516 .MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIKDS. 



492. PYCNONOTUS GOIAVIER (Scopoli). 

 GUAVA BULBUL. 



Muscicapa goiavier SCOPOLI, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. (1786), 2, 96. 



Pycnonotus goiavier SHABPE, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1881), 6, 141; Hand- 

 List (1901), 3, 330; GRANT and WHITEIIEAD, Ibis (1898), 239; Wnm: 

 HEAD, Ibis (1899), 215; GATES and KKID. Cut. Birds' Eggs (1903), 

 3, 316; MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 80. 



Pycnonotus goiavier suluensis MEARNS, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. (1909), 36, 

 470 (Sulu, Mindanao, and Basilan).* 



Pd-la-go, Ticao; this name also used for lole. Luc-lac, Manila; cul-cul. in 



Basilan (Everett, Stecre Exp., Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; Bohol (Everett, 

 Steere Exp., McGregor) ; Calnya (Porter) ; Cebu (titcrrc Exp., Bourns & Worces- 

 ter, McGregor); Guinmras (Stecre Exp.. Mourn* it U o/v-.v/. /) ; Leyte (Everett, 

 Whitehead, Bartsch) ; Libagao (Porter); Lu/un (Mci/cr, Mb'llcndorff, Everett, 

 Bourns d Worcester, \\'liih haul. McGregor, Bartsch) ; Mariiuluque (Steere Exp.) ; 

 Masbate (Bourns d Worcester, McGregor); Mindanao (Murniit. En-n-tt, Koch d- 

 Schadcnbery, GoodfeUoio, Celcstino) ; Mindoro (Steere Exp., Schmacker, Bourns 

 d Worcester. McGregor)', Negros (Ercrctt. Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, 

 Keay) ; Nipa (Everett); Panay (Bourns d Worcester); Romblon (McGregor)-; 

 Samar (Bourns d- Worccf>t<r, \\lntehead); Sulu ((inilh muni, Bournx d U'orrc.s/r/-. 

 Bartsch); Tablas (Bourns d Worcester, Celestino) ; Ticao (McGregor); Verde 

 (McGregor). 



Adult. Middle of forehead and crown seal-brown, bordered on each 

 side by a band of white extending from base of bill over eyes to sides of 

 occiput; lores and a ring around eye black; above including wings ami 

 tail dark brown, the IValhers fiingi-d with earthy or ochcrous hiown;' 

 ear-coverts brown; spot below eye, jaw, and most of the under pan.- 

 white; breast and sides with distinct brown shaft-streaks; flanks ami 

 thighs brown ; abdomen washed with pale yellow ; crissum lemon-yellow ; 

 axillars and wing-lining white, washed with yellow. Sexes similar in 

 color. A male from Mindanao measures: Wing, 76; tail, 73; culmen 

 from base, 17; bill from nostril, 9.5; tarsus, 20. A female from Basilan, 

 wing, 78; tail, 77; culmen from base, 18; bill from nostril, 10; tarsus, 20. 



"The guava bulbul is one of the commonest of Philippine birds; it i.- 

 called 'cul-cul' by the natives. Very abundant about fruit trees and 

 bushes in the open fields, and in scrub and second growth; much rarer 

 in deep forest. Four male birds average: Length, 189; wing, 84; tail, 

 84; culmen, 19; tarsus, 20; middle toe with claw, 21. Iris dark brown; 

 bill, legs, and feet black ; one specimen had been eating insects/'' (Bourns 

 and Worcester MS.) 



* Mearns gives the following characters for this subspecies: "Similar to the 

 Luzon guava bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier goiavier), but smaller, with relatively 

 shorter tail, broader supraorbital white stripes, and a paler auricular patch." 

 The comparative measurements given by Mearns are not convincing and I am not 

 prepared to admit the validity of this subspecies. 



