Gracula calva Linnæus, Syst. Nat. ed. 12 (1766), 1, 164.
Sarcops calvus Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1890), 13, 97
(part); Grant, Ibis (1895), 258, 456; (1896), 469 (notes on the
geographical races); Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 241 (habits, nest,
voice); McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 109 (part).
Sarcops lowii Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. 2d. ser. Zool. (1877),
1, 344. (Sibutu). [105]
Co-ling, Mindoro; i-ling, Ticao; sa-ling, Masbate; co-le-to,
Manila.
Basilan (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor);
Bongao (Everett); Guimaras (Meyer, Steere Exp.); Libagao (Porter);
Lubang (McGregor); northern Luzon (Cuming, Kittlitz, Everett,
Steere Exp., Whitehead, McGregor); Maestre de Campo (McGregor &
Worcester); Marinduque (Steere Exp.); Mindanao (Everett, Steere
Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Mindoro (Steere Exp., Schmacker,
Bourns & Worcester, Everett, McGregor); Papahag (Bartsch); Semirara
(McGregor & Worcester); Sibay (McGregor & Worcester); Sibutu (Low,
Everett); Sulu (Guillemard, Bourns & Worcester); Tablas (Bourns &
Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester); Verde (McGregor).
Adult (sexes alike).--Forehead, lores, face, vertical line, and a
narrow band on occiput black; wings and tail black; sides of neck,
mantle, back, rump, and tail-coverts silvery gray; under parts black;
a patch on each side of chest pure white; flanks silvery white;
in some specimens the throat is marked with fine white lines. Iris
pinkish; bill, legs, feet, and nails black. Length, 265 to 290. A
male from Batan Province, Luzon, measures: Wing, 130; tail, 117;
culmen from base, 29; bill from nostril, 20; tarsus, 30. A female
from Mindoro measures: Wing, 132; tail, 119; culmen from base, 29;
bill from nostril, 20; tarsus, 31.
"Called by the natives 'sa-ling'. Common where it occurs at all. Feeds
entirely on fruits, and is often found in fruit trees in company
with Dicæidæ, Loriculi, and other fruit-eating birds. It nests in
dead trees." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)