Chimarrhornis bicolor Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1894), 3,
44; Ibis (1894), 509, pl. 15, fig. 2; (1895), 446; Whitehead,
Ibis (1899), 217 (habits); Sharpe, Hand-List (1903), 4, 150;
McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 85.
U-li-si-u, Irisan, Benguet Province.
Luzon (Whitehead, McGregor).
Male.--General color slate-blue, throat darker; chin, jaw, and lores
black; abdomen, crissum, flanks, rump, and upper tail-coverts rich
chestnut; thighs slate-gray, tail chestnut; wing-feathers dark brown,
their edges slate-blue. Bill and nails black; legs and feet very
dark brown. Length, 152; wing, 77; tail, 58; culmen from base, 14;
bill from nostril, 8.5; tarsus, 25; middle toe with claw, 21.
Female.--Similar to the male but duller in color; rump, tail-coverts,
and tail brown, very slightly chestnut. Length, 152; wing, 75; tail,
55; culmen from base, 15; bill from nostril, 8.5; tarsus, 25; middle
toe with claw, 21.
Young.--A young male taken in June, 1903, has the plumage dark
smoke-gray, almost black, the feathers of throat, breast, and
wing-coverts faintly tipped with gray; wings and tail as in the adult
and a few new feathers of head, neck, breast, and abdomen indicating
the adult colors.
Genus CALLIOPE Gould, 1837.
Bill slender; culmen from base nearly equal to hind toe with claw;
wing long and pointed; first primary more than one-half second and
longer than tarsus; tail rounded, about three-fourths as long as
wing. Throat white or bright red.