Hirundo fuciphaga Thunberg, K. Vet. Acad. Nya Handl., (1812),
33, 153, pl. 4.
Collocalia fuciphaga Hartert, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1892), 16,
498; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 89; Oates and Reid, Cat. Birds'
Eggs (1903), 3, 75.
Salangana fuciphaga McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 58.
Collocalia fuciphaga fuciphaga Oberholser,
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. (1906), 58, 185.
Cebu (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Luzon (Whitehead,
Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Mindoro (Steere Exp., Bourns &
Worcester, McGregor); Negros (Everett, Steere Exp., Whitehead);
Palawan (Whitehead, Steere Exp.); Panay (Steere Exp., Bourns
& Worcester). Nias, Java, Borneo, Natuna Islands, Mariana and
Caroline Islands, New Guinea, Duke of York, Friendly and Loyalty
Islands.
Adult.--Very similar to Collocalia whiteheadi but the tarsi distinctly
feathered. Hartert gives the following description and measurements:
"Upper surface dark sooty brown with very little gloss; head,
wings, and tail darker and more glossy; feathers in front of the
eye whitish with dark brown tips; lower surface brownish gray with
darker shaft-stripes; under wing-coverts blackish brown. Total length,
about 114; bill at base, 4; wing, 112 to 119; tail, 56. The young
bird is like the adult in plumage." (Hartert.)
"Two males measure, 120 in length; wing, 107; tail, 46; culmen, 6;
tarsus, 7; middle toe with claw, 9. Two females: Wing, 116; tail,
48; culmen, 6; tarsus, 10; middle toe with claw, 7. Bill, feet,
and nails black, legs light brown." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)