Lamprocorax todayensis Mearns, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. (1905),
18, 88; Grant, Ibis (1906), 469.
Lamprococorax todayensis McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906),
109 (error).
Kohl-leé-po, Bagobos of Todaya.
Mindanao (Mearns, Goodfellow).
Female (type).--"Similar to L. panayensis, but much smaller,
and otherwise differing as follows: The feathers of the nape
and lower throat are more rigid and, perhaps, relatively longer;
viewed in certain lights the plumage is less golden green, the gloss
being purplish blue; the wings and tail are dull, purplish black,
without metallic gloss; and the throat is more decidedly glossed
with violet-purple. Length of skin, 157; wing, 95; tail, 59; culmen,
13.5; bill from nostril, 10; depth of bill at nostrils, 6; tarsus,
19." (Mearns.) "Iris ruby-red; bill and feet black." (Goodfellow.)
"This small species of glossy starling was abundant in the high forest
above the Bagobo village of Todaya, where small flocks flew with great
speed above the treetops, only alighting on the highest dry branches,
where they were with difficulty reached by shot." (Mearns.)
Genus ÆTHEOPSAR Sharpe, 1890.
Frontal and nasal feathers long, antrorse or erect, and concealing
the nostrils; feathers of crown, occiput, and ear-coverts lanceolate;
tail short and rounded; plumage nearly all black or slate-gray;
tips of primary-coverts and a large section of primaries pure white,
forming a conspicuous wing-bar.