485. IOLE SIQUIJORENSIS Steere.
SIQUIJOR BULBUL.
- Iole siquijorensis Steere, List Birds and Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 19; Sharpe, Hand-List (1901), 3, 314; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 79.
Tig-ba-ya, Siquijor.
Siquijor (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino).
Adult.—Forehead and entire top of head seal-brown; rest of upper parts, wings, and tail lighter brown, the feathers edged with dark olivaceous; tips of greater and median wing-coverts whitish, or light brown, forming two wing-bars; sides of head and neck light brown; chin, throat, and breast brown with a slight olivaceous wash, the feathers with white shaft-streaks, the streaks on chin and throat very wide; middle of lower breast, abdomen, under tail-coverts, axillars, and wing-lining white, faintly washed with pale yellow; sides, flanks, and thighs light drab-brown. A male measures: Wing, 133; tail, 121; culmen from base, 32; bill from nostril, 21; tarsus, 23. A female measures: Wing, 122; tail, 111; culmen from base, 31; bill from nostril, 20; tarsus, 23.
This distinct species may be recognized by its entirely seal-brown head.
“The Siquijor bulbul is found about low bushes in open fields, often in flocks. Twelve males average: Length, 279; wing, 132; tail, 118; culmen, 31; tarsus, 22; middle toe with claw, 25. Four females, wing, 121; tail, 109; culmen, 30; tarsus, 22; middle toe with claw, 23. Iris chocolate-brown; legs, feet, and nails brown, bottoms of feet yellowish; upper mandible black, lower black to dark brown.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)