Phabotreron cinereiceps Bourns and Worcester, Minnesota
Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. Papers (1894), 1, 8; Sharpe, Hand-List
(1899), 1, 55.
Phapitreron cinereiceps McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List
(1906), 10.
Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester).
"Adult.--Top of head, nape, and sides of neck clear ashy gray,
slightly washed with rufous on forehead; hind neck amethystine as in
P. amethystina; back, rump, and upper tail-coverts brown with bronze
reflections, the tail-coverts slightly more ruddy than back; four outer
pairs of tail-feathers dark brown, lighter at base; two central pairs
ruddy brown with bronze reflections; all the tail-feathers with ashy
tips which form a distinct terminal band 6 mm. in width; shafts of
tail-feathers black; wing-coverts and secondaries uniform with back;
primaries dark brown, the first five sharply edged with rusty brown on
outer web; a narrow black stripe under eye; sides of face, ear-coverts,
fore neck, and breast rich ruddy brown, the breast with a slight
metallic gloss; chin and throat lighter; abdomen and thighs fulvous
brown; flanks darker with slight metallic wash; under tail-coverts
clear ashy gray; shafts of tail-feathers with basal half black, apical
half white; under surface of tail nearly black, the terminal gray band
distinct and wider than on upper surface, measuring 15 mm. on outer
pair of feathers; under wing-coverts and axillars like the flanks;
under surface of quills uniform dark brown. Bill black; legs and
feet dirty purplish; nails black; iris in one specimen bright yellow,
in another orange-red. Length, 260; wing, 134; tail, 99; culmen, 20;
tarsus, 18. Sexes alike." (Bourns and Worcester.)
This species is known from the types only.