Brachypteryx brunneiceps Grant, Ibis (1896), 457; Whitehead, Ibis
(1899), 217 (habits); Sharpe, Hand-List (1903), 4, 56; McGregor
and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 83.
Negros (Whitehead).
Diagnosis.--"The Negros shortwing is closely allied to B. poliogyna,
which Mr. Whitehead discovered in the highlands of Lepanto, Luzon. The
males in fact, are, as one would expect, very much alike, but the
Negros bird has the top of the head and throat washed with black
instead of dark slate. Between the females the differences are much
more marked; the crown of the head in B. brunneiceps is much darker
brown, much less strongly washed with sienna on the forehead; the chin
and middle of the throat are much deeper in color, very little paler
than the sides; and the general tone of the under parts is darker
slate-blue, the belly being in no way paler than the breast. Adult
male: Length, 127; wing, 67; tail, 48; tarsus, 29. Adult female:
Length, 132; wing, 67; tail, 48; tarsus, 29." (Grant.)