Part 232

PHILIPPINE BUSH WARBLER.

Cettia seebohmi Grant, Ibis (1894), 507; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 211 (habits, note). Horornis seebohmi Sharpe, Hand-List (1903), 4, 236; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 90.

Luzon (Whitehead, McGregor).

Adult.--Above dusky wood-brown, slightly olivaceous on the back and more russet-brown on the rump, tail-coverts, and margins of the rectrices; wings brown, the quills edged with russet; the first three primaries, however, fringed with much lighter brown; wing-coverts olivaceous; eyelids and eye-stripe whitish or pale buff; a dusky spot before and behind eye; under parts whitish; sides of neck and breast washed with olivaceous; flanks and crissum yellowish buff; thighs brown. Iris light brown; upper mandible dusky, lower mandible, legs, and nails flesh-color. Length, about 140. Male, wing, 55; tail, 63; culmen from base, 15; bill from nostril, 9; tarsus, 24. Female, wing, 52; tail, 60; culmen from base, 14; bill from nostril, 8; tarsus, 23.

Although this species resembles H. minutus both in size and color, it might be placed in another genus. The tail is decidedly longer than the wing, the latter rounded and weak; the first primary is equal to two-thirds of second and one-half of third; the fifth and sixth are nearly equal and longest. The plumage is somewhat decomposed and is less compact than in H. minutus.

Genus PHYLLERGATES Sharpe, 1883.

In size and superficial appearance Phyllergates resembles Orthotomus, but the two genera are really very distinct. In Phyllergates the bill is much wider and more depressed at the base, and blunter at the tip; the rictal bristles are slightly longer; the wing is longer; the tarsus and feet are more slender; the rectrices are much wider, nearly uniform in length, except the short outermost pair, and but ten in number.

Species.

a1. Chin and throat white ... philippinus (p. 589) a2. Chin and throat cinnamon ... heterolæmus (p. 589)

574. PHYLLERGATES PHILIPPINUS Hartert.

LUZON TAILOR WARBLER.

Phyllergates cinereicollis (not of Sharpe) Grant, Ibis (1894), 510; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 221 (habits). Phyllergates philippinus Hartert, Novit. Zool. (1897), 4, 517; Sharpe, Hand-List (1903), 4, 237; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 91.

Luzon (Whitehead, McGregor).

Adult.--Forehead and crown cadmium-yellow; occiput and neck slate-gray; a line of lemon-yellow over eye; remainder of upper parts, including edges of the wing-feathers and rectrices, olive-green; (rump lemon-yellow in the male); inner webs of primaries edged with white; lores and band behind eye dusky gray; ear-coverts, cheeks, chin, throat, and fore breast silky white; remainder of under parts, including edge of wing, axillars, and wing-lining, bright lemon-yellow. Bill dusky brown; base of lower mandible lighter; legs pale yellow; nails light brown. Length, about 115. Male, wing, 44; tail, 42; culmen from base, 16; bill from nostril, 9; tarsus, 18. Female, wing, 42; tail, 37; culmen from base, 15; bill from nostril, 10; tarsus, 18.

The Luzon tailor warbler is abundant in the Province of Benguet; its habits are similar to those of the lowland tailorbirds which it seems to replace in the mountains.

575. PHYLLERGATES HETEROLÆMUS Mearns.

MINDANAO TAILOR WARBLER.

Phyllergates heterolæmus Mearns, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. (1905), 18, 86; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List, (1906), 91.

Mindanao (Mearns).

Adult (sex?).--"Whole top and sides of head cinnamon-rufous; chin, throat, and sides of neck cinnamon; upper parts olive-green, yellower on upper tail-coverts; upper wing-coverts and wing-quills brownish black, edged with olive-green on outer webs; tail-feathers drab, edged with olive-green; breast and belly canary-yellow; thighs and crissum olive-yellow; axillars and under wing-coverts yellow; quills edged with white on inner webs. Iris brown; bill with maxilla brown; mandible yellow, tipped with red; feet pale yellowish brown. Length, 121; alar expanse, 150; wing, 50; tail, 47; culmen, 14; tarsus, 21; middle toe with claw, 13.5." (Mearns.)

Family ARTAMIDÆ.

Bill stout, conical, and pointed; culmen and cutting edge gently curved; nostril about half way between base and tip of upper mandible; wings very long and pointed; tarsus short, its anterior face with about five plates; powder-downs present.

Genus ARTAMUS Vieillot, 1816.

Mandible with a slight notch near tip; rictal bristles much less than bill from nostril; first primary very small and slender, not longer than culmen from base; second primary longest, the wings when folded reaching beyond the middle of tail; tail short and square, the rectrices broad and square; plumage compact. Colors white and gray.

576. ARTAMUS LEUCORYNCHUS (Linnæus).

WHITE-BELLIED SWALLOW SHRIKE.

Lanius leucorynchus Linnæus, Mantissa (1771), 524. Artamus leucogaster Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1890), 13, 3; Hand-List (1903), 4, 260; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 240 (habits); Oates and Reid, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1905), 4, 257. Artamus leucorynchus McGregor, Bur. Govt. Laboratories, Manila (1905), 34, 22, pls. 16 to 18 (nesting habits). Artamus leucorhynchus McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 91.

Git-git, Ticao, Lubang, and Manila; it-it, Bohol.