Cyornis philippinensis Sharpe,
Trans. Linn. Soc. 2d. ser. Zool. (1877), 1, 325; Hand-List (1901),
3, 216; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 72.
Siphia philippinensis Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1879), 4,
450; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 111 (habits).
Ca-man-tí-gon, Siquijor.
Bantayan (McGregor); Banton (Celestino); Basilan (Steere Exp.,
Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Bohol (McGregor); Bongao (Everett);
Cebu (Meyer, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor);
Dinagat (Everett); Guimaras (Bourns & Worcester); Leyte (Everett);
Luzon (Jagor, Möllendorff, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns &
Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor); Marinduque (Steere Exp.); Masbate
(Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Mindanao (Everett, Goodfellow);
Mindoro (Steere Exp., Schmacker, Bourns & Worcester); Negros
(Everett, Keay); Panay (Steere); Romblon (Bourns & Worcester,
McGregor); Samar (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Semirara
(Worcester); Sibutu (Everett); Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester,
McGregor); Siquijor (Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Sulu
(Guillemard, Bourns & Worcester); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester);
Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor).
Male.--Above dark blue; a narrow band on forehead continued over
each eye lighter blue, as also the lesser wing-coverts; primaries and
secondaries black, edged with blue; shafts of rectrices black, inner
webs of all but middle pair black; lores black; ear-coverts and sides
of neck very dark blue; a black band across chin continued backward on
each side of throat; throat, breast, and sides rich orange-rufous,
slightly paler on throat; crissum and middle of abdomen white;
thighs blue, some of the feathers tipped with white. Iris brown;
bill black; legs pale bluish; nails dark blackish brown. Length of
a male from Luzon, 140; wing, 73; tail, 61; culmen from base, 14;
bill from nostril, 10; tarsus, 18.
Female.--Similar to the male, but lores pale buff; chin and sides of
throat orange-rufous instead of black. Length of a female from Sibuyan,
157; wing, 78; tail, 64; culmen from base, 16; bill from nostril,
11; tarsus, 19.
"The Philippine cyornis is a common and wide spread species; it
is found in deep forest, along wooded streams, and about clumps of
bamboo in the open. Iris nearly black; legs, feet, and nails light
slaty brown; bill black. Food worms and insects. Breeding in Cebu in
July. Twenty males average: Length, 156; wing, 76; tail, 65; culmen,
17; tarsus, 18; middle toe with claw, 19. Ten females, length, 146;
wing, 71; tail, 60; culmen, 16; tarsus, 17; middle toe with claw,
18." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)