458 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



"A very show}- bird. Common in the forests of the islands where it 

 occurs. Like B. cyaniceps, it makes the most of itself. It is bold and 

 easily killed. It is particularly abundant in Negros. Five males average 

 176 in length ; wing, 79 ; tail, 88 ; culmen, 16 ; tarsus, 17 ; middle toe with 

 claw, 15. Four females, length, 152; wing, 75; tail, 82; culmen, 16; 

 tarsus, 18; middle toe with claw, 15." (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



419. RHIPIDURA CYANICEPS (Cassin). 



RUFOUS-BELLIED FANTAIL. 



Muscipeta cyaniceps Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. (1855), 438; 

 Ornith. Wilkes Exped. (1858). 145, pi. 9, fig. 1. 



Philentoma cyaniceps Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc. (1875), 9, 182, pi. 32, 

 fig. 1. 



Rhipidura cyaniceps Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1879). 4, 323; Hand- 

 List (1901), 3, 257; Grant and Whitehead, Ibis (1898), 23G (eggs) ; 

 Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 107 (habits, nest); Gates and Reiu, Cat. 

 Birds' Eggs (1903), 3, 276, pi. 8, fig. 17 (egg) ; ]\IcGregor and Wor- 

 cester, Hand-List (1900), 74. 



U-li-li-su, Benguet, Luzon. 



Luzon {Meyer, Everett, Whitehead, Sicere Exp., McGregor) . 



Adult (se.ves alihe.) . — Very similar to B. alhiventris, but abdomen, 

 flanks, and thighs cinnamon-rufous. A male measures : Wing, 75 ; tail, 

 86; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostrilj 8; tarsus, 18. A female, 

 wing, 74; tail, 81; culmen from base, 12; tarsus, 17. 



"V\niitehead collected a nest and two eggs of this species at Cape Engano, 

 Luzon, April 29, 1895, which are described as follows: 



"Shape ovate. Ground-color rich cream-color. A zone of spots and 

 small blotches round the larger end; the under-markings pale slate-gray, 

 the over-markings darker cream-color. Measurements 19 mm. by 14 mm. 



"Nest of the usual cup-shaped type made by all the species of Bhipi- 

 dura, and placed on a dead bough in an open pathway in a conspicuous 

 position." (Grant and Whitehead.) 



"Sharpe mentions a specimen of B. cyaniceps in the British Museum 

 collected in Mindanao by Cuming. It seems to us extremely unlikely that 

 such a lurd could ha\e been overlooked by the numerous collectors who 

 have since visited that island, and we do not believe it exists there. 

 Cuming does not seem to have been over particular about recording exact 

 localities in the case of his Philippine collections, and it is not at all 

 improbable tliat this record is an error." (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



420. RHIPIDURA SAULI Bourns and Worcester. 



SAUL'S FANTAIL. 



Rhipidura savli Bourns and Worcester, Minn. Acad. Nat. Sci. Gee. Papers 

 (1894), 1, 0; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 74. 



Tablas (Bourns d Worcester, Celestino) . 



