459. PERICROCOTUS MARCHESÆ Guillemard.
MARCHESA MINIVET.
- Pericrocotus marchesæ Guillemard, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1885), 259, pl. 18, fig. 1; Sharpe, Hand-List (1901), 3, 300; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 77.
Sulu (Guillemard, Platen, Bourns & Worcester).
Adult male.—Entire head, chin, throat, and anterior half of back glossy blue-black; lower back, rump, tail-coverts, and all of the under parts, except chin and throat, bright egg-yellow; wings glossy black; a diagonal yellow band begins on middle of fifth primary and extends on to the secondaries where it becomes wider; inner greater secondary-coverts widely tipped with yellow; four or five secondaries each with a yellow spot near tip; rectrices black, all but the central pair with wide yellow tips. Wing, 77; tail, 80; culmen from base, 14; bill from nostril, 10; tarsus, 15.
“This fine bird was several times found in flocks in Sulu, both in the forest and in the open. Iris, bill, legs, feet, and nails black. Six males average, 170 in length; wing, 77; tail, 84; culmen, 17; tarsus, 14; middle toe with claw, 15. Four females, length, 171; wing, 77; tail, 84; culmen, 16; tarsus, 14; middle toe with claw, 14.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
460. PERICROCOTUS NOVUS McGregor.
RAMSAY’S MINIVET.
- Pericrocotus novus Ramsay, Ibis (1886), 161 (no description); Grant, Ibis (1895), 109; (1896), 539 (Negros); Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 103; Sharpe, Hand-List (1901), 3, 300; McGregor, Bull. Philippine Mus. (1904), 3, 13; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 77.
Luzon (Whitehead, McGregor); Negros (Whitehead).