478 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 
443. EUMYIAS NIGRIMENTALIS (Grant). 
BLACK-MASKED VERDITER FLYCATCHER, 
Stoparola nigrimentalis Gran@Bull, Brit. Orn. Club (1894), 3, 50; Ibis 
(1894), 507, pl. 14, fig. 2; Wuuirrnrap, Ibis (1899), 110; SHarpr, 
Hand-List (1901), 3, 286. 
Eumyias nigrimentalis McGRecor and WorcESTER, Hand-List (1906), 76. 
Luzon (Whitehead, Worcester, McGregor) ; Mindoro (Whitehead). 
Adult (sexes alike).—General color verditer-blue, darker above; silvery 
on forehead, over eyes, and on under parts; forehead, lores, jaw, chin, 
and line around eye black, forming a mask; abdomen and crissum white, 
the latter washed with pale ocherous; thighs black, the feathers tipped 
with white; wings and tail brownish black, the outer webs of the feathers 
verditer-blue. Iris dark brown; bill, legs, and nails black. Length, 145 
to 150. A male measures: Wing, 73; tail, 62; culmen from base, 12; 
bill from nostril, 8.5; tarsus, 18. A female, wing, 71; tail, 60; culmen 
from base, 12; bill from nostril, 8. 
Nestling.—Above blackish, each feather tipped with rusty yellowish 
brown; below ocherous or dark buff, the feathers edged with black; 
middle of abdomen white; the slightly developed primaries, secondaries, 
and rectrices brownish black edged with blue, as in the adult; wing- 
coverts like the back. 
444, EUMYIAS NIGRILORIS (Hartert). 
MINDANAO VERDITER FLYCATCHER, 
Stoparola panayensis nigriloris HARTERT, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1904), 14, 
80. 
Eumyias nigriloris McGrecor and WorcESTER, Hand-List (1906), 76. 
Mindanao (Goodfellow, Mearns). 
“Similar to St. panayensis panayensis, but the wing is about 5 mm. 
shorter, the feathers on the lores black to the tips, not only at the bases; 
the feathers on the chin and upper throat less squamiform, the bases not 
so blackish; the lower abdomen and under tail-coverts creamy buff, not 
buffy white.” (Hartert.) 
A male collected on Mount Apo by Mearns measures: Length, 168 ; 
wing, 79; tail, 66; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 8; tarsus, 15. 
Family CAMPOPHAGIDZ. 
Bill strong, as wide as deep at nostril, or slightly wider; culmen and 
cutting edge gently curved throughout their length; a small notch near 
tip of bill; nostrils covered by short close-set feathers; rictal and nasal 
bristles short and weak; wing rather long and pointed; first primary 
short, equal to about. one-half the length of wing; second primary con- 
siderably shorter than third or fourth; tarsus moderately developed ; 
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