MUSCICAPULA. 445 
Adult male.—Above, including sides of head and of neck, dark slate- 
gray ; upper tail-coverts nearly black ; wings and tail dark brown; second- 
aries and wing-coverts edged with slate-gray; a partly concealed white 
patch or band on each side of nape; under parts white; breast, sides, 
flanks, and thighs washed with slate-gray. A male from Basilan meas- 
ures: Wing, 69; tail, 43; culmen from base, 13.5; bill from nostril, 9.5 ; 
tarsus, 21. 
Adult female.—Above, including sides of head and of neck, rich rusty 
brown, shading into bright chestnut on tail-coverts, tail, and edges of 
secondaries; wings and tail dark brown; exposed edges of primaries 
rusty brown; under parts white; breast, sides, flanks, and thighs washed 
with rusty brown. A female from Basilan measures: Wing, 66; tail, 43; 
culmen from base, 14; tarsus, 21. 
The female of this species resembles very closely the female of Rhin- 
omylas ruficauda, but differs in having a shorter tail and longer tarsus. 
“We obtained a series of eight specimens from Basilan, and a single 
bird from Mindanao. Not one of the Basilan birds shows a trace of 
‘yellowish white’ on the tail-feathers ; otherwise, they agree with Blasius’s 
description. As the Mindanao bird collected by us also lacks all trace 
of any lighter color on the tail-feathers, we do not feel like separating 
_ the birds from the two islands. © 
% “The Basilan flycatcher is found on the ground in the forest and is 
fairly common in Mindanao and Basilan. Hight males from the latter 
island average: Length, 127; wing, 68; tail, 43; culmen, 16; tarsus, 21; 
middle toe with claw, 19. Iris black; anterior surface of legs and upper 
surface of feet pale leaden; back surface of legs and bottoms of feet 
white; bill black.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 
408. MUSCICAPULA SAMARENSIS Bourns and Worcester. 
SAMAR FLYCATCHER, 
Muscicapula samarensis BoURNS and WorcESTER, Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. 
Oce. Papers (1894), 1, 26; Grant and WuitTeneap, Ibis (1898), 237, 
pl. 6, fig. 6 (egg); Wuirrnean, Ibis (1899), 105 (habits, plumage) ; 
SwarpPr, Hand-List (1901), 3, 224; Oares and Rew, Cat. Birds’ Eges 
(1903), 3, 263; McGrecor and Worcrstmr, Hand-List (1906), 72. 
Leyte (Whitehead); Samar (Whitehead, Bouwrns & Worcester). 
“Adult male——Top of head, sides of face, ear-coverts, and hind neck 
nearly black; back, rump, and upper wing-coverts uniform dark slaty 
blue; quills and tail fulvous-brown, slightly washed with slaty blue; 
chin and throat white; entire breast bluish gray, lightest on center of 
breast; abdomen white; flanks washed with bluish gray; under wing- 
coverts light buff, nearly white at base; sides dark slate-color as are 
under wing-coverts and axillars, the latter, however, mottled with white ; 
a superciliary stripe of white beginning over eye and extending to nape, 
then inward, nearly reaching the median line; sexes alike. Iris very 
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