“Six males from Masbate average: Length, 229; wing, 106; tail, 92; culmen, 46; tarsus, 19; middle toe with claw, 23. Six females, length, 226; wing, 99; tail, 88; culmen, 27; tarsus, 18.5; middle toe with claw, 21. [The Masbate bulbul is I. guimarasensis].
“Four males from Cebu, length, 219; wing, 100; tail, 90; culmen, 51; tarsus, 18; middle toe with claw, 21. Four females from the same place, length, 205; wing, 94; tail, 83; culmen, 25; tarsus, 18; middle toe with claw, 21.
“Iris chocolate-brown; legs, feet, and nails dark brown; bill black, lower mandible sometimes dark brown.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
Two eggs of the Philippine bulbul collected by Whitehead at Cape Engaño, Luzon, in May, 1895, are described thus: “Shape ovate. Ground-color pure white, thickly speckled all over with brown, lake, and pale violet under-markings. Measurements 29 mm. by 20 mm. The nest which is constructed of fine roots, like that of other bulbuls, was placed in a bush in the vicinity of the forest.” (Grant and Whitehead.)
483. IOLE GUIMARASENSIS Steere.
STEERE’S BULBUL.
- Iole guimarasensis Steere, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 19; Grant, Ibis (1896), 546; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 215; McGregor, Pub. Govt. Labs. (1905), 25, 32; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 79.
- Iole philippinensis Bourns and Worcester, Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. Papers (1894), 1, 60 (part).
- Iole philippensis Sharpe, Hand-List (1901), 3, 313 (part).
Pá-la-go, Ticao, used for Pycnonotus also.
Bantayan (McGregor); Guimaras (Meyer, Steere Exp.); Masbate (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Negros (Steere, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, Keay); Panay (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor); Verde (McGregor).
Adult.—Very similar to Iole gularis from which it differs only in being slightly larger and in having the throat and breast paler. Ten males from Masbate and Ticao yield the following extreme and average measurements: Wing, 102 to 111 (107); tail, 86 to 94 (90); exposed culmen, 22 to 25 (23); bill from nostril, 15 to 18 (17); tarsus, 19.5 to 23 (21). Nine females from the same localities measure: Wing, 98 to 106 (99); tail, 87 to 99 (88); exposed culmen, 20.5 to 25 (21); bill from nostril, 15 to 17 (16); tarsus, 18 to 22 (20).