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GERYGONE. 447 
catcher near Paranas, Samar, on June 17, 1896. The eggs and nest are 
described as follows: ; 
“Shape ovate. Ground-color beautiful sea-green, speckled all over, 
especially toward the larger end, with pale brown, the over-markings 
being slightly darker and smaller. Measurements 19 mm. by 13 mm. 
“The nest, a remarkably frail structure, was made of roots and lined 
with broad leaves. It was well concealed, being placed close to the 
ground in a heap of forest-drift near some rocks. The female bird was 
snared.” (Grant and Whitehead.) 
Genus GERYGONE Gould, 1841. 
Bill moderately depressed, depth at nostrils equal to about two-thirds 
of its width, or two-fifths of bill from nostril; culmen with a slight ridge; 
rictal and nasal bristles moderate; wing fairly long, covering when 
folded about two-thirds of the tail; first primary narrow, equal to one- 
half of second which is considerable shorter than the subequal third, 
fifth, and sixth; fourth primary slightly the longest; tarsus slender and 
equal to twice the length of exposed culmen; tail slightly rounded and 
considerably shorter than wing. The two Philippine species are very 
similar in colors; upper parts ashy brown, lower part light yellow, lores 
whitish. 
Species. 
a. Crown slightly lighter. (Luzon, Mindoro, and other northern islands. ) 
simplex (p. 447) 
a’. Crown slightly darker. (Mindanao and Sulu Islands) .... rhizophore (p. 448) 
409. GERYGONE SIMPLEX Cabanis. 
PHILIPPINE GERYGONE. 
Gerygone simplex CABANIS, Jour. fiir Orn. (1872), 316; SmHarpe, Cat. Birds 
Brit. Mus. (1879), 4, 218; Hand-List (1901), 3, 226; McGregor and 
Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 72. 
Lubang (McGregor) ; Luzon (Jagor, Bourns € Worcester, M cGregor) ; Mindoro 
' (McGregor) ; Verde (McGregor). 
Adult (seaves alike).—Above, including sides of head and neck, ashy 
gray, with a very slight olivaceous tinge on back; lores and a line over 
eye whitish ; under parts clear straw-yellow, deepest on chin and throat; 
under tail-coverts white, washed with yellow; thighs slightly ashy; wings 
and tail brown with light edges to the feathers; wing-coverts and upper 
tail-coverts like the crown; each of the rectrices except the middle pair 
with a white spot on inner web near tip and a preceding dusky band; 
edge and lining of wing pale yellow. Iris dark brown; bill black; legs 
