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 Ptilopus bangueyensis Meyer, Jour. für Orn. (1891), 70; Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 143.

 Spilotreron bangueyensis Sharpe, Hand-List (1899), 1, 61; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 11.

 Ptilopus purpureinucha Meyer, Jour. für Orn. (1891), 71.

Basilan (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Bongao (Everett); Cagayan Sulu (Mearns); Mindanao (Everett, Steere Exp.); Palawan (Lempriere, Whitehead); Sibutu (Everett); Sulu (Burbidge, Guillemard, Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester). Banguey.

Adult male.—Bright leaf-green, mantle slightly yellowish; head, neck, and throat pearly gray; chin and upper throat yellow; a large patch on occiput and hind neck black; lower abdomen and short tail-coverts bright yellow; longer tail-coverts bright carmine, narrowly tipped with yellow; secondaries and greater coverts very narrowly edged with yellow. Eyelids, iris, and bill greenish yellow; feet rose-pink; nails brown. Length, 240. Two males from Basilan, wing, 123, 116; tail, 85; exposed culmen, 16, 15; middle toe with claw, 26.

Adult female.—Entirely green, except the under tail-coverts which are green, washed with carmine, and narrowly tipped with yellow. Two females from Basilan measure: Wing, 121, 118; tail, 79, 80; exposed culmen, 16, 14; middle toe with claw, 26, 25.

Young.—Similar to the adult female but with little or no carmine on under tail-coverts.

“This, the most northern form of the Spilotreron group, is very nearly related to the most southern one, from which it is not easily distinguished. The slight purple tinge of the black occipital spot, on which Dr. Meyer relies to separate the Basilan bird, appears only in certain individuals, but is absent in the majority of specimens. As to the collar of the bird from Banguey, which is described as whitish gray, I do not find that it is different from that of the specimens from other localities.” (Salvadori.)

“The blue spot on the nape on which Meyer relies to separate the Basilan birds is a minus quantity in our five specimens from that island, though they are in breeding plumage. This species is quite common in Sulu and Tawi Tawi, and is sometimes found feeding in isolated trees in open fields.

“Iris yellow; legs dark pink; feet same color; nails nearly black; bill and eye-wattle light greenish yellow. Length, 230; wing, 121; tail, 81; culmen, 33; middle toe with claw, 29.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)