Bolbopsittacus intermedius Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891),
20, 505; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 34; McGregor and Worcester,
Hand-List (1906), 49.
Leyte (Whitehead); Samar (Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead).
Male.--"Similar to the male of B. lunulatus, from which it differs
in having the face of a deeper blue with a purple tinge, and a blue
collar on the lower part of the hind neck brighter and like that
of B. mindanensis; the under parts are of a deeper and brighter
green than either in B. lunulatus or in B. mindanensis; bill black;
feet greenish. Length, 147; wing, 99; tail, 33; bill, 19; tarsus,
10." (Salvadori.)
Female.--"It differs from the male in having the blue of the head
confined to the throat, the cheeks being light green. Around the eye a
ring of green lighter than that of crown. The blue collar is replaced
by an indistinct collar of faint orange-yellow. Rump only slightly
lighter than back and green, not yellow as in male. Under surface
slightly lighter and more yellowish. Thighs green instead of yellow.
"A young male is like the female but has less blue on sides of
throat." (Bourns and Worcester.)
"A male measures 168 in length; wing, 98; tail, 33; culmen, 18;
tarsus, 12; middle toe with claw, 22. Two females measure: Length,
168; wing, 95; tail, 35; culmen, 19; tarsus, 12; middle toe with claw,
20. Iris dark brown; legs and feet light olive-green; nails black;
bill blackish at tip, gray at base; cere black. Food guavas. All of
the specimens obtained were shot from a flock found in a mangrove swamp
the day before our departure from Samar." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)