Pyrrhocentor unirufus Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein. (1862), 4,
118 (note).
Centropus unirufus Shelley, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 19,
367; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 168; McGregor and Worcester,
Hand-List (1906), 64.
Luzon (Heriot, Whitehead, Celestino).
"Adult.--Entire plumage deep rufous, slightly darker above than below;
the feathers from the forehead to the mantle have darker glossy shafts
than those of the throat and fore part of the chest; the quills with
broad brown ends. Bill green, passing into yellow toward the tip and
on the edges; legs olive-brown. Length, 400; culmen, 38; wing, 160;
tail, 229; tarsus, 43." (Shelley.)
A female from Bataan Province, Luzon, measures: Wing, 160; tail, 250;
culmen from base, 35; tarsus, 40; middle toe with claw, 44.
Subfamily PHÆNICOPHAINÆ.
Genera.
a1. Nostril in a vertical groove at base of bill. ... Dryococcyx
(p. 387)
a2. Nostril not in a vertical groove; tail-feathers tipped with white.
b1. Feathers over eye lengthened, harsh, and
hair-like. ... Dasylophus (p. 388)
b2. Feathers of head and throat with black scale-like
tips. ... Lepidogrammus (p. 388)
Genus DRYOCOCCYX Sharpe, 1877.
Nostril round in a long vertical groove at base of bill; on side of
head from bill to above posterior border of ear, a wide unfeathered
space covered with minute fleshy protuberances; wing short; tail long,
its feathers wide and greatly graduated.