CEBU CUCKOO SHRIKE.
- Edoliosoma alterum Ramsay, Ibis (1881), 34.
- Edoliisoma alterum Sharpe, Hand-List (1901), 3, 294; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 77.
Cebu (Everett, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor).
Male.—Very similar to the male of E. cærulescens being entirely black; all the plumage slightly glossed with dark green. Iris brown; bill, legs, and nails black. Length, about 260; measurements of four males, wing, 126 to 136; tail, 110 to 120; bill from nostril, 18 to 19; depth of bill at angle of gonys, 8 to 9.
Female.—Similar to the female of E. cærulescens, but much lighter; head, neck, and body slate-gray, somewhat darker above than below; two or three pairs of outer tail-feathers tipped with gray. Wing, 130; tail, 117; culmen from base, 25; bill from nostril, 19; tarsus, 22.
“This cuckoo shrike is fairly common in Cebu; it usually frequents high trees in forest where it may be found in small flocks. Seven males average: Length, 260; wing, 129; tail, 120; culmen, 28; tarsus, 23; middle toe with claw, 23. Four females, length, 249; wing, 120; tail, 113; culmen, 28; tarsus, 22; middle toe with claw, 21. Iris dark brown; bill, legs, feet, and nails black. Food in one case large caterpillars.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
455. EDOLISOMA PANAYENSE Steere.
VISAYAN CUCKOO SHRIKE.
- Edoliisoma (Graucalus) panayensis Steere, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 14.
- Edoliisoma panayense Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 103; Sharpe, Hand-List (1901), 3, 294; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 77.
Guimaras (Steere Exp.); Negros (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, Keay); Panay (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester).