A Manual of Philippine Birds - Richard C. McGregor

Genera.

a¹. Tail much longer than wing; rectrices pointed, their shafts stiff, and their webs decomposed. Pseudotharrhaleus (p. [518])
a². Tail shorter than wing; rectrices usually not pointed, their shafts not very stiff, and their webs not decomposed.
- b¹. Tail very short, only one-half to two-thirds as long as wing; tarsus long, the outstretched feet reaching beyond the end of tail.
  - c¹. Tail but little longer than tarsus; wing twice the tarsus. Anuropsis (p. [525])
  - c². Tail equal to tarsus and middle toe without claw; wing one and one-half times the tarsus. Ptilocichla (p. [522])
- b². Tail not very short, more than three-fourths as long as wing; outstretched feet not reaching end of tail.
  - c¹. Bill very much deeper and stronger, the tip decidedly hooked; rictal bristles well developed, longer than bill from nostril. Turdinus (p. [521])
  - c². Bill more slender, the tip but slightly hooked; rictal bristles shorter.
    - d¹. A tuft of lengthened feathers above each eye. Dasycrotapha (p. [526])
    - d². No lengthened feathers above eye; plumage soft and more or less decomposed.

Genus PSEUDOTHARRHALEUS Grant, 1895.

Bill slender, rictal bristles short and weak; wing very short, rounded, and curved to the body; fifth to eighth primaries nearly equal and longest; tarsus and feet strong; tarsus one and one-half times the culmen from base; hind toe with claw about equal to culmen; tail long; rectrices graduated, pointed, and with stiff shafts and decomposed webs.

Species.

a¹. Smaller; wing, 61 to 63 mm.; tail, 70 to 80.
- b¹. Chin and throat gray.
  - c¹. Tail longer, about 88 mm. caudatus (p. [519])
  - c². Tail shorter, about 70 mm. griseipectus (p. [519])
- b². Chin and throat light brown tinged with buff; tail, about 75 mm. unicolor (p. [519])
a². Larger; wing, 66 mm.; tail, 90; feathers of chest heavily marked with black centers. malindangensis (p. [520])

494. PSEUDOTHARRHALEUS CAUDATUS Grant.

LUZON WOOD ACCENTOR.

Pseudotharrhaleus caudatus Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1895), 4, 40; Ibis (1895), 448, pl. 13; Whitehead, Ibis, (1899), 222, (habits); Sharpe, Hand-List (1903), 4, 29; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 80.

Luzon (Whitehead, McGregor).