“Habits like those of Dicrurus balicassius and D. striatus. Five males average: Length, 273; wing, 136; tail, 121; culmen, 33; tarsus, 23; middle toe with claw, 25. Five females, length, 267; wing, 133; tail, 118; culmen, 33; tarsus, 23; middle toe with claw, 24. Iris dark brown to black; bill, legs, feet, and nails black.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
721. CHIBIA CUYENSIS McGregor.
CUYO DRONGO.
- Chibia cuyensis McGregor, Bull. Philippine Mus. (1903), 1, 5; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 107.
Tam-bi-bi-li-gao, Cuyo.
Cuyo (McGregor).
Adult (sexes alike).—Wing, tail, and upper tail-coverts dark glossy green; all other parts dark blue-black; feathers of crown, nape, and breast tipped with glossy blue-black; some long hackles on sides of neck; back slightly metallic; outermost rectrices slightly upturned and twisted near the tip. A male (type) measures: Length, 305; wing, 152; tail, 130; bill from nostril, 23; depth of bill at nostril, 12; tarsus, 28; difference in length between the middle and outermost rectrices, 9. A female, wing, 145; tail, 124; bill from nostril, 11.5; tarsus, 27.
This species differs from C. palawanensis in being larger and in having the bill longer and deeper; spangles on chest larger.