NEGROS WHITE-EARED PIGEON.
- Phabotreron nigrorum Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. Zool. (1877), 1, 346, 353; Hand-List (1899), 1, 55; Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 68.
- Phapitreron nigrorum McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 10.
Tuc-mó, Masbate, Ticao, and in general use.
Cebu (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Guimaras (Meyer, Steere Exp.); Masbate (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Negros (Layard, Steere, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Keay); Panay (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor).
Adult.—Very similar to Phapitreron leucotis but smaller; chin, sides of face, and upper throat much paler; the white line on auricular region replaced by a wider line of pale fulvous from bill to nape. Bill black; iris gray; legs dark scarlet; nails brown. Four specimens, two of each sex, measure: Wing, 119 to 124 (122); tail, 90 to 96.5 (94); culmen from base, 17 to 18 (17.5); tarsus, 16.5 to 18 (17.5).
“Very common in the forests of the central Philippines. Iris dark brown; legs and feet dark pink; nails leaden; bill black. Length, 229 to 250; wing, 119 to 127; tail, 84 to 96; culmen, 17 to 19; middle toe with claw, 26 to 29.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
24. PHAPITRERON BREVIROSTRIS Tweeddale.
SHORT-BILLED PIGEON.
- Phabotreron brevirostris Tweeddale, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1877), 549; Challenger Report (1881), 2, Zool. pt. 8, pl. 6; Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1893), 21, 69; Sharpe, Hand-List (1899), 1, 55.
- Phapitreron brevirostris McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 10.
Dinagat (Everett); Leyte (Everett, Steere Exp., Whitehead); Mindanao (Murray, Everett, Koch & Schadenberg, Goodfellow, Clemens, Celestino); Samar (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead); Siquijor (Bourns & Worcester); Sulu (Guillemard).