Artamides pollens Guillemard, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1885), 258.
Artamides guillemardi Salvadori, Ibis (1886), 153; Sharpe,
Hand-List (1901), 3, 288; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List
(1906), 76.
Bongao (Everett); Lapac (Guillemard); Sibutu (Everett); Sulu
(Platen, Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester).
Male.--Under parts uniform gray; feathers covering nostrils, lores,
and space in front of eye deep black. Tail, about 144.
Female.--Entire upper and under parts uniform gray as in
A. mindorensis. Wing, 170; tail, 142.
In naming this species Salvadori compares it with A. schistaceus
from the Sula Islands and does not state in what way it differs from
the previously described Philippine species, but the diagnoses given
above are sufficient to distinguish it.
"Fairly common; frequents high trees in the forest. Three males
average: Length, 307; wing, 172; tail, 137; culmen, 34; tarsus, 26;
middle toe with claw, 30. Four females, length, 316; wing, 168; tail,
137; culmen, 35; tarsus, 25; middle toe with claw, 28. Iris very dark
brown; legs, feet, nails, and bill black." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)