Artamides kochii Kutter, Orn. Centralbl. (1882), 183; Journ. für
Orn. (1883), 19 of reprint; Sharpe, Hand-List (1901), 3, 289;
McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 76.
Artamides mindanensis Steere, List Birds & Mams. Steere
Exped. (1890), 14.
Artamides kochi Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 102.
Basilan (Everett, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Bohol
(McGregor); Leyte (Whitehead); Mindanao (Jacquinot, Steere,
Everett, Koch & Schadenberg, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester,
Celestino, Goodfellow); Nipa (Everett); Panaon (Everett); Samar
(Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead).
Male.--Rump and tail-coverts barred with black and white; lower breast
and abdomen barred with black and white, posteriorly the white bars
wider than the black bars; under tail-coverts white, each feather with
two or three narrow incomplete black bars. Iris pale yellow. Length,
about 280; wing, 162; tail, 122; culmen from base, 29; bill from
nostril, 23; tarsus, 25.
Female.--Above similar to the male; lores and feathers over nostrils
mottled with white; outermost rectrices tipped with white, and each
with a small subterminal black spot; next pair of rectrices slightly
tipped with white; entire under parts barred with black and white,
the black bars narrow and incomplete as in the male. Wing, 155; tail,
115; culmen from base, 28; bill from nostril, 22; tarsus, 25.
This species is similar in markings to A. difficilis, but the general
gray color is much darker. The measurements given are taken from
specimens collected in Basilan.
"Two males average: Length, 265; wing, 150; tail, 106; culmen, 32;
tarsus, 26; middle toe with claw, 27. Four females, length, 273; wing,
149; tail, 109; culmen, 27; tarsus, 24; middle toe with claw, 26. Iris
usually pale yellow, but in two cases brownish red; bill, legs, feet,
and nails black. Food insects and fruit." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)