Leonardia woodi Mearns, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. (1905), 18, 2.
Leonardina woodi Mearns, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. (1905), 18, 88;
McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 83.
Doo-roogh-bah-long, Bagobo of Mount Apo.
Mindanao (Mearns).
"Type (adult male).--Third primary equal to ninth; fifth, sixth, and
seventh subequal and longest. Upper parts bistre, washed with burnt
umber on lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts; tail blackish
seal-brown; the feathers of the rump, which are very long and soft,
have concealed white spots; sides of head and neck (including lores
and ear-coverts), breast, and abdomen slate-gray, the latter washed
with white; sides gray washed with burnt umber, particularly on the
flanks, some of the feathers with concealed white spots; thighs gray
washed with burnt umber; under tail-coverts tawny olive, the longest
ochraceous; chin and throat white. Iris reddish brown; bill black;
feet and claws plumbeous. Length, 205; alar expanse, 280; wing, 90;
tail, 87; bill, measured from nostril, 10; culmen, 16; tarsus, 38;
middle toe and claw, 27." (Mearns.)
The type and only known specimen was taken on Mount Apo, Mindanao,
at 1,220 meters altitude.
Subfamily BRACHYPTERYGINÆ.
Tarsus slender; plumage normal, the feathers of back not lengthened;
sexes unlike in colors.
Genus BRACHYPTERYX Horsfield, 1821.
Bill small and slender; rictal bristles weak; wing and tail moderate;
tarsus long and slender, equal to more than one-half the tail and to
about three times the bill from nostril. Sexes very unlike in colors;
male with a concealed eyebrow-patch; female with head and neck brown.
Species.
a1. Head, neck, and throat slate-blue like the rest of the plumage
(males).
b1. Smaller; throat and top of head dark slate. ... poliogyna
(p. 539)
b2. Larger; throat and top of head black.
c1. Smaller. ... brunneiceps (p. 539)
c2. Larger; no grayish white on abdomen.
d1. White spot above the eye larger and not entirely
concealed. ... mindanensis (p. 540)
d2. White spot above the eye minute and wholly
concealed. ... malindangensis (p. 540)
a2. Head, neck, and throat rusty brown, contrasting with the rest of
the plumage (females).
b1. Crown lighter; chin and throat lighter. ... poliogyna (p. 539)
b2. Crown darker; chin and throat deeper in color; belly not paler
than breast.
c1. Smaller, tail shorter. ... brunneiceps (p. 539)
c2. Larger, tail longer; abdomen washed with brownish gray.
d1. Color much lighter. ... mindanensis (p. 540)
d2. Color much darker; russet of front of head intensified
to almost a burnt umber and not extending backward beyond the
eyes. ... malindangensis (p. 540)