Merula mayonensis Mearns, Phil. Jour. Sci. (1907), 2, sec. A, 358.
Luzon (Mearns).
"Characters.--Pattern of coloration similar to that of Merula
thomassoni Grant, but darker, with less contrast between the coloration
of the head and that of the body. Smaller, with relatively stouter
bill; preanal feathers not tipped with white.
"Description of type (adult male).--Upper surface except head and
neck all black; under surface of body black perceptibly washed with
brown on feather edges; head and neck very dark brown, almost black
on crown; entire under surface of wings and tail dull black; under
tail-coverts black with narrow median white stripes involving the
shafts. Iris very dark brown; eyelids, bill, feet, and claws all
yellow. Female exactly like the male. A younger male than the type
differs only in having the feathers of the under side of the body
edged with yellowish brown. Length, 215; wing, 120; tail, 101; culmen
(chord measured from true base), 22; bill from anterior margin of
nostril, 13; tarsus, 34; middle toe with claw, 32.5.
"Female.--Length, 210; wing, 117; tail, 99; culmen, 20.5; bill from
nostril, 13; tarsus, 33; middle toe with claw, 32." (Mearns.)