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 Macropygia phæa McGregor, Bull. Philippine Mus. (1904), 4, 9; Phil. Jour. Sci. (1907), 2, sec. A, 338; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 13.

A-la-gá-dang, Calayan.

Batan (McGregor); Calayan (McGregor).

Adult.—Similar to Macropygia tenuirostris but larger and darker; cinnamon edgings on inner primary webs and rufous edging of wing-coverts narrower or obsolete. The sexes differ as in the preceding species.

Male (type).—Bill brown with reddish base; legs dark reddish brown; nails brown; iris of three rings, outer crimson, middle black, inner straw. Length, 413; wing, 198; tail, 198; exposed culmen, 18; tarsus, 24.

Female (type).—Colors of bill, legs, and eyes as in the male. Length, 406; wing, 196; tail, 195; exposed culmen, 18; tarsus, 22.

This species is rather abundant in Calayan; in habits it does not differ from Macropygia tenuirostris. The species is rare in Batan, Batanes, where a nest containing one egg was taken, June 12. The egg is pure white and measures 37 by 27.