Pericrocotus leytensis Steere, List Birds & Mams. Steere
Exped. (1890), 15; Grant, Ibis (1897), 224; Whitehead, Ibis
(1899), 103; Sharpe, Hand-List (1901), 3, 300 and 301, nos. 8
and 16; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 77.
Leyte (Steere Exp., Whitehead), Samar (Bourns & Worcester,
Whitehead, Mearns).
Male.--"An adult male has the general coloring of P. igneus, but is
larger and the central tail-feathers are tipped with vermilion. The
four outer primaries are black, and at least seven of the secondaries
have vermilion markings on the outer webs toward their tips, as well
as the broad vermilion bars across their bases. Length, 178; wing,
76; tail, 89." (Steere.)
Young.--A young female (Mearns collection) from Samar closely resembles
the corresponding plumage of P. novus from Luzon, but the bill is
decidedly longer and wider in the former specimen. Wing, 78; tail,
86; culmen from base, 15; width of bill at middle of nostril, 7.