Melaniparus semilarvatus Salvadori, Atti
Soc. Ital. Sc. Nat. (1865), 8, 375; Ibis (1879), 300, pl. 9.
Parus semilarvatus Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1883), 8, 38;
Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 224 (habits).
Penthornis semilarvatus Sharpe, Hand-List (1903), 4, 333; McGregor
and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 94.
Luzon (Whitehead, McGregor); Negros (Steere Exp.).
Adult male.--Greater part of plumage glossy black, the following
parts white: Forehead to opposite center of eye, lores, line under
eye, fore part of cheeks; a concealed patch on hind neck formed
by the white bases of the feathers; part of the inner webs of
wing and quills, wing-lining, axillars, and outer webs of under
tail-coverts white. In one specimen before me, probably immature,
the tail-coverts are entirely black. Iris light brown; bill, legs,
and nails black. Length, about 130; wing, 75; tail, 50; culmen from
base, 12; bill from nostril, 9; tarsus, 17.
Female.--A female from Bataan Province, Luzon, has the under parts
mostly seal-brown but this is probably because of immaturity. Wing,
71; tail, 59; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 9; tarsus, 15.