Part 173

404. MUSCICAPULA LUZONIENSIS Grant.

GRANT'S FLYCATCHER.

Muscicapula luzoniensis Grant, Ibis (1894), 505; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 105 (habits); Sharpe, Hand-List (1901), 3, 224; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 72.

Calayan (McGregor); Luzon (Whitehead, McGregor); Mindoro (Whitehead).

Adult male.--Entire upper parts and sides of neck dark slate-gray; lores, sides of head, and jaw black; from lores over eye a partly concealed band of pure silky white; wings blackish brown; coverts edged with slate-gray; tail similar but darker; chin, throat, breast, and flanks clear orange-buff, slightly darker on breast; a line of white on each side of throat next to the black of jaw; abdomen and under tail-coverts white; thighs blackish brown. Iris dark brown; bill black; legs white with a slight blue wash; nails light brown. Length of a male from Calayan, 127; wing, 67; tail, 50; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 9; tarsus, 19. In a slightly immature male from Calayan the greater coverts and secondaries are tipped with rusty buff.

Adult female.--Above, including sides of head and of neck, olive-gray, becoming olive-brown on lower back, and ferruginous on tail and its coverts; lores and eye-ring pale ocherous-buff; wings brown; wing-coverts edged with olive-gray; secondaries edged with olive-brown; chin, throat, breast, and flanks very pale orange-buff; abdomen and tail-coverts white. Length of a female from Benguet Province, Luzon, 115; wing, 57; tail, 41; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 8; tarsus, 17.

Male in first plumage.--Above dusky brown, each feather with a rusty yellowish buff spot, crown and nape rather streaked; upper tail-coverts rusty; sides of head like crown, with no indication of the adult plumage; wings brown; coverts bluish, each feather with a large buff spot; chin, throat, and upper breast white with a wash of buff; breast more heavily washed with buff and each feather edged with black, producing a striped effect; abdomen and under tail-coverts white; wing-lining, axillars, and flanks yellowish buff.

Female in first plumage.--A young female is very much like the young male, but the upper parts are dull olive and washed rather than spotted with rusty buff.

The Luzon flycatcher breeds in Benguet Province where young were taken in July. Specimens from Calayan Island are indistinguishable.

405. MUSCICAPULA NIGRORUM Whitehead.

WHITEHEAD'S FLYCATCHER.

Muscicapula nigrorum Whitehead, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1897), 6, 43; Ibis (1899), 106 (habits, plumage); Sharpe, Hand-List (1901), 3, 224; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 72.

Negros (Whitehead).

"Male adult.--Most nearly allied to M. luzoniensis Grant. The general color of the upper parts less gray, but dark slaty blue as in M. hyperythra. The chin is pure white, the rest of the under parts richer orange-buff; belly white.

"Female adult.--General color of the upper parts dull slate-gray, and not grayish olive-brown as in the female of M. luzoniensis; lores and feathers round the eye whiter; breast and under parts as in the male of M. luzoniensis." (Whitehead.)

406. MUSCICAPULA MONTIGENA Mearns.

MOUNT APO FLYCATCHER.

Muscicapula montigena Mearns, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. (1905), 18, 8; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 72.

K'rí-kri, or sal-yb-seé-bon, Bagobo of Mount Apo.

Mindanao (Mearns).

"Adult male (two specimens).--General color of upper parts including lores, eye-ring, and sides of head dark slaty blue; white eyebrow-stripe reduced to small supraorbital patches; rump slightly washed with olivaceous; upper tail-coverts reddish burnt-umber; tail-feathers burnt-umber; wing-coverts like the back; quills grayish brown, edged with reddish brown externally and with fawn-color internally; under parts, except belly and sides, ochraceous, palest on the chin and under tail-coverts, belly whitish; sides bluish slate; lining and edge of wing ochraceous-buff. Length, 128; alar expanse, 208; wing, 65; tail, 51; bill from anterior border of nostril, 8.1; culmen, 10.5; tarsus, 18.5; middle toe with claw, 15.5. Iris brown; bill black; feet and claws light gray.

"Adult female (two specimens).--Similar to the adult male except that the slaty blue of the back and rump are more perceptibly washed with olivaceous, and the lores, eye-ring, and touches on the ear-coverts are ochraceous-buff. Length, 125; alar expanse, 197; wing, 62; tail, 47; bill from anterior border of nostril, 7.5; culmen, 10.5; tarsus, 18; middle toe with claw, 16.5. Iris brown; bill black; feet and claws grayish flesh-color.

"Immature female.--Similar to adult females, but paler below, with obscure spotting across the chest and on the sides." (Mearns.)

This species was discovered by Mearns on Mount Apo at 1,800 meters altitude.

407. MUSCICAPULA BASILANICA (Sharpe).

BASILAN FLYCATCHER.

Dendrobiastes basilanica Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. 2d ser. Zool. (1877), 1, 332. Muscicapula basilanica Sharpe, Hand-List (1901), 3, 224; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 72. Muscicapula mindanensis Blasius, Jour. für Ornith. (1890), 147.

Basilan (Steere, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Mindanao (Platen, Bourns & Worcester, Celestino).