green; nails dark horn. Length,
300 to 330 mm. Specimens from different parts of the Archipelago
vary greatly in measurements and colors. The sexes do not differ
except that the female is a little the smaller. Four males from Ticao
average: Wing, 195; tail, 132; culmen from cere, 33; tarsus, 18. Two
females from Ticao average: Wing, 187; tail, 126; culmen from cere,
28; tarsus, 18.
Young.--Differs from the adult in having little or no blue on the head
and face which are green; back largely sky-blue; blue of wings and
coverts largely replaced by green; the coverts bordered with light
yellowish green.
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