Pardaliparus elegans mindanensis Mearns,
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. (1905), 18, 8.
Pardaliparus mindanensis McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List
(1906), 94.
Kah-too-reé-nay, Bagobo of Mount Apo.
Mindanao (Mearns, Clemens).
Adult male.--"Similar to Pardaliparus elegans elegans, but smaller
with a relatively smaller bill; coloration heavier and yellower,
the black of chin and throat extending to the chest; whitish spots
of upper wing-coverts and tail-feathers washed with yellow. Length,
117; alar expanse, 210; wing, 67; tail, 41; culmen, 9.5; tarsus, 16;
middle toe with claw, 15." (Mearns.)
The Mindanao titmouse differs from the species found in more northern
localities in the characters given by Mearns. A male from Lake Lanao
measures: Wing, 63; tail, 37; culmen from base, 10; bill from nostril,
8; tarsus, 15. A female, wing, 62; tail, 36; culmen from base, 10;
bill from nostril, 8; tarsus, 15.