Thriponax pectoralis Tweeddale, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1878), 340;
Hargitt, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1890), 18, 500, pl. 13; Sharpe,
Hand-List (1900), 2, 23; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List
(1906), 66.
Bohol (McGregor); Leyte (Everett, Steere Exp., Whitehead); Panaon
(Everett); Samar (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead).
Adult male.--Upper parts as in T. javensis; chin and throat white
with narrow black shaft-stripes; ear-coverts and sides of neck black,
narrowly streaked with white; breast-feathers black with edges and
tips light buff; rest of under parts as in T. javensis but with more
buff on the thighs. A few feathers of breast and hind neck may be
tipped with red but this character is variable. Length of a male
from Bohol, about 450; wing, 224; tail, 200; culmen from base, 50;
bill from nostril, 39; width of bill at base, 19; tarsus, 33.
"Adult female.--Has the forehead and crown black; the malar
region white, striped with black. In other respects like the adult
male. Length, 419; culmen, 48; wing, 199; tail, 169; tarsus, 34.
"Young male.--Differs from the adult of the same sex in having the
white of the throat and fore neck duller, and the striations less
intense black; the feathers of the malar region white, with dusky
bases, a few assuming the red tips." (Hargitt.)
"A well-marked species which takes the place of T. javensis in Panaon,
Leyte, and Samar. Quite abundant in Samar. Usually met with in the
forest. Occasionally seen in second growth.
"Three males average, 434 in length; wing, 198; tail, 159; culmen,
51; tarsus, 33; middle toe with claw, 48. Two females, length, 419;
wing, 201; tail, 154; culmen, 47; tarsus, 32; middle toe with claw,
41. Iris light yellow; legs and feet light slate; nails nearly black;
upper mandible black, lower grayish white." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)