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buff spots on the innermost secondaries, which are undoubtedly remains 
of the first plumage. Again, Prof. Steere distinguishes his R. sama- 
rensis from fk. ruficauda Sharpe, of which we have several examples. 
_He says that the former differs ‘in having the cheeks brown, not olive, 
and in having the under surface washed with fulvous brown, this forming 
a white band across the chest.’ In comparing the type of R. samarensis 
with typical examples of FR. ruficauda from Basilan, we fail to find any 
difference in the color of the cheeks, and the somewhat indistinct band 
across the chest, which can hardly be described as ‘broad,’ is equally 
well developed in a male from Basilan. There can be no doubt that the 
birds from Samar (2. samarensis Steere), Mindanao, and Basilan (R. 
ruficauda Sharpe) belong to one species and must stand as PR. ruficauda 
Sharpe.” (Grant.) 
Whitehead collected a nest and two eggs of this species in Negros on 
March 31, 1906. They are described as follows: 
“Shape [of eggs] short ovate, one much blunter at the small end than 
the other. Ground-color very pale dull rufous, indistinctly mottled all 
over with darker shades of the same color. In general appearance these 
eggs strongly resemble one type laid by the common robin. Measure- 
ments 23 mm. by 17 mm. 
“The nest, composed of moss and lined with fine roots, was placed 
in a hole in an old rotten tree about six feet [two meters] from the 
ground. The eggs were partially incubated, and the female was snared 
on the nest.” (Grant and Whitehead.) 
431. RHINOMYIAS GOODFELLOWI Grant. 
GOODFELLOW’S RHINOMYIAS, 
Rhinomyias goodfellowi GRANT, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1905), 16, 17; Ibis 
(1906), 482, pl. 18, fig. 2. 
Mindanao (Goodfellow). 
“Adult female-—General color above, including the wings and tail, 
dark slate, shading into dull black on top of head and ear-coverts; a 
narrow white band across the base of bill, continued over lores in a narrow 
superciliary stripe; lores and feathers surrounding the upper eyelid black ; 
chin, throat, middle of breast, belly, and under tail-coverts whitish ; chest, 
sides, and flanks brownish-buff; axillars, under wing-coverts, and inner 
edge of quills whitish. ‘Iris dark reddish brown; bill black; feet ashy 
_ gray. Length, about 157; culmen, 21; wing, 89; tail, 68; tarsus, 21. 
“This fine species appears to be quite distinct from all the members 
of the genus previously described, being at once recognizable by the dark 
slate-color of the upper parts.” (Grant.) 
