RHINOMYIAS. 467 
First plumage.—Above dull brown; top of head, back, and tail dull 
reddish brown; post ocular band dull ocherous; chin, throat, and breast 
gray, the latter crossed by an ocherous band; lower breast, abdomen, 
and under tail-coverts white, slightly washed with ocherous; wings 
blackish, primaries edged with dull reddish brown; primary-coverts 
blackish ; secondaries and their coverts edged with dull rusty ocherous 
taking the form of terminal spots on median coverts. Bill dull brown; 
legs pale blue; nails white. 
Apparently this species breeds in its second year but does not reach 
its most perfect plumage until its fourth year. 
A nest taken in Batan Island, May 29, 1907, was saddled securely in 
the fork of a small branch. The single egg was heavily incubated and 
measured 15.4 by 20.3. _The egg was dull white, sparsely spotted with 
dark umber-brown. 
The black paradise flycatcher is abundant in Batan. Its flight is 
easy and graceful but rather slow. The call is harsh and cat-like; the 
song is simple and of limited range, consisting of several clear notes 
uttered in rapid succession. 
The short-tailed black males of this flycatcher agree with the descrip- 
tion of Callaeops periopthalmica, but the identity of the two species has 
not been established. 
Genus RHINOMYIAS Sharpe, 1879. 
Tip of bill overhanging, with a notch near the tip; bill depressed at 
nostril; rictal bristles moderate; first primary little more than one-half 
of second which is less than third, fourth longest; tarsus slender, equal 
to less than one-third the length of tail; bill from nostril more than 
one-half the length of tarsus. 
Species.* 
a. Without any distinct eyebrow-stripe. 
b*%. Under parts white, with a wide, strongly marked, pectoral band dividing 
the throat from the breast and belly; no white patch in front of eye. 
albigularis (p. 468) 
b*. Under parts whitish with no pectoral band, or with mere traces of one. 
c. No ring of chestnut feathers around eye; a gray patch in front of eye. 
ruficauda (p. 470) 
¢@. A ring of chestnut feathers around eY€..........22...:..0-0-<.0-0<0 ocularis (p. 470) 
a. With a distinct white eyebrow-stripe. 
bt. Crown olive; lores and fore part of cheeks blackish; pectoral band olive, 
washed with rufous, shading into clear rust-red on sides and flanks. 
insignis (p. 471) 
b?. Crown dull black; general color above, including wings and tail, dark slate; 
VN SUON N/T IST Pee SRSA oo eo eee ee ane Ree goodfellowi (p. 469) 
* This key is slightly modified from the one given by Grant, Jbis (1896), 542. 
