Pericrocotus johnstoniæ Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1905), 16,
18; Ibis (1906), 480, pl. 19.
Mindanao (Goodfellow, Mearns, Clemens).
"Adult male.--Most nearly allied to P. croceus Sharpe, from the south
of the Malay Peninsula, but differs in having an oblong orange-yellow
mark on the terminal portion of the outer web of the six median
secondary quills; the chin and throat glossy black like the crown and
mantle, and the breast and under parts deep yellow, less tinged with
orange. The tail-feathers are black, tipped with orange, increasing in
width, so that the outer pairs have the terminal half orange. 'Iris,
bill, and feet black.' (Goodfellow.) Length, 165; wing, 84; tail,
81; tarsus, 15.
"Adult female.--Differs considerably from the female of P. croceus
in having a narrow bright yellow band across the forehead, continued
backward over the lores in a short superciliary stripe; the chin,
throat, and all the yellow parts of the plumage bright yellow instead
of orange; the six median secondary quills with an oblong yellow mark
on the terminal half of the outer web. From the female of P. leytensis
Steere it is easily distinguished by the narrower and much brighter
yellow band across the forehead, as well as by the shining blackish
gray crown and mantle." (Grant.)
The male of Mrs. Johnstone's minivet is very similar to P. novus, but
the under parts, especially the tail-coverts, are more yellowish and
the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts are orange-red instead of
pompeian-orange. A male from Lake Lanao, Mindanao, measures, wing, 81;
tail, 83; culmen from base, 15; width of bill at middle of nostril, 6.