Pericrocotus novus Ramsay, Ibis (1886), 161 (no description);
Grant, Ibis (1895), 109; (1896), 539 (Negros); Whitehead,
Ibis (1899), 103; Sharpe, Hand-List (1901), 3, 300; McGregor,
Bull. Philippine Mus. (1904), 3, 13; McGregor and Worcester,
Hand-List (1906), 77.
Luzon (Whitehead, McGregor); Negros (Whitehead).
Adult male (type).--Chin, throat, neck, sides of neck, head, and
mantle black with a faint dark blue gloss; lower back, rump, and upper
tail-coverts rich pompeian-orange; lower parts, except chin and throat,
rich orange, becoming more intense on under tail-coverts; thighs
blackish; wings black, crossed by two bars formed by orange-colored
areas on primaries, secondaries, and greater coverts; on the quills
these markings have corresponding spots on the inner webs which form
a diagonal band of dark buff, seen when inside of wing is examined;
lining of wing pale orange; tail from above mostly black, from below
mostly fiery orange; this results from the fact that the short outer
rectrices are black on the basal half only, while the long central
feathers are black for their whole length, the outer webs only being
orange near the tips. Length, 184; wing, 80; tail, 90; culmen from
base, about 14; tarsus, 16.
Adult female.--Markings somewhat as in the adult male, but the orange
replaced by rich lemon-yellow, which extends over the throat, sides
of neck, and chin, and also forms a narrow frontal band, the latter
extending backward on each side to over center of eye; top of head and
mantle black but without gloss. Wing, 79; tail, 89; culmen from base,
15; tarsus, 15.
Immature male.--Resembles the adult female in having the yellow frontal
band and in having chin and throat yellow; under parts pale orange
mixed with pale lemon-yellow, the under tail-coverts altogether of
the latter color; rectrices pale orange, tipped with lemon-yellow,
the central pair totally black. On the head and mantle there are
many blackish brown feathers tipped with pale buff and other glossy
black feathers of the new plumage; lower back and rump orange with
a mixture of lemon-yellow; wing-markings very light orange.
Immature female.--Almost exactly like the adult female, but many
feathers of head, mantle, sides of neck, and wings brown with buff
margins.