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Notes on Philippine Birds Collected by Governor W. Cameron Forbes: Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, Vol. LXV. No. 4.Bangs, Outram

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Notes on Philippine Birds Collected by Governor W. Cameron Forbes: Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, Vol. LXV. No. 4.

Name: Notes on Philippine Birds Collected by Governor W. Cameron Forbes: Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, Vol. LXV. No. 4.
Author: Bangs, Outram

Bangs, Outram

Birds -- Philippines

86,669   [Male]    Panay           93     69     20       18
  86,668   [Male]    Basilan         94     70     20.5     17.5
  86,671   [Male]    Camotes         93     70     21       18
  86,667   [Male]    Camiguin        95     73     20       19
  57,520   [Male]    Cagayan de Sulu 92     69     20       19
  64,329   [Male]    Lubang          92     71     20.5     19
  64,330   [Male]       "            93     70     20       18.5
  64,331   [Male]    Palawan         95     69     20       17.5
  64,328   [Female]  Lubang          93     --     21       18.5
  64,327   [Female]  Mindanao        92     72     21       19


  _Lalage niger niger_ (Forster).

                                                      CULMEN
   NO.       SEX     LOCALITY   WING   TAIL  TARSUS  FROM BASE

  33,994   [Male]    Singapore   85     68     19       16
  34,119   [Female]  Kelang      82     63     19       17
  60,164   [Male]    Java        87.5   66     20       17
  60,163   [Male]     "          88     70     20       16
  60,166   [Male]     "          85     68     21       16
  60,160   [Female]   "          87.5   67     19       18
  60,159   [Female]   "          86     69     20       16
  60,167   [Female]   "          83     64     20       17
  12,182   [Female]   "          87     61     19       --


AEGITHINA TIPHIA AEQUANIMIS, subsp. nov.

Nine specimens, both sexes, from Palawan and Dumaran Islands, June,
July, August, and September.

TYPE.--M. C. Z. 64,334 adult [Male], Puerto Princesa, Palawan Island,
4 August, 1913. W. Cameron Forbes.

CHARACTERS.--Similar to _A. tiphia tiphia_ (Linne) and _A. t. viridis_
(Bonaparte) of Borneo, but bill longer and heavier; the upper parts
much more yellowish olive-green and the forehead, including the lores,
broadly bright yellow.

MEASUREMENTS.

                                                           CULMEN
   NO.      SEX          LOCALITY   WING   TAIL   TARSUS   TO BASE

  64,332   [Male] ad.     Palawan    64     49     20.5     19
  64,333   [Male] ad.        "       62     44     21       18.5
  64,334   [Male] ad.        "       62     44     20       18
  86,684   [Male] ad.     Dumaran    62     46     21       18
  86,685   [Male] ad.        "       61     50     19       18.5
  41,304   [Female] ad.   Palawan    61     47     20       18
  86,683   [Female] ad.      "       62     48     19       17

REMARKS.--The Palawan and Dumaran bird represents a very good form,
easily separated from _A. tiphia tiphia_ or _A. t. viridis_ by its
larger bill and much brighter upper parts. The series shows no
individual variation, and no tendency to ever become dusky or black
above.


ORTHOTOMUS RUFICEPS NUNTIUS, subsp. nov.

Three specimens from the Sulu Archipelago; an adult [Male] Sibutu, 23
August, an adult [Male] Cagayan de Sulu, 2 July, and an immature
[Female] Jolo, 2 August.

TYPE.--M. C. Z. 57,529 adult [Male], Cagayan de Sulu, 2 July, 1911. W.
Cameron Forbes.

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Notes on Philippine Birds Collected by Governor W. Cameron Forbes: Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, Vol. LXV. No. 4.

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