Phabotreron brunneiceps Bourns and Worcester, Minnesota
Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. Papers (1894), 1, 9; Sharpe, Hand-List
(1899), 1, 55.
Phapitreron brunneiceps McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906),
10; McGregor, Phil. Jour. Sci. (1907), 2, sec. A, 281.
Basilan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor).
"Adult.--Above dark brown with greenish reflections; amethystine spot
on hind neck less blue than in P. amethystina; top of head brown,
forehead slightly lighter and nape slightly darker than crown; sides
of face and ear-coverts brown, paler than crown; a narrow, dark brown
streak under eye; chin and throat grayish fulvous; breast pearly ash;
abdomen, flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts ochraceous-brown;
under surface of tail brownish black with a broad, gray, terminal
band; under wing-coverts and axillars fulvous-brown; primaries with
sharply defined light edges on upper web; below slightly more ashy;
tail-feathers brown above with distinct terminal bands of gray,
central pair with slight metallic gloss; shafts of quills black above
and below except the terminal 15 mm. which are white. Bill black;
feet dark pink; nails brown; iris orange-red. Length, 255; wing, 132;
tail, 89; culmen, 24; tarsus, 18. A well-defined species distinguished
from P. amethystina by its smaller size and the entirely different
color of its under surface." (Bourns and Worcester.)
This species is very distinct from P. amethystina being smaller and
differently colored. A male measures: Length, 267; wing, 135; tail,
100; culmen from base, 25.