RHIPIDURA. 457 



Female. — Similar to the male, but with the blue lighter and more 

 verditer. Wing, 72 ; tail, 79 ; bill from nostril, 8.5. 



"Very common in the forests of Basilan; a strictly deep woods form. 

 Seven males average: Length, 164; wing, 78; tail, 82; culmen, 15; 

 tarsus, 15; middle toe with claw, 14. Two females, length, 151; wing, 

 76; tail, 75; tarsus, 15; middle toe with claw, 14. Iris dark brown; 

 bill black; legs, feet, and nails nearly black. Breeding in August in 

 Mindanao and Basilan." {Bourtis and Worcester MS.) 



417. RHIPIDURA SAMARENSIS (Steere). 

 SAMAR BLUE FANTAIL. 



Hypothymis samarensis Steere, List Birds and Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 

 16; Shaepe, Hand-List (1901); 3, 249; McGeegob and Woecesteb, 

 Hand-List (1906), 73. 



Rhipidura samarensis Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 107 (generic position). 



Bohol (McGregor) ; Leyte (Steere Exp., Whitehead) ; Samar (Steere Exp., 

 Bourns cC- Worcester, Whitehead) . 



Male and female. — Similar to Rhipidura superciliaris, but upper parts 

 more verditer-blue ; crown much darker, almost black. 



"Fairly common in Samar. Found in deep forest in company with 

 other flycatchers. Four males average 119 in length; wing, 61; tail, 

 38; culmen, 15; tarsus, 2Q; middle toe with claw, 18. Iris, legs, feet, 

 and nails dark brown ; bill almost black. Breeding in July and August.'' 

 {Bourns and Worcester M8.) 



418. RHIPIDURA ALBIVENTRIS (Sharpe). 

 WHITE-BELLIED FANTAIL. 



Philentoma albiventris Sharpe, Trans. Linn. See. 2d. ser. Zool. (1877), 

 1, 325. 



Rhipidura albiventris Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1879), 4, 324; Hand- 

 List (1901), 3, 257; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 107; McGregor and 

 Woecesteb, Hand-List (1906), 74. 



Guimaras (Steere, Steere, Exp., Bourns d Worcester) ; Masbate (Steere Exp., 

 Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; Negros (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Wor- 

 cester); Panay (Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester) ; Ticao {McGregor). 



Adult (sexes similar). — Head, neck, and upper back gi-ayish blue, 

 streaked with lighter blue on head; back, lump, and upper tail-coverts 

 dark chestnut or bay; chin, throat, breast, and entire sides of head and 

 neck grayish blue, many of the feathers with white shafts; abdomen 

 white; under tail-coverts light chestnut; feathers of thighs with dusky 

 bases ; primaries and secondaries blackish, the latter edged with chestnut, 

 this color covering the entire web of two or three innermost secondaries; 

 wing-coverts mostly grayish blue like the neck, but some of the inner 

 ones chestnut; rectrices chestnut except innennost pair and inner webs 

 of next pair which are blackish. Iris dark brown; bill black; legs and 

 nails dark lead-color. Length of a male, 165; wing, 84; tail, 92; culmen 

 from base, 14.5 ; bill from nostril, 9 ; tarsus, 18. 



