[90] Philippine specimens of this genus may be the recently described Budytes flavus alascensis but no specimens of that race are available for comparison. Cf. Ridgway, Bds. North and Middle America (1904), 3, 8 and 10. [↑]
[91] Cf. Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. Washington (1903), 26, 504. [↑]
[92] In the Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum this species falls under “a. With the hind claw decidedly shorter than the hallux.” but in the figures of the foot in the Catalogue and in the Fauna of British India the claw is decidedly longer than the hallux, and Sharpe (p. [565]) says: “Hind claw long and straight, a trifle shorter than hind toe, but sometimes longer.” [↑]
[93] Coues describes this, the most important character of the family, in the following words: “But the most tangible characteristic of the family [Fringillidæ] is angulation of the commissure. The commissure runs in a straight line, or with a slight curve, to or near to the base of the bill, and is then more or less abruptly bent down at a varying angle—the cutting edge of the upper mandible forming a reëntrance, that of the lower mandible a corresponding salience. In familiar terms, we might say that the corners of the mouth are drawn down—that the finches, though very merry little birds, are literally ‘down in the mouth.’ In the great majority of cases this feature is unmistakable, and in the grosbeaks, for example, it is very strongly marked indeed; but in some of the smaller-billed forms, and especially those with slender bills, it is hardly perceptible.” [↑]
[94] This species is called “tree sparrow” by some authors. [↑]
[95] Chlorura Reichenbach, 1863, is preoccupied by Chlorura Sclater, 1862. [↑]
[96] Grant’s diagnosis of Chlorura brunneiventris follows: “C. similis C. borneensi, Sharpe, sed abdomine quoque rufescente, pectore concolore; pectoris lateribus caeruleo lavatis; fronte caerulea laetiore et minus extensa. Long. tot. 4.2 poll., alae 2.3.” [↑]
[97] “Characters.—Slightly larger than Dicrurus balicassius from Luzon Island; also differing in having the metallic reflections of the upper parts and breast greenish blue instead of bluish green.
“Measurements of type (adult male).—Wing, 148; tail, 130; culmen, 27; tarsus, 25.” (Mearns.) [↑]
[98] Wrongly given as “Mindanao” in McGregor and Worcester’s Hand-List, p. 107. [↑]