Phlogoenas menagei Bourns and Worcester, Minnesota
Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. Papers (1894), 1, 10; Sharpe, Hand-List
(1899), 1, 88; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 15.
Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester).
"Adult male.--Entire upper surface of head, nape, hind neck,
upper back, sides of neck, and sides of breast rich metallic green;
scapulars and interscapulars dark brown, broadly edged with elegant
violet when specimen is held between observer and the light, this color
changing to deep green when specimen is held away from source of light;
rump and upper tail-coverts ruddy brown narrowly edged with metallic
colors of back; a few of the longest coverts nearly black, washed with
rufous-brown at tips; basal portion of tail-feathers dark ashy gray,
the two central feathers darkest; a distinct subterminal band of black
on all but central pair of feathers; all the feathers with a terminal
gray band, least distinct on central pair; wing-coverts dark brown,
broadly tipped with metallic green except outer series, which are
broadly tipped with ashy gray; primary- and secondary-coverts and
secondaries fulvous-brown, the outer half of outer webs of feathers
rich rufous-brown, the inner secondaries having the entire outer web,
and tip of inner web, of this color; primaries fulvous-brown faintly
washed with rufous-brown on basal half of outer webs; lores, a narrow
line under eye, and ear-coverts nearly black with a faint wash of
metallic green; metallic green of back and sides of neck continued
in a distinct band across the breast, only slightly interrupted at
center of breast and inclosing a beautiful orange plastron formed by
the bristle-like tips of the feathers of the fore breast; basal portion
of these feathers as well as chin, throat, sides of face, and sides of
throat pure white; an indistinct white band behind the green pectoral
band; hind breast and upper abdomen pearly ash, a few of the feathers
tipped with creamy white; belly creamy white; flanks, thighs, and
under tail-coverts buff; under surface of tail like upper, the terminal
band being rather more pronounced; under wing-coverts, axillars, and
basal portion of inner webs of all the quills chestnut-brown; rest of
quills dark brown. Iris light silver-gray; bill slaty gray at tip,
black at base; legs and feet light red; nails light brown. Length,
286; wing, 153; tail, 103; culmen, 21; tarsus, 36.
"Extremely rare and difficult to obtain. We secured two fine males
but failed to get a female." (Bourns and Worcester.)