Part 199

Pi-uc', Batan.

Babuyan Claro (McGregor); Batan (Mearns, McGregor).

Diagnosis.--"Exactly like topotypes of Hypsipetes fugensis Grant, but larger, and with the forehead rufescent instead of cinereous. Measurements.--Type (skin of adult male).--Length, 262; wing, 130; tail, 127; culmen (chord), 28; bill from anterior margin of nostril, 20; tarsus, 26; middle toe with claw, about 27. Average of three adult males including the type: Length, 264; wing, 128; tail, 127; culmen (chord), 28; bill from anterior margin of nostril, 26; middle toe with claw, about 27. Adult female: Length, 245; wing, 116; tail, 112; culmen (chord), 25; bill from anterior margin of nostril, 17.5; tarsus, 25; middle toe with claw, about 25.5." (Mearns.)

Five males measure as follows: Wing, 124 to 129; tail, 116 to 123; culmen from base, 30 to 32; bill from nostril, 18 to 19; tarsus, 22 to 25.

Other than the size there appears to me to be no appreciable difference between H. fugensis and H. batanensis. The Batan red-eared bulbul is very abundant in Batan Island where it was found breeding in May and June. The eggs are salmon-pink, spotted with shades of umber-brown. Six eggs measure from 30.2 to 32.7 mm. in length and from 20 to 22 mm. in width.

477. HYPSIPETES CAMIGUINENSIS McGregor.

CAMIGUIN RED-EARED BULBUL.

Hypsipetes camiguinensis McGregor, Phil. Jour. Sci. (1907), 2, sec. A, 347.

Camiguin N. (Worcester, McGregor).

Diagnosis.--Similar to H. fugensis and to H. batanensis but larger; bill and tail longer; flanks less rufescent. Male, type: Length in flesh, 295; wing, 136; tail, 124; culmen from base, 33; bill from anterior margin of nostril, 21; tarsus, 25.

The specimens of Hypsipetes obtained in Camiguin Island are in such poor condition that it is impossible to give color characters, but I believe adults in good plumage will be found to differ considerably from both H. fugensis and H. batanensis.

Genus IOLE Blyth, 1844.

This genus differs from Hypsipetes in having longer rictal bristles, the longest being decidedly more than one-half as long as the tarsus, and in having the nuchal hairs more strongly developed. The three yellow plumaged species, Iole striaticeps, everetti, and haynaldi, approach Criniger (=Trichophorus) both in color and in the development of nuchal hairs, but in the latter genus the bill is relatively shorter and the culmen is more curved.

Species.

a1. Under parts bright yellow or strongly tinged with yellow; nuchal hairs longer.

b1. Above olive-brown with whitish shaft-streaks; below ashy white with a strong tinge of yellow. ... striaticeps (p. 505) b2. Above olive-yellow with darker shaft-streaks; under parts mostly bright yellow.

c1. Larger; above brighter and clearer olive-yellow; under parts brighter. ... everetti (p. 506) c2. Smaller; above duller olive-yellow; under parts not so bright. ... haynaldi (p. 506)

a2. Under and upper parts neither yellow nor tinged with yellow; general color brown or gray.

b1. Chin and throat reddish brown or gray, narrowly streaked with white or without streaks; smaller, culmen from base usually less than 28 mm.

c1. No white shaft-lines on chin and throat. ... rufigularis (p. 507) c2. White shaft-lines present on chin and throat.

d1. Chin and throat rufous-brown; shaft-lines wider.

e1. Smaller; chin and throat slightly darker. ... gularis (p. 507) e2. Larger; chin and throat slightly paler. ... guimarasensis (p. 508)

d2. Chin and throat pale rufescent brown; shaft-lines much narrower and less conspicuous. ... mindorensis (p. 509)

b2. Chin and throat gray with wide streaks of white, or chin nearly all white; larger, culmen from base usually more than 30 mm.

c1. Top of head uniform seal-brown without lighter margins to the feathers; wing of male, about 135 mm. ... siquijorensis (p. 510) c2. Top of head lighter brown or dull olive-brown; feathers on forehead tipped with slate-gray; wing shorter.

d1. Top of head lighter; feathers on nape tipped with ashy or slate-gray; wing, about 125 mm.; tail, 115. ... cinereiceps (p. 511) d2. Top of head darker; feathers on nape with no gray tips; wing, about 120 mm.; tail, 105. ... monticola (p. 511)

478. IOLE STRIATICEPS Sharpe.

PALAWAN BULBUL.