lOLB. 509 



Bantayan (McGregor) ; Guimaras (Meyer, Steere Exp.) ; Masbate (Bourns & 

 Viiorcesier, MeGreyor) ; Negros (Steere, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, 

 Whitehead, Keay) ; Panay (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Ticao, (Mc- 

 Gregor); Verde (McGregor). 



Adult. — Very similar to lole gulans from which it differs oul}' in 

 being slightly larger and in having the throat and breast paler. Ten 

 males from Masbate and Ticao yield the following extreme and average 

 measurements: Wing, 102 to 111 (107); tail, 86 to 94 (90); exposed 

 culmen, 22 to 25 (23); bill from nostril, 15 to 18 (17); tarsus, 19.5 

 to 23 (21). Nine females from the same localities measure: Wing, 



98 to 106 (99) ; tail, 87 to 99 (88) ; exposed culmen, 20.5 to 25 (21) ; 

 bill from nostril, 15 to 17 (16) ; tarsus, 18 to 22 (20). 



"Doctor Steere separates the lole from Panay, Guimaras, and oSTegros 

 from the Luzon, Samar, Bohol, Cebu, Leyte, and Mindanao birds. He 

 states that I. guiniarascnsis has the 'size and general coloring of I. rufi- 

 gularis, with the light shaft-streaks of I. philippinensis.' The latter 

 differences would not seem to be of special value in differentiating it 

 from I. philippmcnsis and we can find nothing in the size or color of 

 our large series of specimens from the central Philippines to warrant us 

 in separating them from typical I. philippinensis [=gularis']. 



"Steere mentions the very different note of the Cebu birds. We were 

 unable to perceive the slightest difference in tlie notes of the birds in 

 (}uestion and incline to the opinion that the Doctor must have heard the 

 note of /. monticola when he crossed over into Cebu." {Bourns and 

 Worcester.) 



484. lOLE MINDORENSIS Steere. 



MINDORO BULBUL. 



lole mindorensis Steere, List Birds & Mams. Steere E.xped. (1890), 19; 

 Grant and Whitehead, Ibis (1898), 238, pi. 5, fig. 2 (egg); White- 

 head, Ibis (1899), 215; Sharpe, Hand-List (1901), 3, 314; Gates 

 and Reid, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1903), 3, 307; McGregor, Bur. Govt. 

 Labs. Manila (1905), 34, 20 (nest and egg) ; McGregor and Worces- 

 ter, Hand-List (1906), 79. 



Mindoro (Steere Exp., Schmacker, Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor, 

 Porter); Semirara (Worcester). 



Adult. — Very much like lole gularis, but chin and throat light drab- 

 brown; whitish shaft-streaks less conspicuous than in either /. gularis or 

 /. guimarasensis ; sides of breast and flanks grayer; under parts with 

 fewer streaks of pale yellow. Ten males measure: Wing, 102 to 107 

 (105) ; tail, 90 to 99 (95) ; exposed culmen, 21 to .24 (23) ; bill from 

 nostril, 15 to 18 (17) ; tarsus, 18 to 21 (20) ; Four females, wing, 98 to 



99 (98.5) ; tail, 91 to 95 (92) ; exposed culmen, 21 to 22 (21.5) ; hill 

 from nostril, 15 to 16.5 (16) ; tarsus, 19 to 20 (19.8). 



"Quite common in Mindoro. Two males average: Lengtli, 222; wing, 

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