PIED LALAGE.
- Turdus dominicus (not of Linnæus, 1766) P. L. S. Müller, Natursyst. Suppl. (1776), 145.
- Turdus niger Forster, Ind. Zool. (1781), 41.
- Turdus terat Boddaert, Tabl. Pl. Enl. (1783), pl. 17.
- Lalage terat Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1879), 4, 95; Hand-List (1901), 3, 303; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 104; Oates and Reid, Cat. Birds’ Eggs (1903), 3, 300.
- Lalage niger McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 78.
Ca-hu-raó hu-raó, Ticao; sa-lac-sá-can, Cagayancillo; bu-ga-ung-ón, Siquijor; ibong-pá-re, Manila.
Bantayan (McGregor); Banton (Celestino); Basilan (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Bohol (Everett, McGregor); Cagayancillo (McGregor); Cagayan Sulu (Guillemard, McGregor); Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester); Caluya (Porter); Catanduanes (Whitehead); Cebu (Meyer, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Cuyo (McGregor); Guimaras (Meyer, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Leyte (Everett); Lubang (McGregor); Luzon (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor); Marinduque (Steere Exp.); Masbate (McGregor); Mindanao (Steere, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Mindoro (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Negros (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, Keay); Palawan (Bourns & Worcester); Panay (Murray, Steere, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Romblon (Bourns & Worcester); Sibay (McGregor & Worcester); Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Siquijor (Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Sulu (Guillemard, Bourns & Worcester); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor). Malay Peninsula, Nicobar Islands, Sumatra, Java, Borneo.
Male.—Very similar to L. melanoleuca, but much smaller and with a broad white line from forehead over eye to nape. Length, about 180; other measurements from a male taken in Bohol are: Wing, 92; tail, 73; culmen from base, 18; bill from nostril, 11; tarsus, 19.
The immature male resembles the adult female.
Female.—Differs from the male in having the upper surface bluish gray with blackish shaft-lines, the white band over eye less distinct, and the breast, sides, and flanks closely barred with narrow gray lines. A female from Bohol measures: Wing, 92; tail, 72; culmen from base, 17; bill from nostril, 12; tarsus, 20.
Nestling.—Two nestlings from Banton, June 30, 1905, have the feathers of upper parts dark ashy brown with wide tips of light earthy buff; under parts white with spots and longitudinal lines of blackish brown, the wings are similar to those of the adult, but the white areas are washed with buff.
The pied lalage is widely distributed and abundant; the other two Philippine species are comparatively rare.