603. RHABDORNIS MYSTACALIS (Temminck).
PHILIPPINE CREEPER.
- Meliphaga mystacalis Temminck, Pl. Col. (1825), pl. 335, fig. 2.
- Climacteris mystacalis Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1883), 8, 339.
- Rhabdornis mystacalis Sharpe, Hand-List (1903), 4, 356; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 226 (habits, anatomy); McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 95.
Luzon (Meyer, Möllendorff, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor); Masbate (Bourns & Worcester); Negros (Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, Celestino); Panay (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester).
Male.—Top of head and hind neck with broad white shaft-streaks; back and rump drab-gray, the shafts of the feathers white; wings like the back; primaries, secondaries, and rectrices blackish brown; inner webs of wing-quills edged with light buff; stripe under eye, on ear-coverts, and on side of neck black; under parts white; feathers of sides, flanks, and crissum bordered with black, producing a streaked appearance; under wing-coverts and axillars pale buff. Length, about 155. A male from Bataan Province, Luzon, measures: Wing, 82; tail, 49; culmen from base, 24; bill from nostril, 17; tarsus, 18.
Female.—Top of head, nape, and ear-coverts brown.
“This creeper feeds in deep woods, but is more common in second growth; it is nowhere very abundant. Very variable in size and in length of bill. Three males average as follows: Culmen, 26; wing, 80; tail, 28; tarsus, 20; middle toe with claw, 20.5. A female, length, 149; wing, 80; tail, 49; culmen, 23; tarsus, 18; middle toe with claw, 19.5. Bill, legs, and feet black.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
604. RHABDORNIS MINOR Grant.
LESSER CREEPER.
- Rhabdornis minor Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1896), 6, 17; Ibis (1897), 234; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 227 (habits); Sharpe, Hand-List (1903), 4, 356; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 95.