SAMAR WHITE-EARED PIGEON.
- Phapitreron samarensis Mearns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. (1909), 36, 436.
“Characters.—Resembling Phapitreron brevirostris, but with forehead, chin, and throat whiter than in P. albifrons McGregor. From P. brevirostris it is readily distinguishable by the white forehead, chin, and upper throat, also by the much greater amount of coppery amethystine reflections on the crown, breast, and upper back, and by the usual absence of green reflections on the side of the hind head below the suborbital white stripe; and the under parts are much paler. From P. albifrons it may be at once distinguished by the different color of the under parts, which lack the olivaceous-gray on the breast, and by its more ochraceous abdomen; also the coppery reflections on the breast and upper back of P. samarensis are entirely absent in P. albifrons.
“Measurements of type (from well-made skin of female).—Total length, 230 mm.; wing, 124; tail, 95; culmen and cere (chord), 14; tarsus, 19; middle toe with claw, 26. ‘Eyes pink. Feet, base of mandible, and around eyes, dark purple. Tip of bill black. Egg taken from ovary.’ (Bourns.)
“Measurements of adult male (Samar * * * ).—Wing, 129; tail, 95; culmen and cere (chord), 14.5; tarsus, 20; middle toe with claw, 27.” (Mearns.)
This species, if valid, will probably include all the small-billed brown pigeons from Samar and Leyte.
Page 37: To names of collectors of Leucotreron occipitalis, under Negros, add: Celestino.
Page 38: To localities for Leucotreron marchei add: Polillo (McGregor).
Page 43: To localities for Muscadivores nuchalis add: Lapac (Bartsch); under Luzon add: Bartsch. To localities for Muscadivores chalybura add: Polillo (McGregor); under Negros add: Celestino.
Page 44: To localities for Muscadivores ænea add: Masbate (Bartsch).