Parus elegans Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1883), 8, 22 (part);
McGregor, Bull. Philippine Mus. (1903), 1, 11.
Pardaliparus elegans Sharpe, Hand-List (1903), 4, 328 (part);
McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 94 (part).
Pardaliparus albescens McGregor, Phil. Jour. Sci. (1907), 2,
sec. A, 293.
Masbate (McGregor); Ticao (McGregor).
Specific characters.--Similar to P. elegans Lesson, but with little
or no olive-green on upper parts, and the white on scapulars and
back much more extensive, to a large extent replacing the black. Male
(type), wing, 63; tail, 38; culmen from base, 11; bill from nostril,
8; tarsus, 17.