Lanius superciliosus Latham, Ind. Ornith. (1801), suppl. 20,
No. 4; Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1883), 8, 273; Dresser,
Man. Palæarctic Bds. (1902), 1, 241.
Otomela superciliosa Sharpe, Hand-List (1903), 4, 288; Oates and
Reid, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1905), 4, 290; McGregor and Worcester,
Hand-List (1906), 93.
The Island of Sagahalien, Askold and Japan; wintering in the
Malay Peninsula, Philippines, and Java. (Dresser.)
"Male adult (Japan).--Differs from L. cristatus in having the upper
parts much brighter, usually rich fox-red, the forehead and fore
crown and a broad supercilium pure white; wings blackish, externally
margined with rufous; tail fox-red tipped with dull white. Culmen,
17.7; wing, 89; tail, 94; tarsus, 21." (Dresser.)
Subfamily PACHYCEPHALINÆ.
Bill at nostril as broad as it is high, compressed toward the tip;
a well-marked notch near tip of bill; feathers of chin and jaw with
their shafts produced and hair-like; rectrices nearly uniform in
length; tail decidedly shorter than wing.
Genus HYLOTERPE Cabanis, 1847.
Characters same as those given for the Subfamily.
Species.
a1. Upper parts olive-green.
b1. Breast, abdomen, and crissum lemon-yellow, or at least washed
with yellow.
c1. Breast and abdomen bright lemon-yellow.
d1. Larger; bill longer; back duller
olive-green. ... philippinensis (p. 599)
d2. Smaller; bill shorter; back brighter
olive-green. ... apoensis (p. 600)
c2. Breast, sides, and abdomen washed with yellow.
d1. Smaller; breast and sides less strongly washed with
yellow. ... fallax (p. 601)
d2. Larger; breast and sides more strongly washed with
yellow. ... illex (p. 601)
b2. Breast olivaceous gray; abdomen white; crissum pale
yellow. ... albiventris (p. 602)
a2. Upper parts brown.
b1. Smaller; wing, about 80 mm.; tail, 62; upper parts hair-brown,
slightly olivaceous. ... whiteheadi (p. 602)
b2. Larger; wing, 84 mm. or more; tail, 66 or more.
c1. Larger; upper parts mars-brown. ... winchelli (p. 603)
c2. Smaller; upper parts dark walnut-brown; auriculars vinaceous
cinnamon. ... homeyeri (p. 603)