Ma-sa-kit′, Manila.

Balabac (Everett); Bantayan (McGregor); Basilan (Steere, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Bohol (Everett, McGregor); Bongao (Everett); Cagayancillo (McGregor); Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester); Caluya (Porter); Catanduanes (Whitehead); Cebu (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Leyte (Steere Exp.); Lubang (McGregor); Luzon (Cuming, Gevers, Everett, Heriot, Steere Exp., Whitehead, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Masbate (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Goodfellow); Mindoro (McGregor, Porter); Negros (Steere Exp., Whitehead, Bourns & Worcester, Keay); Palawan (Everett, Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, White); Panay (Sonnerat, Steere, Steere Exp.); Samar (Steere Exp.); Semirara (Porter); Sibay (Porter); Siquijor (Celestino); Sulu (Platen, Bourns & Worcester); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester, Everett); Ticao (McGregor). Malay Peninsula, Burmese Provinces, eastern Himalayas, northeastern Bengal, central India, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, Ternate.

“Adult male.—Upper half of the head and back of the neck leaden gray, passing gradually into brown, with an olive gloss on the back and wings; feathers of the pinion-joint white, forming a patch; upper tail-coverts gray like the crown; tail slaty black with white ends, the outer webs of the feathers notched with white, the inner webs regularly barred with white, most strongly so on the outer feathers; sides of the head, chin, throat, and front of chest uniform gray, slightly paler than the crown; remainder of the body and under tail-coverts and the under wing-coverts uniform rufous-buff; under surface of the quills dusky brown, with a diagonal bar of white formed by the white on the inner webs near the base of the quills. ‘Bill black, base of lower mandible reddish. Iris light red; feet and legs waxy naples-yellow, nails black.’ (Everett.) Length, 208; culmen, 16; wing, 109; tail, 109; tarsus, 16.

“Immature.—Above rufous, nearly equally barred throughout with olive, shaded black; primaries alone more uniform brown; under parts buff, narrowly barred throughout with dusky black; under wing-coverts like the chest; pale portion of the quills more rufous than in the adult and indicating partial bars. ‘Bill dusky black, yellowish at the gape and base of lower mandible; iris yellowish white, legs and feet dingy grayish yellow.’ (Hume.) Length, 231; culmen, 18; wing, 109; tail, 127; tarsus, 18.” (Shelley.)

Nestling.—Upper parts including wings and tail dark brown, the feathers barred and edged with cinnamon-rufous; tip of tail and edge of wing white; below white, barred, more regularly than above, with blackish brown.

“Very common. It is quite a sweet singer. Legs and feet dirty yellow; nails black; upper mandible black, lower light brown. Four males measure, 241 in length; wing, 118; tail, 132; culmen, 21; tarsus, 16; middle toe with claw, 21.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

Genus CHALCOCOCCYX Cabanis, 1862.

Length, about 165 mm.; tail short and rounded; wings long and pointed, when folded reaching nearly to tip of tail; plumage metallic bronze or violet; breast, abdomen, and sides barred with white.

Species.