NO. 1G70. 



/./.s'V or riiiLirrtxiJ Binni^—MEARXs. 



439 



niarijins of the inner webs on under side of Aving; nnd the orange- 

 yelloAV of the under parts is much more restricted, being confined to 

 a narrow band across the chest. 



Adult female (Cat. No. 210740, U.S.X.M., killed at the same time 

 and place as the type, with which it was apparently mated). — Similar 

 to the male, but lacking the elongated scarlet feathers on the edge of 

 the posterior half of the crown and occiput, the entire upper surface 

 of head and neck being dark brown. The white markings of the 

 upper and under sides of the wings are restricted to the same extent as 

 those of the type, and tend to form a very narrow brownish-white 

 margin to the inner webs of the innermost secondaries, below, instead 

 of forming squarish detached white spots as in Y. ramsayi; the 

 orange-yellow pectoral band as in the male. 



Jleasurements of Yungtpieits siasieiisis. — Adult male (type) : 

 Wing, 83 mm. ; tail, 47; culmen, 19.5. Adult female (Cat. No. 210704, 

 U.S.N.M. ; topotype) : Wing, 85 mm. ; tail, 40 ; culmen, 20.2. 



Measurements of Yungipicus ramsay'i. — Adult male (Cat. No. 

 211344, U.S.N.M.) : Wing, 85 mm.; tail, 47; culmen, 18. • 



RHINOMYIAS RUFICAUDA MINDANENSIS, new subspecies. 

 MIKDANAO RTJFOTJS-TAILED FLYCATCHER. 



Type.—C^i. No. 190247, U.S.N.M. Adult male, collected by the 

 writer at Pantar, Mindanao, Philippine Islands, August 24, 1903. 

 (Original No. 12929.) 



The series of this genus in the U. S. National Museum shows that 

 there are three geographical forms of the rufous-tailed flycatcher, 

 from the islands of Basilan, Mindanao, and Samar, respectively. 



Compared with the Samar and Mindanao forms the Basilan form, 

 Rh'momyias rufcauda mfeauda, has the under parts whiter, middle 

 of chest grayer, sides of chest and flanks a grayer brown, with entire 

 side of head slate-gray. 



R. mindanefisls and samai^ensis both have brown cheeks, and differ 

 from each other in size, the Mindanao form being larger. The upper 

 surfaces are of a lighter, more olivaceous, and less rufescent color. 



Mcdsurcmcntx af RJiinonn/iax rufJcaiKid (yiiarpc). 



