Iole monticola Bourns and Worcester, Minnesota
Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. Papers (1894), 1, 25; Sharpe, Hand-List
(1901), 3, 314; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 79.
Cebu (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor).
Adult.--Very similar to Iole siquijorensis but smaller; top of head
lighter seal-brown; forehead washed with slate-gray; mantle and back
more ruddy; ear-coverts tawny; chin and fore throat almost solid
white. A male measures: Wing, 127; tail, 117; culmen from base, 32;
bill from nostril, 21; tarsus, 22.
"Iole monticola differs from Iole siquijorensis, its nearest ally,
in its more ruddy upper surface, its lighter head with a wash of
ashy gray on front of crown, in its lighter ear-coverts and tawny
throat, and in its lighter under wing- and tail-coverts. So far as our
observation goes it is a highland form. It was invariably met with by
us in the forest on the tops and sides of the hills in central Cebu
and was never seen in open or flat country." (Bourns and Worcester.)
"Three males average: Length, 267; wing, 121; tail, 111; culmen, 31;
tarsus, 22; middle toe with claw, 24. A female measures, 260 in length;
wing, 115; tail, 102; culmen, 31; tarsus, 23; middle toe with claw,
23. Iris, legs, feet, and nails dark brown; bill nearly black. Breeding
in June." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
Genus POLIOLOPHUS Sharpe, 1877.
Occipital crest short and pointed; eye surrounded by a narrow wattle;
bill from base about equal to tarsus; rictal bristles long, the
longest much more than bill from nostril; rectrices graduated and
tipped with white; difference between lengths of outermost and middle
tail-feathers more than length of bill from nostril.