Edoliisoma everetti Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1893), 3, 10;
Hand-List (1901), 3, 297; Grant, Ibis (1896), 538; McGregor and
Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 77.
Bongao (Everett); Sulu (Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns
& Worcester).
Male.--Forehead, lores, sides of face and throat black; back, rump,
and upper tail-coverts uniform gray; breast, abdomen, and crissum
gray. Wing, 123.
Female.--Entire head and throat gray; back, rump, and upper
tail-coverts uniform gray.
I have seen neither a specimen nor a detailed description [65] of
this species, but there should be little difficulty in identifying it.
"A male from Sulu measures: Length, 236; wing, 123; tail, 105; culmen,
26; tarsus, 22; middle toe with claw, 24. A female, length, 229; wing,
117; tail, 98; culmen, 26; tarsus, 23; middle toe with claw, 22. Iris
very dark brown; bill, legs, feet, and nails black. Quite rare and
seems to be confined to the forest." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)