478 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



443. EUMYIAS NIGRI MENTALIS (Grant). 

 BLACK-MASKED VERDITER FLYCATCHER. 



Stoparola nigrimentalis Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1894). 3, 50; Ibis 

 (1894), 507, pi. 14, fig. 2; Whitehead, Ibis (1809). 110; Siiaup::. 

 Hand-List (1901), 3, 286. 



Eumyias nigrimentalis McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 76. 



Luzon (Whitehead, Worcester, McGregor) ; Mindoro (Whitehead). 



Adult (sexes alike). — General color verditer-blue, darker above; silvery 

 on forehead, over eyes, and on under parts; forehead, lores, jaw, chin, 

 and line around eye black, forming a mask ; abdomen and crissura white, 

 the latter washed with pale ocherous; thighs black, the feathers tipped 

 with white ; wings and tail brownish black, the outer webs of the feathers 

 verditer-blue. Iris dark brown; bill, legs, and nails black. Length, 145 

 to 150. A male measures: Wing, 73; tail, 62; culmen from base, 12; 

 bill from nostril, 8.5; tarsus, 18. A female, wing, 71; tail, 60; culmen 

 from base, 12 ; bill from nostril, 8. 



Nestling. — Above blackish, each feather tipped with rusty yellowisli 

 brown; below ocherous or dark buff, the feathers edged with black; 

 middle of abdomen white; the slightly developed primaries, secondaries, 

 and rectrices bi'ownish black edged with blue, as in the adult; wing- 

 coverts like the back. 



444. EUMYIAS NIGRILORIS (Hartert). 



MINDANAO VERDITER FLYCATCHER. 



Stoparola panaycnsis nigriloris Haktert, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1!)04), 14, 



80. 

 Eumyias nigriloris McGrf,gor and Worcester, Hand-List (]it06), 76. 



Mindanao (Goodjelloio, Mearns) . 



''Similar to St. panayensis panat/ensis, but the wing is about 5 mm. 

 shorter, the feathers on the lores black to the tips, not only at the bases; 

 the feathers on the chin and upper throat less squamiform, the bases not 

 so blackisli; the lower abdomen and under tail-coverts creamy buff, not 

 buffy white." (Hartert.) 



A male collected on Mount Apo by Mearns measures: Length, 168; 

 wing, 79; tail, 66; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 8; tarsus, 15. 



Family CAMPOPHAGID.a:. 



Bill strong, as wide as deep at nostril, oj- slightly wider; culmen and 

 cutting edge gently curved throughout their length; a small notch near 

 tip of bill; nostrils covered by short close-set feathers; rictal and nasal 

 bristles short and weak; wing rather long and pointed; first primary 

 short, ecjual to about one-half the length of wing; second primary con- 

 siderably shorter than thiid or fourth: tarsus moderately developed; 



