458 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 
“A very showy bird. Common in the forests of the islands where it 
occurs. Like R. cyaniceps, it makes the most of itself. It is bold and 
easily killed. It is particularly ajgmdant in Negros. Five males average 
176 in length; wing, 79; tail, 88; culmen, 16; tarsus, 17; middle toe with 
claw, 15. Four females, length, 152; wing, 75; tail, 82; culmen, 16; 
tarsus, 18; middle toe with claw, 15.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 
419. RHIPIDURA CYANICEPS (Cassin). 
RUFOUS-BELLIED FANTAIL, 
Muscipeta cyaniceps CAssIN, Proce. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. (1855), 438; 
Ornith. Wilkes Exped. (1858), 145, pl. 9, fig. 1. 
Philentoma cyaniceps WALDEN, Trans. Zool. Soc. (1875), 9, 182, pl. 32, 
fig. 1. 
ratte he cyaniceps SHARPE, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1879). 4, 323; Hand- 
List (1901), 3, 257; GRanr and WHITEHEAD, Ibis (1898), 236 (eggs) ; 
WHITEHEAD, Ibis (1899), 107 (habits, nest); Oares and Rem, Cat. 
Birds’ Eggs (1903), 3, 276, pl. 8, fig. 17 (egg) ; McoGrecor and Wor- 
CESTER, Hand-List (1906), 74. ; 
U-li-li-su, Benguet, Luzon. 
Luzon (Meyer, Everett, Whitehead, Stcere Exp., McGregor). 
Adult (sexes alike).—Very similar to R. albiventris, but abdomen, 
flanks, and thighs cinnamon-rufous. A male measures: Wing, 75; tail, 
86; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 8; tarsus, 18. A female, 
wing, 74; tail, 81; culmen from base, 12; tarsus, 17. 
Whitehead collected a nest and two eggs of this species at Cape Engaifio, 
Luzon, April 29, 1895, which are described as follows: 
“Shape ovate. Ground-color rich cream-color. A zone of spots and 
small blotches round the larger end; the under-markings pale slate-gray, 
the over-markings darker cream-color. Measurements 19 mm. by 14 mm. 
“Nest of the usual cup-shaped type made by all the species of Rhipi- 
dura, and placed on a dead bough in an open pathway in a conspicuous 
position.” (Grant and Whitehead.) 
“Sharpe mentions a specimen of R. cyaniceps in the British Museum 
collected in Mindanao by Cuming. It seems to us extremely unlikely that 
such a bird could have been overlooked by the numerous collectors who 
have since visited that island, and we do not believe it exists there. 
Cuming does not seem to have been over particular about recording exact 
localities in the case of his Philippine collections, and it is not at all 
improbable that this record is an error.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 
420. RHIPIDURA SAULI Bourns and Worcester. 
SAUL’S FANTAIL, 
Rhipidura sauli Bourns and Worcester, Minn. Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. Papers 
(1894), 1, 6; McGrecor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 74. 
Tablas (Bourns & Worcester, Celestino). 
