506. ZOSTERORNIS WHITEHEADI Grant.
WHITEHEAD’S TREE BABBLER.
- Zosterornis whiteheadi Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1894), 3, 40; Ibis (1894); 510, pl. 15, fig. 1; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 222 (habits); Sharpe, Hand-List (1903), 4, 51; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 82.
Luzon (Whitehead, Worcester, McGregor).
Adult (sexes alike).—Forehead, chin, entire side of head, and superciliary stripe cinnamon-rufous; a ring of white around eye; top of head dark gray; remainder of upper parts dull olive-green; under parts greenish yellow; middle of abdomen lemon-yellow; wing- and tail-feathers brown, edged with olive-green; inner webs of quills ocherous fawn; wing-lining pale yellow. Iris brown; bill black; legs dull greenish; nails light flesh-color. Length, about 155. A male measures: Wing, 66; tail, 59; culmen from base, 17; bill from nostril, 10; tarsus, 23. A female, wing, 64; tail, 65; culmen from base, 17; bill from nostril, 10; tarsus, 22.
Young.—Similar to the adult, but the colors duller and the gray of crown passing gradually into the olive of back; flanks and crissum washed with cinnamon.
Whitehead’s tree babbler is very abundant in the vicinity of Baguio, Benguet Province, Luzon.
507. ZOSTERORNIS DENNISTOUNI Grant.
YELLOW TREE BABBLER.
- Zosterornis dennistouni Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1895), 5, 2; Ibis (1896), 118, pl. 3, fig. 2; (1897), 234 (key to species); Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 223, (habits); Sharpe, Hand-List (1903), 4, 51; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 82.