460 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



422. RH I PI DURA HUTCHINSON I Meains. 



HUTCHINSON'S FANTAIL. 



Rhipidura hutchinsoni Meaens, Phil. Jour. Sci. (1907), 2, see. A, 357. 

 Mindanao (Mearns). 



Adult. — Similar to B. nigrocinnamovica, but with no white on the 

 breast which is uniform cinnamon-rufous; the wliite lines over eyes are 

 connected across the forehead by a wide white band. 



"Iris dark brown ; bill black ; feet plumbeous, with claws nearly black. 

 Skin measurements of the type (adult male) are as follows: Length, 155; 

 wing, 78; tail, 95; culmen, 11.7; tarsus, 19.5. Skin measurements of 

 adult female: Length, 153; wing, 73; tail, 84; culmen, 11; tarsus, 20." 

 (Mearns.) 



This distinct species was discovered by Mearns on Mount Malindang 

 in northwestern Mindanao. 



423. RHIPIDURA NIGRITORQUIS Vigors. 



BLACK AND WHITE FANTAIL. 



Rhipidura nigritorquis Vigors, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1831), 97; Sharpe, Cat. 

 Birds Brit. Mus. (1879), 4, 334; Hand-List (1901), 3, 261; Grant 

 and Whitehead, Ibis (1898), 23G (eggs); Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 

 100 (habits); Gates and Reid, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1903), 3, 277, pi. 8, 

 fig. 19; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 74. 

 Ba-ling-sa-say-ao, Ticao; ca-la-matng-U-gon, Bohol; nia-ri-a-ca-pra, Manila; 

 ma-ri-a cong cong, Laguna de Bay; ha-li-d-la, Siquijor. 



Bantayan (McGregor) ; Banton [Celestino) ; Basilan (Everett, Steere Exp., 

 Bourns cC- Worcester, McGregor) ; Bohol (Everett, McGregor) ; Bongao (Everett) ; 

 Buluan, off Mindanao (Mearvs) ; Calamianes (Bourns d Worcester) ; Catanduanea 

 (Whitehead) ; Cebu (Meyer, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns t£ Worcester, McGregor) ; 

 Cuyo (McGregor) ; Dinagat (Everett); Guimaras (Steere Exp.); Lubang (Mc- 

 Gregor) ; Luzon (Meyer, Everett, Steere Exp., Whitehead, Bourns & Worcester, 

 McGregor) ; Marinduqne (Steere Exp.) ; Masbate (Bourns d Worcester, Mc- 

 Chregor) ; Mindanao (Steere, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester) ; Mindoro 

 (Bourns d Worcester, McGregor).; Negros (Everett, Bourns & Worcester); Pa- 

 lawan (Steere, Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester) ; Panay 

 (Steere Exp., Bourns d Wo7-cester) ; Romblon (Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; 

 Samar (Bourns d Worcester); Siasi (GuiUemard) ; Sibuyan (Bourns d Wor- 

 cester, McGregor) ; Siquijor (Bourns d Worcester, Celestino) ; Sulu (GuiUemard, 

 Bourns d Worcester) ; Tablas (Bourns d Worce.iter) ; Tawi Tawi (Bourns d 

 Worcester) ; Ticao (McGregor) ; Verde (McGregor) . 



Adult (sexes similar). — Above ashy gray; forehead, crown, and sides 

 of face black ; a wide white band over each eye, for the most part con- 

 cealed; below white with a wide white pectoral band; abdomen and 

 crissum washed with pale buff; feathers of thighs black, tipped with 

 pale buff; axillars and wing-lining blackish brown edged with white; 

 rectrices blackish brown, all but middle pair with wide white tips. Iris 

 dark brown; bill, legs, and nails black. 



"Common throughout the islands A very showy bird, constantly open- 

 ing and closing its tail, and dancing about to show its feathers. Three 



