“Male.—Above lead-black, lighter and washed with ashy on rump and upper tail-coverts; throat, breast, wings, and tail clear black; flanks and thighs plumbeous black; under wing- and tail-coverts white; wing-coverts and outer edges of secondaries forming a white wing-bar as in Lalage; feathers of tail tipped with white.
“Female.—Plumbeous gray above and below; wings and tail as in male. Legs and beak black. Length, 264; wing, 133; tail, 127; culmen, 25; tarsus, 22.” (Steere.)
“Four males average as follows: Wing, 128; tail, 120; culmen, 30; tarsus, 23; middle toe with claw, 21. A female, wing, 118; tail, 108; culmen, 28; tarsus, 22; middle toe with claw, 21. Bill, legs, feet, and nails black. Common in the woods of Panay and Negros. Always found by us in flocks and usually in very high trees.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
456. EDOLISOMA EVERETTI Sharpe.
EVERETT’S CUCKOO SHRIKE.
- Edoliisoma everetti Sharpe, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1893), 3, 10; Hand-List (1901), 3, 297; Grant, Ibis (1896), 538; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 77.
Bongao (Everett); Sulu (Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester).
Male.—Forehead, lores, sides of face and throat black; back, rump, and upper tail-coverts uniform gray; breast, abdomen, and crissum gray. Wing, 123.
Female.—Entire head and throat gray; back, rump, and upper tail-coverts uniform gray.
I have seen neither a specimen nor a detailed description[62] of this species, but there should be little difficulty in identifying it.