XEOCEPHUS. 463 
in length; wing, 94; tail, 162; culmen, 24; tarsus, 17; middle toe with 
claw, 19. Iris almost black; legs and feet blue; nails black, sometimes 
showing a little blue; bill and eye-wattles bright blue. Breeding in 
Cebu in June.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 
A set of three eggs was collected by Whitehead at Cape Engajfio, 
Luzon, on April 24, 1895. The eggs and nest are described as follows: 
“Shape ovate. Ground-color pure white, with a decided zone of small 
blotches and spots round the pole of the larger end; upper-markings 
brown-lake, and under-markings lilac. Two of the eggs have small dots 
of the darker color thinly scattered over the whole shell, while in the 
third these markings are almost entirely confined to the zone. Measure- 
ments 22 mm. by 16 mm. 
“Nest much like that built by Hypothymis azurea, and placed in 
similar positions, but within the brown lining is a second lining of fine 
black fiber taken from the base of the palm-leaves.” (Grant and White- 
head.) 
425, XEOCEPHUS CINNAMOMEUS Sharpe. 
SHORT-TAILED RUFOUS FLYCATCHER, 
Zeocephus cinnamomeus SHARPE, Trans. Linn. Soe. 2d. ser. Zool. (1877), 
1, 329; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1879), 4, 343; Hand-List (1901), 3, 
262; McGrecor and WorcrEsTER, Hand-List (1906), 74. 
Basilan (Steere, Steere Hap., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Bongao 
(Everett); Mindanao (Koch & Schadenberg, Goodfellow, Celestino); Sulu 
(Platen, Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester). 
Adult.—Very similar to X. rufus, but lighter in color and with the 
central rectrices not greatly exceeding the next pair. See also the notes 
under X. rufus. 
Young.—Not distinguishable from the young of X. rufus. 
“Both this and 7%. rufus are strictly deep woods forms, never seen 
about open country. Eight males from Basilan and Tawi Tawi average: 
Length, 187; wing, 87; tail, 85; culmen, 24; tarsus, 20; middle toe with 
claw, 18. Two females, length, 182; wing, 85; tail, 80; culmen, 23; 
tarsus, 16; middle toe with claw, 18. Iris bright slaty blue to black; 
nails black; bill blue to black; eye-wattles blue.” (Bourns and Wor- 
cester MS.) 
426. XEOCEPHUS CYANESCENS Sharpe. 
LARGE BLUE FLYCATCHER. 
Zeocephus cyanescens Suarpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. 2d. ser. Zool. (1877), 
1, 328; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1879), 4, 343; Hand-List (1901), 3, 
262; WHITEHEAD, Ibis (1898), 49; McGrecor and WosrcrestTerR, Hand- 
List (1906), 74. 
- Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester); Palawan (Steere, Lempriere, Platen, 
Whitehead, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino, White). 
