Cypselus subfurcatus Blyth, Jour. As. Soc. Beng. (1849), 18, 807;
Blanford, Fauna Brit. Ind. Bds. (1895), 3, 169; Sharpe, Hand-List
(1900), 2, 96; Oates and Reid, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1903), 3, 82;
McGregor, Phil. Jour. Sci. (1907), 2, sec. A, 346, pls. 4 & 5,
fig. 2.
Micropus subfurcatus Hartert, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1892),
16, 456.
Camiguin N. (McGregor). Northeastern Bengal, Indo-Chinese
provinces, southern China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo.
Adult.--Very similar to Cypselus pacificus but much smaller; under
parts darker, more blackish brown and the feathers without white
fringes.
"Bill black; iris dark brown; legs and feet varying from deep purplish
black to flesh-color. Length, about 146; tail, 51; wing, 140; tarsus,
10; outer rectrices, 7, longer than middle pair." (Blanford.)
A female from Camiguin, north of Luzon, measures: Wing, 136; tail,
52; depth of fork, 8; bill from frontal feathers, 7.
The only known Philippine specimen was shot from a flock of Micropus
pacificus on Camiguin Island, north of Luzon.
Order TROGONES.