“Young.—Has the scapulars and the upper wing-coverts not so black and more greenish, and the yellow edges of the same paler.” (Salvadori.)
244. TANYGNATHUS EVERETTI Tweeddale.
BLUE-BACKED PARROT.
- Tanygnathus everetti Tweeddale, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (1877), 20, (4), 533; Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 20, 432, pl. 10; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 30; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 398; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 49.
Luzon (Whitehead); Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp., Celestino); Negros (Whitehead); Panay (Steere Exp.).
Male.—General color green; entire head and neck grass-green, the neck with a yellow tinge; mantle grass-green, each feather edged with dark blue; back and rump dark blue; tail-coverts green, some of them edged with blue; wings green, some of the smaller coverts edged with yellowish green; under parts green, some feathers on abdomen and sides of breast slightly edged with blue; tail-feathers above green with yellowish tips, below golden yellow. Bill bright red, feet blackish in skin. Length, 330; wing, 196; tail, 136; culmen from cere, 31.
Female.—Like the male but the bill white. Wing, 195; tail, 138; culmen from cere, 31.
“Rare about Zamboanga. Only one specimen obtained. Mr. Moseley, of the Steere Expedition, killed one specimen in Panay, and Mr. Worcester saw another so near that there was no room for doubt as to its identity. Two specimens in the Jesuit Museum at Manila are marked ‘Negros.’ We searched for it in vain in Samar.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
“This parrot may prove to have a much wider distribution in the Philippines than is at present known, our discovery of the bird in north Luzon being a mere chance. * * * Male, iris orange; bill rosy red; feet dull olive-brown; female, iris orange; bill creamy white; feet dull olive-brown.” (Whitehead.)