ZANTHOPYGIA. 449 



Genus ZANTHOPYGIA Blyth, 1847. 



Bill at nostril slightly broader than deep, slightly compressed toward 

 the tip ; rictal bristles moderate, extending half the length of bill ; tarsus 

 twice -the length of bill from nostril; wings moderate in length, when 

 folded extending nearly to tip of tail ; first primary much less than one- 

 half the length of second, the latter less than third and fourth which 

 are subequal and longest; tail square and equal to two-thirds of wing. 

 Sexes very different in colors, the colors of the male are yellow, black, 

 and white. 



411. ZANTHOPYGIA NARCISSINA (Temminck). 



NARCISSUS FLYCATCHER. 



Musc-icapa narcissina TEMMINCK, PI. Col. (1835), 3, pi. 577, fig. 1. 

 Xanthopygia narcissina SHAEPE, Trans. Linn. Soc. 2d. ser. Zool. (1877), 1, 



327; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1879), 4, 249; Hand-List (1901), 3, 238; 



MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 73. 



Calayan (McGregor); Mindanao (Steere). Japan, China; in winter to 

 northern Borneo. 



Male (Japan). Above, including wings and tail, black; a line from 

 bill over eye to nape bright yellow ; back and rump darker yellow ; upper 

 tail-coverts black; some of the inner greater wing-coverts white, forming 

 a large patch; chin, throat, and breast bright orange-yellow, becoming 

 paler on lower breast and flanks, and gradually disappearing, leaving the 

 crissum pure white; sides of breast, edge of wing, and thighs black; 

 under wing-coverts and axillars white with slate-gray bases. Wing, 78 ; 

 tail, 53 ; culmen from base, 13 ; bill from nostril, 7 ; tarsus, 15. 



Female ( Calayan Island) . Above olive-brown, more greenish on rump ; 

 upper tail-coverts and tail dull rufescent brown; wings brown, the pri- 

 maries narrowly, the secondaries and coverts more widely, edged with 

 dirty white or pale rufous-brown; lores, a line, over eye, and eye-circle 

 pale yellowish white ; lower parts whitish, washed, more or less, with 

 pale yellow which is brighter on throat ; breast more or less mottled with 

 dusky brown. Upper mandible black; lower mandible horn-blue; iris 

 dark reddish brown ; legs pale blue ; nails gray. Length, 127 ; wing, 73 ; 

 tail, 47; culmen from base, 13; bill from nostril, 7; tarsus, 16. 



"The single male specimen obtained by Steere at Dumalon, Mindanao, 

 in 1874, is still preserved in the Museum of the University of Michigan. 

 Xo others seem to have been obtained since." (Bourns and Worcester 

 MS.) 



In Calayan on October 30, 1903, McGregor and Celestino took a female 

 flycatcher which is undoubtedly a specimen of this migratory species, but 

 it was not recorded in the report on the Calayan collection. In the field 

 the female might be mistaken for the willow warbler or for one of the 

 little plain-colored flycatchers, but the male would scarcely be overlooked 

 if it were at all abundant. The species must, therefore, be considered 

 a rare winter visitant to the Philippines. 



