“Fairly common; frequents high trees in the forest. Three males average: Length, 307; wing, 172; tail, 137; culmen, 34; tarsus, 26; middle toe with claw, 30. Four females, length, 316; wing, 168; tail, 137; culmen, 35; tarsus, 25; middle toe with claw, 28. Iris very dark brown; legs, feet, nails, and bill black.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
447. ARTAMIDES STRIATUS (Boddaert).
LUZON ARTAMIDES.
- Corvus striatus Boddaert, Tabl. Pl. Enl. (1783), 38.
- Graucalus striatus Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc. (1875), 9, 175, pl. 30, fig. 1.
- Artamides striatus Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1879), 4, 18 (part); Hand-List (1901), 3, 289; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 76.
Ba-búy ba-búy-an, Manila.
Lubang (McGregor); Luzon (Meyer, Everett, Steere Exp., Whitehead, McGregor).
Male.—General color, except remiges and rectrices, dark gray; feathers of rump fringed with white; feathers in front of eyes and covering nostrils, a narrow line above eye, a small patch on jaw, and a few feathers on chin black. Iris straw-yellow; bill, legs, and nails black. Length, about 280; wing, 163; tail, 120; culmen from base, 24; bill from nostril, 20; tarsus, 25. From a Lubang specimen.
Female.—General plumage dark gray; feathers of rump and upper tail-coverts with white tips and subterminal black bars; abdomen, crissum, wing-lining, and axillars black with narrow white bars; lores and feathers around eyes blackish. Wing, 170; tail, 125; culmen from base, 26; tarsus, 26. From a Luzon specimen.