Bucco roseus Dumont, Dict. Sci. Nat. (1806), 4, 52.
Xantholæma intermedia Shelley, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1891), 19,
97; Sharpe, Hand-List (1906), 2, 186.
Xantholæma rosea Grant, Ibis (1896), 558.
Xantholæma roseum McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 64.
Cebu (Everett, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Guimaras (Steere
Exp.); Masbate (McGregor); Negros (Layard, Everett, Steere Exp.,
Whitehead); Romblon (McGregor); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester,
Celestino). Bali, Java, Sumatra.
Adult (sexes alike).--Superciliary stripe, subocular band, chin,
and throat crimson; otherwise the plumage is like that of Xantholæma
hæmacephalum. Bill and nails black; legs and bare skin about eye
crimson. A male from Tablas measures: Length, 170; wing, 78; tail,
36; bill from nostril, 15; culmen from base, 21; tarsus, 19; middle
toe with claw, 20. A female from Romblon measures: Length, 170; wing,
81; tail, 33; bill from nostril, 16; culmen from base, 22; tarsus,
22; middle toe with claw, 22.
Young.--A young bird has the feathers of forehead and crown blackish
slate, tipped with olive-green; below eye a pale yellow band; greater
and median wing-coverts and inner secondaries tipped with pale yellow;
no crimson feathers; legs flesh-color; otherwise like the adult.
"Five males from Tablas average, 160 in length; wing, 79; tail, 36;
culmen, 22; tarsus, 19; middle toe with claw, 20. Four females from
same place: Length, 160; wing, 78; tail, 33; culmen, 22; tarsus,
18; middle toe with claw, 20. Iris dark brown; legs and feet red;
nails black; bill black, except base of lower mandible, which is
gray." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
Shelley gives the name Xantholæma intermedia to the Philippine bird
distinguishing it from the Javan form as having upper parts uniform
green with no pale edges to the feathers; cheek-band black in front,
passing into olive-gray down the sides of the red throat; under parts
more strongly marked with brighter green centers to the feathers. The
validity of this species is somewhat doubtful.
Order PICIFORMES.