Phabotreron nigrorum Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. Zool. (1877),
1, 346, 353; Hand-List (1899), 1, 55; Salvadori, Cat. Birds
Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 68.
Phapitreron nigrorum McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 10.
Tuc-mó, Masbate, Ticao, and in general use.
Cebu (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Guimaras
(Meyer, Steere Exp.); Masbate (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor);
Negros (Layard, Steere, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Keay);
Panay (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Sibuyan (Bourns &
Worcester, McGregor); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester); Ticao
(McGregor).
Adult.--Very similar to Phapitreron leucotis but smaller; chin, sides
of face, and upper throat much paler; the white line on auricular
region replaced by a wider line of pale fulvous from bill to nape. Bill
black; iris gray; legs dark scarlet; nails brown. Four specimens,
two of each sex, measure: Wing, 119 to 124 (122); tail, 90 to 96.5
(94); culmen from base, 17 to 18 (17.5); tarsus, 16.5 to 18 (17.5).
"Very common in the forests of the central Philippines. Iris dark
brown; legs and feet dark pink; nails leaden; bill black. Length,
229 to 250; wing, 119 to 127; tail, 84 to 96; culmen, 17 to 19;
middle toe with claw, 26 to 29." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)