GERYGONE. 447 



catcher near Paranas, Samar, on June 17, 1896. The eggs and nest are 

 described as follows : 



"Shape ovate. Groimd-color beautiful sea-green, speckled all over, 

 especially toward the larger end, with pale brown, the over-markings 

 being slightl}" darker and smaller. Measurements 19 mm. by 13 mm. 



"The nest, a remarkably frail structure, was made of roots and lined 

 with broad leaves. It was well concealed, being placed close to the 

 gi'ound in a heap of forest-drift near some rocks. The female bird was 

 snared." {Grant and Whitehead.) 



Genus GEEYGOXE Gould, 1841. 



Bill moderately depressed, depth at nostrils equal to about two-thirds 

 of its width, or two- fifths of bill from nostril ; culmen with a slight ridge ; 

 rictal and nasal bristles moderate; wing fairly long, covering when 

 folded about two-thirds of the tail; first primary narrow, equal to one- 

 half of second which is considerable shorter than the snbequal third, 

 •fifth, and sixth; fourth primary slightly the longest; tarsus slender and 

 equal to twice the length of exposed culmen ; tail slightly rounded and 

 considerably shorter than wing. The two Philippine species are very 

 similar in colors; upper parts ashy b^o^\^l, lower part light yellow, lores 

 whitish. 



Species. 



(i\ Crown sliglitly lighter. (Luzon, ^lindoro. and other northern islands.) 



simplex (p. 447) 

 a-. Crown slightly darker. (^Mindanao and Sulu Islands).... rhizophorse (p. 448) 



409. GERYGONE SIMPLEX Cabanis. 



PHILIPPINE GERYGONE. 



Gerygone simplex Cabanis, Jour, fiir Orn. (1872), 316; Suarpe, Cat. Birds 

 Brit. Mus. (1879), 4, 213; Hand-List (1901). 3, 226; McGregor and 

 Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 72. 



Lubang (McGregor) ; Luzon (Jagor, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Mindoro 

 (McGregor) ; Verde (McGregor). 



Adult (sexes alike). — Above, including sides of head and neck, ashy 

 gray, with a very slight olivaceous tinge on back ; lores and a line over 

 eye whitish; under parts clear straw-yellow, deepest on chin and throat; 

 under tail-coverts white, washed Avith yellow; thighs slightly ashy; wings 

 and tail brown with light edges to tlie feathers; wing-coverts and iipper 

 tail-coverts like the crown ; each of the rectrices except the middle pair 

 with a white spot on inner web near tip and a preceding dusky band; 

 edge and lining of wing pale yellow. Iris dark brown: bill black; legs 



