Loriculus bonapartei Souancé, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. (1856), 222;
Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 20, 53; Ibis (1891), 48,
pl. 3; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 36; McGregor and Worcester,
Hand-List (1906), 50.
Bongao (Everett); Sulu (Guillemard, Platen, Bourns & Worcester);
Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester, Everett).
"Adult male.--Green, under parts a little lighter; head above red,
scarlet on the forehead, shading off into a rich orange on the occiput;
rump and upper tail-coverts red; a large patch on the throat also red;
outer web of the primaries and tail-feathers dark green, the last
tipped with lighter green; inner webs of the quills underneath and
under surface of the tail-feathers verditer-blue. Bill horny black;
feet in the dried skin dusky, nearly black. Length, about 152; wing,
94; tail, 49; bill, 15; tarsus, 11. (Museum Rothschild.)
"Female.--No gular red patch, lores and cheeks blue. (Museum
Rothschild.)" (Salvadori.)
"Common in the scattering trees between the town of Sulu and the
hills back of it. Found about flowering trees in Tawi Tawi. Bill of
adult birds coal black.
"Seven males from Tawi Tawi measure, 148 in length; wing, 90; tail,
49; culmen, 14; tarsus, 10; middle toe with claw, 17. Six females from
Sulu measure, length, 144; wing, 93; tail, 50; culmen, 13; tarsus,
11; middle toe with claw, 19. Iris black; legs and feet light to
dark brown; nails black; bill black in adults, yellow in immature
birds." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
Order CORACIIFORMES.
FROGMOUTHS, ROLLERS, KINGFISHERS, HORNBILLS, BEEBIRDS, GOATSUCKERS,
AND SWIFTS.
Claw of hind toe shorter than that of third toe; two toes united
for their basal joint; or, if toes are free, then the feet small and
weak and gape deeply cleft. Toes usually three in front, one behind;
in some, two in front and one behind; rarely, four in front and in
pairs. Bill large and with a horny crest, often bright red in color,
when not red the surface more or less sculptured (Bucerotes); or, bill
long, straight, tapering, and sharp, usually red or black (Halcyones);
or, bill slender and gently curved, tail long (Meropes); or, bill
stout, gape wide (Coraciæ and Podargi); or, bill minute and weak,
gape wide and deeply cleft (Caprimulgi and Micropodii). This order
is an extremely unsatisfactory one as its members have few external
characters of ordinal value. The suborders Caprimulgi and Micropodii
seem to be particularly out of place.
Suborders.
a1. Bill large and strong, or very broad at base, or long and sharp;
culmen greater than tarsus.
b1. Bill very large, crested, or sides plicated, or both; birds of
large size. ... Bucerotes (p. 326)
b2. Bill long or broad, neither crested not plicated.
c1. Bill long and tapering to a sharp point.
d1. Middle tail-feathers not greatly prolonged; culmen straight
or nearly so. ... Halcyones (p. 303)
d2. Middle tail-feathers greatly prolonged; culmen gently
decurved for its entire length. ... Meropes (p. 339)
c2. Bill short and wide; width at base more than half of culmen.
d1. Nostrils exposed; colors black, blue, and bluish green in
large masses. ... Coraciæ (p. 301)
d2. Nostrils hidden by stiff feathers; colors white, blackish
brown, and rufous-brown in spots and vermiculations. ... Podargi
(p. 296)
a2. Bill small and weak, deeply cleft; culmen much less than tarsus
(except in Hemiprocne).
b1. Wings when folded not reaching tip of tail; wings mottled and
spotted with black and shades of reddish brown. ... Caprimulgi
(p. 342)
b2. Wings when folded reaching beyond tip of tail; wings blackish
or steel-blue, never mottled nor spotted. ... Micropodii (p. 350)
Suborder PODARGI.
Family PODARGIDÆ.
Bill very broad and flat; ten tail-feathers; middle toe-nail not
pectinate; plumage mottled.
Genus BATRACHOSTOMUS Gould, 1838.
Bill extremely broad and short; culmen strongly curved; nostrils
covered by long hair-like plumes; eyes rather large; a bunch of
elongated feathers behind each eye; tarsus short, feet weak; outer
and middle toes united for half of their basal joint; tail moderately
long, outermost rectrices very short, the next pair considerably
shorter than third; plumage lax, in color reddish brown, buff, or
gray, with spots of white or creamy fawn, barred and vermiculated with
blackish brown. Birds of this genus fly at night feeding upon insects
and remain concealed in dense forest during the day. Their capture
is extremely uncertain and difficult. The nest is a small pad-like
structure saddled on a branch of a tree; the single egg is white.
Species.
a1. A white or buff band across chest; another similar band across
lower breast.
b1. Bill larger; culmen from base, 25 mm. or more.
c1. Wing longer, 155 mm. or more. ... septimus (p. 296)
c2. Wing shorter, 140 mm. or less. ... menagei (p. 298)
b2. Bill shorter; culmen from base, about 20 mm.; wing, about
130. ... microrhynchus (p. 297)
a2. No light band across under parts; throat and abdomen much mottled
with cream-color or light buff.
b1. Wing more than 130 mm. ... javensis (p. 300)
b2. Wing less than 125 mm. ... affinis (p. 301)