A Manual of Philippine Birds - Richard C. McGregor

Species.

a¹. Back and wing-coverts chestnut; head, throat, and chin black or blackish brown (adult).
- b¹. Head black jagori (p. [689])
- b². Head dark smoky brown formosana (p. [690])
a². Back and wing-coverts hair-brown or wood-brown; head nearly uniform with the back.
- b¹. Upper parts with white shaft-lines; chin and middle of throat rich vandyke-brown; remainder of under parts mottled (adult) cabanisi (p. [690])
- b². Upper parts without shaft-lines; chin and throat nearly uniform with remaining under parts which are not mottled (young).
  - c¹. Larger; breast and abdomen rich buff jagori (p. [689]); formosana (p. [690])
  - c². Smaller; breast and abdomen cream-buff cabanisi (p. [690])

701. MUNIA JAGORI Martens.

PHILIPPINE WEAVER.

Munia (Dermophrys) jagori “Cabanis,” Martens, Jour. für Orn. (1866), 14.
Munia jagori Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1890), 13, 337; Grant and Whitehead, Ibis (1898), 245 (eggs); Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 241 (habits); McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 105.
Munia brunneiceps Grant, Ibis (1895), 261; (1896), 554 (=jagori in worn plumage).
? Fringilla minuta Meyen, Nov. Act. Acad. C. L. C. Nat. Cur. (1834), 16, suppl. prin. 86, pl. 12.

Bi-ching, Benguet; maí-ya, Ticao; má-ja, Bohol.

Balabac (Everett); Bantayan (McGregor); Banton (Celestino); Batan (McGregor); Basilan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Bohol (Everett, Steere Exp., McGregor); Bongao (Everett); Cagayan Sulu (Mearns); Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester); Calayan (McGregor); Cantanduanes (Whitehead); Cebu (Meyer, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Fuga (McGregor); Guimaras (Steere Exp.); Leyte (Everett, Steere Exp., Bartsch); Lubang (McGregor); Luzon (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Masbate (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Mindanao (Steere, Murray, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Mindoro (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Negros (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Keay, Whitehead, Celestino); Palawan (Whitehead, Bourns & Worcester, White); Panay (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Polillo (McGregor); Romblon (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Samar (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Semirara (Worcester); Sibay (McGregor & Worcester); Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Siquijor (Bourns & Worcester); Sulu (Guillemard, Bourns & Worcester, Bartsch); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor).

Adult.—Entire head, chin, throat, and chest blackish brown; hind neck and sides of neck usually lighter or chocolate-brown, sharply defined against the chestnut of back, scapulars, wing-coverts, and edges of quills; sides of breast, flanks, and a narrow band across breast chestnut, brighter than the back; middle of lower breast, abdomen, thighs, and crissum, black or blackish brown; rump and tail-coverts deep maroon; tips of longest coverts and edges of two central rectrices golden brown or orange-rufous. Iris dark brown; bill, legs, and nails light horn-blue. A pair from Luzon measure: Male, length, 120; wing, 54; tail, 39; culmen from base, 11; tarsus, 16; female, wing, 54; tail, 38; culmen from base, 10; tarsus, 13.

Young.—Head and neck hair-brown; back and wing-coverts wood-brown, tail-coverts lighter; throat creamy buff; breast, abdomen, and crissum yellowish buff; rectrices and wing-feathers dark brown edged with buff.