XEOCEPHUS. 463 



in length; wing, 94: tail, 162; culmen, 24; tarsus, 17; middle toe with 

 claw, 19. Iris almost black; legs and feet blue; nails black, sometimes 

 showing a little blue; bill and eye-wattles bright blue. Breeding in 

 Cebu in June." (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



A set of three eggs was collected by Wliitehead at Cape Engaiio, 

 Luzon, on April 24, 1895. The eggs and nest are described as follows : 



"Shape ovate. Ground-color pure white, with a decided zone of small 

 blotches and spots round the pole of the larger end; upper-markings 

 brown-lake, and under-markings lilac. Two of the eggs have small dots 

 of the darker color thinly scattered over the whole shell, while in the 

 third these markings are almost entirely confined to the zone. Measure- 

 ments 23 mm. by 16 mm. 



"Nest much like that built by Hypothymis azurea, and placed in 

 similar positions, but within the brown lining is a second lining of fine 

 black fiber taken from the base of the palm-leaves." ( Grant and White- 

 head.) 



425. XEOCEPHUS CINN AMOM EUS Sharpe. 



SHORT-TAILED RUFOUS FLYCATCHER. 



Zeocephus cinnamomeus Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. 2d. ser. Zool. (1877), 



1, 329; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1879), 4, 343; Hand-List (1901), 3, 



262; McGkegob and Worcesteb, Hand-List (1906), 74. 



Basilan (Steere, Steere Exp., Bourns c£- Worcester, McGregoi-) ; Bongao 



{Everett) ; Mindanao (Koch & Schadenberg, Goodfelloio, Celestino) ; Sulu 



(Platen, Bourns d Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester). 



Adult. — Very similar to X. rufus, but lighter in color and with the 

 central rectrices not greatly exceeding the next pair. See also the notes 

 under X. rufus. 



Young. — Not distinguishable from the young of X. rufus. 



"Both this and Z. rufus are strictly deep woods forms, never seen 

 about open country. Eight males from Basilan and Tawi Tawi average : 

 Length, 187; wing, 87; tail, 85; culmen, 24; tarsus, 20; middle toe with 

 claw, 18. Two females, length, 182; wing, 85; tail, 80; culmen, 23; 

 tarsus, 16; middle toe with claw, 18. Iris bright slaty blue to black; 

 nails black; bill blue to black; eye- wattles blue." {Bourns and Wor- 

 cester MS.) 



426. XEOCEPHUS CYANESCENS Sharpe. 



LARGE BLUE FLYCATCHER. 



Zeocephus cyanescens Shabi'E, Trans. Linn. Soc. 2d. ser. Zool. (1877), 

 1, 328; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1879), 4, 343; Hand-List (1901), 3, 

 262; Whitehead, Ibis (1893), 49; McGregor and Worcester, Hand- 

 List (1900), 74. 

 Calamianes (Bourns d Worcester) ; Palawan (Steere, Lempriere, Platen, 

 Whitehead, Steere Exp., Bourns <C- Worcester, Celestino, White). 



