Male.—Grass-green, much darker above than below; lores and a small patch at base of lower mandible light blue, behind the latter a moustachial line of lilac, above this and below eye a band of golden yellow; eye surrounded by a circle of purple feathers; chin and throat golden yellow; lesser wing-coverts on bend of wing bluish purple; remainder of secondary-coverts and secondaries edged with green; alula and primary-coverts blue, slightly washed with purple; primaries black, edged with light blue on outer webs and with white on inner webs; rectrices, below dark gray; above blue, washed with green, shafts black. A male from Palawan measures: W0ing, 89; tail, 72; culmen from base, 21; bill from nostril, 14.5; tarsus, 15.
Female.—Scarcely differs in color from the male, but the moustachial streak dark purplish blue. A female measures: Wing, 82; tail, 65; culmen from base, 22; tarsus, 17.
“Common in Palawan and in the Calamianes, but difficult to see on account of its color. Found in the forests, second growth, and mangrove swamps. Seven males average: Length, 189; wing, 90; tail, 67; tarsus, 18; middle toe with claw, 17; culmen, 23. Four females, length, 182; wing, 83; tail, 63; culmen, 23; tarsus, 19; middle toe with claw, 18. Iris brown; legs and feet slate-gray; bill black.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
470. CHLOROPSIS FLAVIPENNIS (Tweeddale).
YELLOW-QUILLED LEAFBIRD.
- Phyllornis flavipennis Tweeddale, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1877), 761; pl. 77, fig. 1.
- Chloropsis flavipennis Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1881), 6, 34; Hand-List (1901), 3, 308; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 78.
Cebu (Everett, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Mindanao (Platen, Celestino).
Male and female.—Nearly the entire plumage leaf- or grass-green, much darker above than below; lores, ring about eye, ear-coverts, and chin washed with light yellow; outer webs of some primaries and inner webs of all the remiges and rectrices, edged with chamois-yellow; lower thighs chamois-yellow; shafts of flight-feathers black. Three males from Cebu measure: Wing, 91 to 96; tail, 74 to 76; bill from nostril, 16 to 17. Three females, wing, 89 to 91; tail, 72 to 76; bill from nostril, 15 to 16.
This species, which is very distinct from C. palawanensis, is rare in the only islands where it has been found.
“Found only in the forest and breeding in June. Nine males average: Length, 200; wing, 92; tail, 75; culmen, 25; tarsus, 18; middle toe with claw, 20. Four females, length, 183; wing, 86; tail, 70; culmen, 24; tarsus, 17; middle toe with claw, 20. Iris dark brown to black; upper mandible almost black, lower drab.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)