Part 182

"Male in second plumage.--Very similar to the foregoing, but with a longer tail, the gray on the throat and breast darker, and the white on the belly purer and less fulvous. Length, 246; wing, 89; culmen, 22: tail, 102; middle tail-feathers, 208; tarsus, 15." (Sharpe.)

"Included in this list with some doubt on the strength of a specimen mentioned by Hartert." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)

429. TERPSIPHONE NIGRA McGregor.

BLACK PARADISE FLYCATCHER.

Terpsiphone nigra McGregor, Phil. Jour. Sci. (1907), 2, sec. A, 340, pls. 1 to 3.

Ti-uay-uay, Batan.

Batan (McGregor).

Adult male (type).--Black, with a slight purplish blue gloss; middle of abdomen white; under tail-coverts black with white bases and with traces of clay-brown along the edges; wings and tail black with some purplish blue gloss on exposed margins. Iris brown; bill, legs, and wide fleshy eye-wattle bright blue; nails paler blue; inside of mouth pale green. Length in flesh, 383; wing, 91; central rectrices, 282; second pair of rectrices, 131; outermost and shortest pair of rectrices, 65; culmen from base, 19; bill from nostril, 13; tarsus, 15; middle toe with claw, 15; longest crest-feathers, 15.

Nearly adult male.--Similar to the adult, but some feathers of lower back and a few of the inner remiges edged with chestnut; middle of lower breast, axillars, and wing-lining mottled with white; abdomen white; under tail-coverts terra-cotta yellow with small dusky patches. Length, 376; wing, 90; tail-feathers: longest, 267; second, 127; shortest, 80; culmen from base, 19; bill from nostril, 13; tarsus, 16.5; middle toe with claw, 16.5; longest crest-feathers, 16.

Male, first year.--Head, neck, throat, and breast glossy black; mantle, back, and rump bright chestnut; upper tail-coverts chestnut and glossy black (mixed plumage); lower breast gray; abdomen white; flanks dull chestnut; under tail-coverts white washed with terra cotta; alula, primaries and primary-coverts blackish brown; primaries and secondary-coverts edged with chestnut; secondaries edged with rusty brown; rectrices dark brown, slightly chestnut, the outer pair minutely tipped with white. Length, 190; wing, 85; tail, 85; outermost rectrices, 71; culmen from base, 18.5; bill from nostril, 13.

Adult female.--Differs from the adult male, first year, in having mantle, back, tail-coverts, and secondary-coverts reddish brown instead of chestnut. Length, 190; wing, 85; tail, 81; outermost rectrices, 74; culmen from base, 20; bill from nostril, 13. Another female is duller, having the mantle, back, and rump decidedly grayer. Length, 189; wing, 85; tail, 88; culmen from base, 17; bill from nostril, 12.

First plumage.--Above dull brown; top of head, back, and tail dull reddish brown; post ocular band dull ocherous; chin, throat, and breast gray, the latter crossed by an ocherous band; lower breast, abdomen, and under tail-coverts white, slightly washed with ocherous; wings blackish, primaries edged with dull reddish brown; primary-coverts blackish; secondaries and their coverts edged with dull rusty ocherous taking the form of terminal spots on median coverts. Bill dull brown; legs pale blue; nails white.

Apparently this species breeds in its second year but does not reach its most perfect plumage until its fourth year.

A nest taken in Batan Island, May 29, 1907, was saddled securely in the fork of a small branch. The single egg was heavily incubated and measured 15.4 by 20.3. The egg was dull white, sparsely spotted with dark umber-brown.

The black paradise flycatcher is abundant in Batan. Its flight is easy and graceful but rather slow. The call is harsh and cat-like; the song is simple and of limited range, consisting of several clear notes uttered in rapid succession.

The short-tailed black males of this flycatcher agree with the description of Callaeops periopthalmica, but the identity of the two species has not been established.

Genus RHINOMYIAS Sharpe, 1879.

Tip of bill overhanging, with a notch near the tip; bill depressed at nostril; rictal bristles moderate; first primary little more than one-half of second which is less than third, fourth longest; tarsus slender, equal to less than one-third the length of tail; bill from nostril more than one-half the length of tarsus.

Species.

a1. Without any distinct eyebrow-stripe.

b1. Under parts white, with a wide, strongly marked, pectoral band dividing the throat from the breast and belly; no white patch in front of eye. ... albigularis (p. 468) b2. Under parts whitish with no pectoral band, or with mere traces of one.

c1. No ring of chestnut feathers around eye; a gray patch in front of eye. ... ruficauda (p. 470) c2. A ring of chestnut feathers around eye ... ocularis (p. 470)

a2. With a distinct white eyebrow-stripe.

b1. Crown olive; lores and fore part of cheeks blackish; pectoral band olive, washed with rufous, shading into clear rust-red on sides and flanks. ... insignis (p. 471) b2. Crown dull black; general color above, including wings and tail, dark slate; below whitish ... goodfellowi (p. 469)

430. RHINOMYIAS ALBIGULARIS Bourns and Worcester.

WHITE-THROATED RHINOMYIAS.

Rhinomyias albigularis Bourns and Worcester, Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. Papers (1894), 1, 27; Grant, Ibis (1896), 541; Grant and Whitehead, Ibis (1898), 237, pl. 5, fig. 3 (egg); Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 109; Sharpe, Hand-List (1901), 3, 267; Oates and Reid, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1903), 3, 282; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 75.

Guimaras (Bourns & Worcester); Negros (Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead.)