Centropus carpenteri Mearns, Phil. Jour. Sci. (1907), 2, sec. A,
356; McGregor, ibid., 340.
Batan (Mearns, McGregor).
Adult.--Similar to Centropus mindorensis (Steere), but slightly
larger. Mearns gives the following measurements:
"Centropus carpenteri: Adult male type: Length, 440; wing, 166; tail,
278; chord of culmen, 32; depth of bill, 16; tarsus, 42; middle toe
with claw, 44.
"Centropus mindorensis: Average of three males: Length, 398; wing,
153; tail, 238; chord of culmen, 29.2; depth of bill, 13.7; tarsus,
40; middle toe with claw, 42."
Young.--A young bird taken June 4 is black; upper parts including
wings and tail lightly glossed with green; chin and throat slightly
mottled with gray; tips of primaries and secondaries slightly rufous;
alula and all upper wing-coverts barred with rufous. Wing, 140; tail,
112; culmen from base, 26.