Rhabdornis minor Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1896), 6, 17;
Ibis (1897), 234; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 227 (habits); Sharpe,
Hand-List (1903), 4, 356; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List
(1906), 95.
Basilan (Celestino); Bohol (McGregor); Dinagat (Everett); Leyte
(Steere Exp., Whitehead); Mindanao (Everett, Celestino); Samar
(Whitehead, Bourns & Worcester).
Male.--Differs from Rhabdornis mystacalis in having the back brown
(near prout's brown of Ridgway) instead of gray, and in having the bill
decidedly shorter. Length, about 142. A male from Bohol measures: Wing,
78; tail, 45; culmen from base, 19; bill from nostril, 13; tarsus, 19.
Female.--Differs from the male in having general color of crown,
ear-coverts, and sides of neck brown instead of black. A female from
Basilan measures: Wing, 77; tail, 43; culmen from base, 18; bill from
nostril, 12; tarsus, 18.