Agutaya (McGregor); Bantayan (McGregor); Banton (Celestino); Basilan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Bohol (Everett, Steere Exp., McGregor); Cagayancillo (McGregor); Calayan (McGregor); Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Caluya (Porter); Catanduanes (Whitehead); Cebu (Everett, Steere Exp., McGregor); Cuyo (McGregor); Fuga (McGregor); Guimaras (Steere Exp.); Leyte (Everett); Libagao (Porter); Lubang (McGregor); Luzon (Meyer, Everett, Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor); Maestre de Campo (McGregor & Worcester); Marinduque (Steere Exp.); Masbate (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Mindanao (Everett, Koch & Schadenberg, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Goodfellow); Mindoro (Steere Exp., Schmacker, Whitehead, McGregor, Porter); Negros (Meyer, Everett, Steere Exp., Keay); Palawan (Platen, White); Panay (Bourns & Worcester); Romblon (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Samar (Whitehead); Semirara (Worcester); Siasi (Guillemard); Sibay (McGregor & Worcester); Sibutu (Everett); Sibuyan (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Siquijor (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Sulu (Guillemard, Bourns & Worcester); Tablas (Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor); Verde (McGregor). North Borneo, Marianne Islands. Adult (sexes alike).--Forehead and face pearl-gray; top and sides of head and nape darker, washed with vinous, nuchal collar blackish, each feather touched with gray, the tips faint metallic green; behind collar a band of light rusty brown; rest of upper parts, including tail-coverts, tertiaries, and proximal wing-coverts, earthy brown; chin white shading into light vinous on throat, breast, and sides of neck and abdomen; sides and flanks gray; middle of abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts white; alula, primary-coverts, and primaries blackish brown, the last with narrow whitish edges, secondaries similar to primaries; distal coverts in each series slate-gray; rectrices blackish brown below; outer webs of shortest pair white; three outer pairs with wide gray ends and narrow white tips; three middle pairs with brown ends. Iris light orange or reddish brown; bill dark horn-blue; angle of mouth dull red; legs light carmine; nails brown. Length, 300 to 330; three males average: Wing, 161; tail, 134; exposed culmen, 15; tarsus, 25; middle toe with claw, 31. Two females: Wing, 158; tail, 129; culmen, 18; tarsus, 24; middle toe with claw, 31. "Enormously abundant in many localities, especially about the rice-fields after harvest. Everywhere common in open country. It is a favorite cage bird with the natives, who call it took-moo from its note. The nest, which is a mere platform of sticks and twigs, is placed on the branch of some low tree or bush. The eggs are pure white in color, and oval in form, with both ends rather sharply pointed. They measure 28.4 to 30.5 in length by 20.8 to 21.3 in breadth.