Hypsipetes rufigularis Sharpe,
Trans. Linn. Soc. 2d. ser. Zool. (1877), 1, 335.
Iole rufigularis Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1881), 6, 57,
pl. 3; Hand-List (1901), 3, 313; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List
(1906), 79.
Basilan (Steere, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Mindanao
(Murray, Everett, Steere Exp.).
Adult.--Forehead, crown, and occiput dark brown, shafts of the feathers
blackish and their edges slate; rest of upper parts lighter brown, the
feathers with olivaceous edges and ashy or slate-gray tips; wings dark
brown, the outer webs of the feathers lighter and narrowly edged with
olivaceous; tail similar; lores and sides of head dull brown; chin,
throat, and fore breast tawny or light tan-brown, darker on breast;
sides of breast washed with olive; shafts of chin-feathers black and
produced beyond the webs; shafts of breast-feathers a trifle lighter
than their webs; rest of the under parts white, the feathers edged
with pale yellow, producing a streaked appearance; flanks more or less
washed with brown; axillars and under wing-coverts white, washed with
pale yellow. The sexes are similar in colors. A male from Basilan
measures: Length, 255; wing, 123; tail, 105; culmen from base, 29;
bill from nostril, 17; tarsus, 21. A female from Basilan, wing, 117;
tail, 114; culmen from base, 25; bill from nostril, 16; tarsus, 21.
"The rufous-throated bulbul is common in Mindanao and Basilan; it is
found along edges of forest, in second growth, and in guava bushes. Two
males average: Length, 238; wing, 111; tail, 98; culmen, 26; tarsus,
19; middle toe with claw, 23. A female, length, 241; wing, 106; tail,
95; tarsus, 20; middle toe with claw, 22. Iris dark brown; legs and
feet brown to nearly black; bill black." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)