PHYLLERGATES. 589 
574. PHYLLERGATES PHILIPPINUS Hartert. 
LUZON TAILOR WARBLER. 
Phyllergates cinereicollis (not of Sharpe) GRANT, Ibis (1894), 510; WuHITE- 
HEAD, Ibis (1899), 221 (habits). 
Phyllergates philippinus Hartert, Novit. Zool. (1897), 4, 517; SHARPE, 
Hand-List (1903), 4, 237; McGrecor and Worcester, Hand-List 
(1906), 91. 
Luzon (Whitehead, McGregor). 
Adult.—Forehead and crown cadmium-yellow ; occiput and neck slate- 
gray ; a line of lemon-yellow over eye ; remainder of upper parts, including 
edges of the wing-feathers and rectrices, olive-green; (rump lemon- 
yellow in the male); inner webs of primaries edged with white; lores 
and band behind eye dusky gray; ear-coverts, cheeks, chin, throat, and 
fore breast silky white; remainder of under parts, including edge of 
wing, axillars, and wing-lining, bright lemon-yellow. Bill dusky brown; 
base of lower mandible lighter; legs pale yellow; nails light brown. 
Length, about 115. Male, wing, 44; tail, 42; culmen from base, 16; bill 
from nostril, 9; tarsus, 18. Female, wing, 42; tail, 37; culmen from 
base, 15; bill from nostril, 10; tarsus, 18. 
The Luzon tailor warbler is abundant in the Province of Benguet; its 
habits are similar to those of the lowland tailorbirds which it seems to 
replace in the mountains. 
575. PHYLLERGATES HETEROL/AZMUS Mearns. 
MINDANAO TAILOR WARBLER, 
Phyllergates heterolemus MEARNS, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. (1905), 18, 86; 
McGregor and WorcEsTER, Hand-List, (1906), 91. 
Mindanao (Mearns). 
Adult (sex?).—‘Whole top and sides of head cinnamon-rufous; chin, 
throat, and sides of neck cinnamon ; upper parts olive-green, yellower on 
upper tail-coverts; upper wing-coverts and wing-quills brownish black, 
edged with olive-green on outer webs; tail-feathers drab, edged with 
olive-green; breast and belly canary-yellow; thighs and crissum olive- 
yellow; axillars and under wing-coverts yellow; quills edged with white 
on inner webs. Iris brown; bill with maxilla brown; mandible yellow, 
tipped with red; feet pale yellowish brown. Length, 121; alar expanse, 
150; wing, 50; tail, 47; culmen, 14; tarsus, 21; middle toe with 
claw, 13.5.” (Mearns.) 
Family ARTAMIDZ. 
Bill stout, conical, and pointed; culmen and cutting edge gently 
curved ; nostril about half way between base and tip of upper mandible ; 
wings very long and pointed; tarsus short, its anterior face with about 
five plates ; powder-downs present. 
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