- a1. Feathers of back and wing-coverts with white shaft-lines; middle of abdomen white. everetti (p. [691])
- a2. Feathers of upper parts without white shaft-lines; abdomen chocolate-brown uniform with the rest of the plumage. fuscans (p. [692])
704. UROLONCHA EVERETTI (Tweeddale).
EVERETT’S WEAVER.
- Orycerca everetti Tweeddale, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (1877), 20, 96; Proc. Zool. Soc. (1877), 764, pl. 73, fig. 2.
- Uroloncha everetti Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1890), 13, 363; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 242; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 105.
Bi-lit′, Calayan.
Balabac (Everett); Basilan (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Bohol (McGregor); Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester); Calayan (McGregor); Camiguin N. (McGregor); Catanduanes (Whitehead); Cebu (Everett, Bourns & Worcester); Guimaras (Steere Exp.); Leyte (Whitehead); Luzon (Everett, McGregor); Mindanao (Koch & Schadenberg, Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Mindoro (Porter); Negros (Whitehead, Celestino); Palawan (Everett, Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, White); Panay (Steere Exp.); Polillo (McGregor); Romblon (Bourns & Worcester); Samar (Whitehead); Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester, Everett).
Adult (sexes alike).—Above chocolate-brown, darkest on forehead and tail-coverts; tertials, secondary-coverts, hind head, neck, back, and rump with distinct white shaft-lines; rectrices dark brown, edged with pale greenish yellow; lores blackish; sides of head and neck like back; under parts dark chocolate-brown, nearly black on chin and crissum; lower breast and abdomen white, forming a large patch. Iris dark red-brown; upper mandible black, lower mandible light horn-blue; legs and nails dark blue. Length, 110 to 120. A male from Camiguin Island measures: Wing, 51; tail, 40; culmen from base, 12; tarsus, 12. A female from Palawan, wing, 50; tail, 37; culmen from base, 11; tarsus, 12.
Young.—An immature male has the color pattern like the adult, but the brown is lighter, the shaft-lines are less pronounced, and the abdomen is washed with buff.
“Everett’s weaver was common about the rice fields, and was several times observed in deep forest, greatly to our astonishment. Four males average: Length, 108; wing, 48; tail, 39; culmen, 12; tarsus, 13; middle toe with claw, 16.5. Four females, length, 107; wing, 48.5; tail, 37.5; culmen, 12; tarsus, 14; middle toe with claw, 17. Iris dark brown; legs, feet, and nails leaden; upper mandible black, lower gray. Found breeding in Palawan in the month of December.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)