510 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



100.5; tail, 91; culmen, 36; tarsus, 19; middle toe with claw, 22. A 

 ■female, length, 235; wing, 97; tail, 90; culmen, 27 ; tarsus, 18.5; middle 

 toe with claw, 21. Iris chocolate-brown; bill, legs, feet, and nails leaden." 

 (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



On April 3, 1905, I collected, in ]\rindoro, a nest with three eggs of 

 this species. The ground-color of the eggs is wliite, under shell-markings 

 faint lavender, and entire surface thickly and uniformly marked with 

 elongated and twist<}d spots of reddish brown. The ^i^s;>^ measure: 36.1 

 by 18.2, 35.4 by 18, and 25.1 by 19. 



The nest was composed of several leaves which were held in place by 

 threads of a black hair-like fungus; cobweb and green moss in small 

 quantities also entered into the construction. The lining consisted of a 

 quantity of long slender fibers. 



485. lOLE SIQUIJORENSIS Steere. 

 SIftUIJOR BITLBUL. 



lole siquijorensis Steere, List Birds and Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 19; 

 SiiARPE, Hand-List (1901), 3, 314; McGregor and Worcester, Hand- 

 List (1906), 79. 



Tig-ba-ya, Siquijor. 



Siquijor (Steere Exp., liourns cC- Worcester, Celestino) . 



Adult. — Forehead and entire to}) of head seal-brown; rest of upper 

 parts, wings, and tail lighter brown, the feathers edged with dark 

 olivaceous; tips of greater and median wing-coverts whitish, or light 

 brown, forming two wing-bars; sides of head and neck light brown; 

 chin, throat, and bieast brown with a slight olivaceous wash, the feathers 

 with white shaft-streaks, the streaks on chin and tliinat very wide; 

 mitldle of lower breast, abdomen, under tail-coveris. a.xiHars. and wing- 

 lining white, faintly waslied uitli [talc yellow; sides. Hanks, and thighs 

 light drab-brown. A male measures: Wing, 133; tail, 131; culmen 

 from base, 33; bill from nostril, 31; taisus, 33. A female measures: 

 Wing, 133 ; tail, 111 : culmen fi'om 1)ase, 31 ; bill from nostril, 30; tarsus, 

 33. 



This distinct species may be recognized by its entirely seal-hrown head. 



"The Siquijor bulbul is found aljout low bushes in open fields, often 

 in flocks. Twelve males average: Length, 379; wing, 133; tail, 118; 

 culmen, 31; tarsus, 23; middle toe with claw, 25. Four females, wing, 

 121; tail, 109; culmen, 30; tarsus, 23; middle toe with claw, 33. Iris 

 chocolate-bro\ni ; lcg.«, feet, and nails brown, bottoms of feet yellowish; 

 upper mandible black, lower black to dark brown.'" (Bourns and 

 Worcester MS.) 



