Ptilocichla (?) mindanensis Steere, List Birds and Mams. Steere
Exped. (1890), 18.
Ptilocichla mindanensis Sharpe, Hand-List (1903), 4, 40; McGregor
and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 81.
Ptilopyga mindanensis Blasius, Jour. für Orn. (1890), 146.
Mindanao (Steere Exp., Platen, Bourns & Worcester, Celestino).
"Above fulvous-brown; feathers of head narrowly edged with black;
feathers of back showing indistinct shaft-stripes; below much as in
P. basilanica which it equals in size also. It is readily separated
by the fulvous-brown of the head and the uniform fulvous of the
back." (Steere.)
"Habits similar to those of P. basilanica. Our specimens all show the
differences pointed out by Dr. Steere between the Mindanao and Basilan
birds, and we consider the two birds to belong to distinct species.
"A male from Mindanao measures: Length, 174; wing, 75; tail, 51;
culmen, 22; tarsus, 27; middle toe with claw, 27. A female, length,
152; wing, 69; tail, 46; culmen, 20; tarsus, 27; middle toe with claw,
26. Iris light yellow or nearly white; legs, feet, and nails drab;
upper mandible black, lower gray." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)