HYLOTERPE. 603 



590. HYLOTERPE WINCHELLI Bourns and Worcester. 

 WINCHELL'S THICKHEAD. 



Hyloterpe winchelli Bourns and Worcester, Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. 



Papers (1894), 1, 21; Sharpe, Hand-List (1903), 4, 313; Grant, Ibis 



(1896), 549; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 225; McGregor and Worcester, 



Hand-List (1906), 93. 

 Hyloterpe major Bourns and WoRCESTiai, Minnesota Ax;ad. Nat. Sci. Occ, 



Papers (1884), 1, 22. 



Cebu {Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; Masbate (Bourns d Worcester, Mc- 

 Gregor) ; Negros (Bourns d Worcester, Whitehead, Celestino) ; Panay (Bourns 

 d Worcester) ; Sibuyan (Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; Tablas (Bourns d 

 Worcester); Ticao (McGregor) . 



Adult. — Top of head vandyke-brown ; back, rump, and edges of wing- 

 feathers and of rectrices reddish brown (near mars-brown of Ri-dgway) ; 

 auriculars slightly lighter; sides of neck and of breast similar to the 

 back; under parts white; chest, flanks, and thighs washed with hair- 

 brown. Iris brown or dark red; bill black; legs and nails pale blue or 

 slate-gray. Length, about 170 mm. A male from Cebu measures: 

 Wing, 94; tail, 74; culmen from base, 30; bill from nostril, 13; tarsus, 

 83. A male from Ticao, wing, 88; tail, 68; culmen from base, 17; 

 bill from nostril, 11 ; tarsus, 30. A female from Sibuyan, wing, 86 ; 

 tail, 68 culmen from base, 17 ; bill from nostril, 11 ; tarsus, 33. 



"Quite common in the forests of the islands named. Rather a shy 

 bird. Has a pleasant whistling note, and may be readily called up. 

 Three males from Negros measure as follows : Wing, 83 ; tail, 69 ; 

 culmen, 18.5; tarsus, 30.5; middle toe with claw, 19. Three females 

 from Panay, wing, 81 ; tail, 66.5 ; culmen, 17.5 ; tarsus, 30.5 ; middle 

 toe with claw, 18. Length measurement not taken in the flesh on any of 

 the above. Two males from Masbate average 165 in length, and a 

 female from same place measures 163. Bill black; iris brown; legs, feet, 

 and nails light slate." {Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



591. HYLOTERPE HOMEYERI Blasius. 



HOMEYER'S THICKHEAD, 



Hyloterpe homeyeri Blasius, Jour, fiir Orn. (1890), 143; Sharpe, Hand-List 

 (1903), 4, 313; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 93. 



Bongao (Everett) ; Sibutu (Everett) ; Sulu (Platen, Bourns d Worcester) ; 

 Tawi Tawi (Bourns d Worcester) . 



Adult. — Upper parts, including margins of wing-feathers and rec- 

 trices, reddish brown (walnut-brown of Ridgway) ; head slightly darker; 

 sides of neck like the back ; auriculars vinaceous-cinnamon ; under parts 

 white ; chin, throat, and fore breast streaked with cinnamon ; sides of 

 breast and flanks cinnamon; crissum washed with pale canary-yellow. 

 A male from Tawi Tawi measures: Wing, 84; tail, 66; culmen from 



