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574. PHYLLERGATES PHILIPPINUS Hartert. 

 LUZON TAILOR WARBLER. 



Phyllergates cinereicollis (not of Sharpe) Grant, Ibis (1894), 510; White- 

 head, Ibis (1899), 221 (habits). 



Phyllergates philippinus Hartert, Novit. Zool. (1897), 4, 517; Sharpe, 

 Hand-List (1903), 4, 237; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List 

 (1906), 91. 



Luzon {Whitehead, McGregor) . 



Adult. — Forehead and crown cadmium-yellow; occiput and neck slate- 

 gray ; a line of lemon-yellow over eye ; remainder of upper parts, including 

 edges of the wang-feathers and rectrices, olive-green; (rump lemon- 

 yellow in the male); inner webs of primaries edged with white; lores 

 and band behind eye dusky gray; ear-coverts, cheeks, chin, throat, and 

 fore breast silky white; remainder of under parts, including edge of 

 wing, axillars, and wing-lining, bright lemon-yellow. Bill dusky brown ; 

 base of lower mandible lighter; legs pale yellow; nails light brown. 

 Length, about 115. Male, wing, 44; tail, 42; culmen from base, IG; bill 

 from nostril, 9; tarsus, 18. Female, wing, 42; tail, 37; culmen from 

 base, 15 ; bill from nostril, 10 ; tarsus, 18. 



The Luzon tailor warbler is abundant in the Province of Benguet ; its 

 habits are similar to those of the lowland tailorbirds which it seems to 

 replace in the mountains. 



575. PHYLLERGATES HETEROL/EMUS Mearns. 



MINDANAO TAILOR WARBLER. 



Phyllergates heterolcemus Mearns, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. (1905), 18, 86; 

 McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List, (1906), 91. 



Mindanao (Mearns). 



Adult (sex?). — "Whole top and sides of head cinnamon-i-ufous ; chin, 

 throat, and sides of neck cinnamon ; upper parts olive-green, yellower on 

 upper tail-coverts; upper wing-coverts and wing-quills brownish black, 

 edged with olive-green on outer webs; tail-feathers drab, edged with 

 olive-green ; breast and belly canary-yellow ; thighs and crissum olive- 

 yellow ; axillars and under wing-coverts yellow ; quills edged with white 

 on inner webs. Iris brown; bill with maxilla brown; mandible yellow, 

 tipped with red; feet pale yellowish brown. Length, 121; alar expanse, 

 150; wing, 50; tail, 47; culmen, 14; tarsus, 21; middle toe with 

 claw, 13.5," (Mearns.) 



Family ARTAMID^. 



Bill stout, conical, and pointed; culmen and cutting edge gently 

 curved ; nostril about half way between base and tip of upper numdible ; 

 wings very long and pointed; tarsus short, its anterior face with about 

 five plates; powder-downs present. 

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