Dryococcyx harringtoni Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. Zool. (1877),
1, 321, fig. 1; Hand-List (1900), 2, 172; Shelley, Cat. Birds
Brit. Mus. (1891), 19, 400; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List
(1906), 64.
Balabac (Steere, Everett); Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester,
McGregor); Palawan (Everett, Lempriere, Whitehead, Platen, Steere
Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino, White).
Adult (sexes similar).--Forehead, jaw, and narrow lines above and
below eye, gray; crown and occiput olive-brown, faintly glossed with
green; back, rump, and basal two-thirds of tail glossy metallic green;
distal half of tail dark chestnut; chin, throat, breast, sides of neck,
and incomplete collar bright rufous, shaded into chestnut on abdomen,
thighs, and crissum. Length of a male from Palawan, 450; wing, 170;
tail, 270; culmen from base, 39; tarsus, 38. Wing of a female, 170;
tail, 278; culmen from base, 39; tarsus, 39.
"In limiting the range of this species to Palawan, Shelley seems to
have overlooked the fact that it was originally discovered in Balabac
by Steere. We found it to be quite abundant in the Calamianes Islands,
and secured numerous specimens there. Usually found in deep forest,
occasionally in second growth. Iris of female yellow; iris of male
with outer nearly white ring, and inner ring of deep red or brown;
bill pea-green; legs and feet leaden gray; nails black; bare skin
round eye maroon.
"Five males from Palawan measure, 461 in length; wing, 164; tail,
262; culmen, 40; tarsus, 46; middle toe with claw, 35. Three females,
length, 472; wing, 164; tail, 268; culmen, 38; tarsus, 39; middle
toe with claw, 36. Calamianes birds are indistinguishable." (Bourns
and Worcester MS.)
Genus DASYLOPHUS Swainson, 1837.
Nostril hidden by stiff antrorse feathers; eye surrounded by a large
area of bare skin; on each side of crown, from lores to nape, a line
of harsh, decomposed, and lengthened feathers; wing short; tail long
and graduated.