Phabotreron frontalis Bourns and Worcester, Minnesota
Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. Papers (1894), 1, 10; Sharpe, Hand-List
(1899), 1, 55.
Phapitreron frontalis McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 10.
Cebu (Bourns & Worcester).
"Adult.--General color of upper surface as in P. brunneiceps but
forehead and crown lighter, nape washed with ashy gray, and lacking
metallic gloss; tail glossed with dull bronze instead of amethystine
and the terminal band less strongly marked than in brunneiceps;
under surface much as in brunneiceps but everywhere darker; under
tail-coverts ashy gray, slightly tipped with fulvous; tail much as in
brunneiceps, the outer web of outer pair of feathers being, however,
light brown; basal half of shafts dirty whitish; apical fourth white,
rest brown. Iris pale orange; bill black; legs and feet purple;
nails light brown. Sexes alike. Length, 260; wing, 140; tail, 100;
culmen, 51; tarsus, 21." (Bourns and Worcester.)
The length of culmen given above (2 inches in original description)
is undoubtedly an error.