“Adult male.—General plumage black, with the wings and upper back chestnut; head, neck, and chest glossed with purplish blue; remainder of the body, lower back, upper tail-coverts, and tail glossed with purplish green; primaries with brown ends; inner secondaries slightly tinted with brown; under wing-coverts glossy black. ‘Bill and legs black; iris crimson.’ (Davison.) Length, 559; culmen, 42; wing, 223; tail, 312; tarsus, 58.
“Adult female.—Similar in plumage to the male. Length, 521; culmen, 46; wing, 211; tail, 284; tarsus, 56.
“Immature.—Plumage duller than in the adult and generally of a greener shade; sides of head and front of neck with buffy white spots, increasing into bars on the body; mantle, some of the wing-coverts, and the innermost secondaries barred with black; upper tail-coverts narrowly barred with buff; tail glossy greenish black, with no blue shade.” (Shelley.)
“Rare in Palawan; common in Sulu. Iris red; legs, feet, and nails black; bill black; food insects. Two males measure, 555 in length; wing, 198; tail, 312; culmen, 41; tarsus, 53; middle toe with claw, 50. Two females, length, 475; wing, 178; tail, 245; culmen, 37; tarsus, 44; middle toe with claw, 45.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
347. CENTROPUS VIRIDIS (Scopoli).
RED-WINGED COUCAL.
- Cuculus viridis Scopoli, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. (1786), 2, 89.
- Centropus viridis Shelley, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 19, 349; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 167; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 63.
Suc-suc, Lubang; sa-guc′-soc, Ticao; si-ga-cok′, Calayan; sa-ba-cot′, Manila.
Bantayan (McGregor); Banton (Celestino); Basilan (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Bohol (Everett, McGregor); Cagayancillo (McGregor); Calayan (McGregor); Camiguin N. (McGregor); Catanduanes (Whitehead); Cebu (Meyer, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Dinagat (Mearns); Fuga (McGregor); Guimaras (Meyer, Steere Exp.); Leyte (Everett, Steere Exp.); Lubang (McGregor); Luzon (Meyer, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor); Marinduque (Steere Exp.); Masbate (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Mindanao (Steere, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Goodfellow); Mindoro (Schmacker); Negros (Meyer, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, Keay); Panay (Sonnerat, Murray, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Romblon (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Samar (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead); Siasi (Guillemard); Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Siquijor (Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Sulu (Guillemard, Bourns & Worcester); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor).
Adult.—Sexes similar; wings bright chestnut, tips of primaries and secondaries blackish brown; wing-lining glossed with green; remainder of plumage black, glossed with dark green and traces of blue. Iris red; bill and nails black; legs dark steel-blue. Length of a male from Manila, 380; wing, 155; tail, 250; culmen from base, 26; tarsus, 42. Length of a female from Cagayancillo, 480; wing, 190; tail, 290; culmen from base, 33; tarsus, 40.