RHIPIDURA. 459 



"Adult male. — Head, crown, and nape dull bluish gray, each of the 

 feathers of croTVTi with a narrow^ decidedly lighter, shaft-mark, lacking 

 in feathers of nape and mantle ; back, rump, upper tail-coverts, scapulars, 

 and upper wing-coverts chestnut; wing black; tertiaries and secondaries 

 lieavily edged with chestnut; primaries lightly edged with same color; 

 central pair of tail-feathers black, faintly edged with chestnut on basal 

 half and with shafts black; next pair with inner webs black, outer webs 

 chestnut, shafts black on inner side, chestnut on outer; rest of feathers of 

 tail including shafts chestnut above and below; sides of face, ear-coverts, 

 chin, throat, and upper breast bluish gray like the mantle; feathers of 

 breast with distinct lighter shaft-markings; feathers of lower breast 

 gradually changing to the chestnut of abdomen ; flanks, under tail-coverts, 

 and thighs chestnut; axillars and under wing-coverts bluish gray at base, 

 heavily tipped with chestnut; inner w^ebs of quills tipped with chestnut. 

 Female like male but paler. Iris dark brown; legs and feet vary from 

 light to very dark slaty brown: nails blackish: bill black, except base of 

 lower mandible which is gray. 



"Twelve males average 184 in length; wing, 84; tail, 91; culmen, 16; 

 tarsus, 18. Three females, length, 174: wing, 76; tail, 83; culmen, 16; 

 tarsus, 11). 



"This is another ornithological puzzle of the Tablas-Eomblon-Sibuyan 

 group. It seems to be confined to Tablas where it is common in deep 

 forests. It differs from B. cyaniceps, its nearest alty, in its larger size 

 and darker blue head and in having the ochraceous buff of under parts 

 replaced by deep chestnut." (Bourns and Worcester.) 



421. RHIPIDURA NIGROCI N NAMOM EA Hartert. 



BLACK AND CINNAMON FANTAIL. 



Rhipidura nigrocinnamomea Haktert, Bull. Brit. Orn. Chib (1903), 14, 12; 

 Novit. Zool. (1906), 13, 758, pi. 2, fig. 1; McGrkoor iuid Worcester. 

 Hand-List (1900), 74. 



Td-din, Bagobo. 



Mindanao (Goodfelloio, Waterstnidt, Meanis). 



Adult male. — Entire head, chin, and throat black, with a while line 

 over each eye; fore breast white; rest of under parts cinnamon-rufous 

 and lighter than the cinnamon-rufous of back and rump; wings, tail, and 

 upper tail-co\erts chestnut, but primaries and primary-coverts blackish 

 brown, edged with chestnut. Wing, 74; tail, 85; culmen from base, 15; 

 bill from nostril, 8; tarsus, 17. "Iris reddish brown; bill all black; feet 

 dark purplish gray; claws black. Length, 177." (M earns.) 



I have not seen the female of the black and cinnamon fantail but the 

 sexes are probably similar in colors. This fine species is found on Mount 

 Apo. 



