RHIPIDURA. 457 



Female. Similar to the male, but with the blue lighter and more 

 verditer. Wing, 72; tail, 79; bill from nostril, 8.5. 



"Very common in the forests of Basilan; a strictly deep woods form. 

 Seven males average: Length, 164; wing, 78; tail, 82; culmen, 15; 

 tarsus, 15 ; middle toe with claw, 14. Two females, length, 151 ; wing, 

 76; tail, 75; tarsus, 15; middle toe with claw, 14. Iris dark brown; 

 bill black; legs, feet, and nails nearly black. Breeding in August in 

 Mindanao and Basilan." (Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



417. RHIPIDURA SAMARENSIS (Steere). 

 SAMAR BLUE FANTAIL, 



Hypothymis samarensis STEERE, List Birds and Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 

 16; SHAEPE, Hand-List (1901); 3, 249; McGBEGOB and WORCESTER, 

 Hand-List (1906), 73. 



Rhipidura samarensis WHITEHEAD, Ibis (1899), 107 (generic position). 



Bohol (McGregor); Leyte (Steere Exp., Whitehead) ; Samar (Steere Exp., 

 Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead). 



Male and female. Similar to Rhipidura superciliaris, but upper parts 

 more verditer-blue ; crown much darker, almost black. 



"Fairly common in Samar. Found in deep forest in company with 

 other flycatchers. Four males average 119 in length; wing, 61; tail, 

 38; culmen, 15; tarsus, 20; middle toe with claw, 18. Iris, legs, feet, 

 and nails dark brown ; bill almost black. Breeding in July and August." 

 (Bourns and Worcester M8.) 



418. RHIPIDURA ALBIVENTRIS (Sharpe). 

 WHITE-BELLIED FANTAIL. 



Philentoma albiventris SHARPE, Trans. Linn. Soc. 2d. ser. Zool. (1877), 

 T, 325. 



Rhipidura albiventris SHARPE, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1879), 4, 324; Hand- 

 List (1901), 3, 257; WHITEHEAD, Ibis (1899), 107; MCGREGOR and 

 WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 74. 



Guimaras (Steere, Steere, Exp., Bourns & Worcester) ; Masbate (Steere Exp., 

 Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Negros (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Wor- 

 cester) ; Panay (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor). 



Adult (sexes similar). Head, neck, and upper back grayish blue, 

 streaked with lighter blue on head; back, lump, and upper tail-coverts 

 dark chestnut or bay; chin, throat, breast, and entire sides of head and 

 neck grayish blue, many of the feathers with white shafts; abdomen 

 white; under tail-coverts light chestnut; feathers of thighs with dusky 

 bases ; primaries and secondaries blackish, the latter edged with chestnut, 

 this color covering the entire web of two or three innermost secondaries; 

 wing-coverts mostly grayish blue like the neck, but some of the inner 

 ones chestnut; rectrices chestnut except innermost pair and inner webs 

 of next pair which are blackish. Iris dark brown; bill black; legs and 

 nails dark lead-color. Length of a male, 165 ; wing, 84 ; tail, 92 ; culmen 

 from base, 14.5; bill from nostril, 9; tarsus, 18. 



