Oberholser gives measurements of two males as follows: Wing, 129, 138; tail, 53, 60; exposed culmen, 6, 5.5; tarsus, 13, 14. Two females: Wing, 134, 130; tail, 51, 54; exposed culmen, 5.5; tarsus, 12.5, 14.
“This new species was discovered by Doctor Mearns during his recent trip to the Island of Mindanao, the four adults obtained having been brought by natives who had found them in a cave on Mount Apo.” (Oberholser.)
315. COLLOCALIA FUCIPHAGA (Thunberg).
THUNBERG’S SWIFTLET.
- Hirundo fuciphaga Thunberg, K. Vet. Acad. Nya Handl., (1812), 33, 153, pl. 4.
- Collocalia fuciphaga Hartert, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1892), 16, 498; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 89; Oates and Reid, Cat. Birds’ Eggs (1903), 3, 75.
- Salangana fuciphaga McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 58.
- Collocalia fuciphaga fuciphaga Oberholser, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. (1906), 58, 185.
Cebu (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Luzon (Whitehead, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Mindoro (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Negros (Everett, Steere Exp., Whitehead); Palawan (Whitehead, Steere Exp.); Panay (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester). Nias, Java, Borneo, Natuna Islands, Mariana and Caroline Islands, New Guinea, Duke of York, Friendly and Loyalty Islands.
Adult.—Very similar to Collocalia whiteheadi but the tarsi distinctly feathered. Hartert gives the following description and measurements: “Upper surface dark sooty brown with very little gloss; head, wings, and tail darker and more glossy; feathers in front of the eye whitish with dark brown tips; lower surface brownish gray with darker shaft-stripes; under wing-coverts blackish brown. Total length, about 114; bill at base, 4; wing, 112 to 119; tail, 56. The young bird is like the adult in plumage.” (Hartert.)
“Two males measure, 120 in length; wing, 107; tail, 46; culmen, 6; tarsus, 7; middle toe with claw, 9. Two females: Wing, 116; tail, 48; culmen, 6; tarsus, 10; middle toe with claw, 7. Bill, feet, and nails black, legs light brown.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)