460 MANUAL OP PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



422. RHIPIDURA HUTCHINSONI Mearns. 

 HUTCHINSON'S FANTAIL. 



Rhipidura hutchinsoni MEABNS, Phil. Jour. Sci. (1907), 2, sec. A, 357. 

 Mindanao (Mearns). 



Adult. Similar to R. nigrocinnamomca, but with no white on the 

 breast which is uniform cinnamon-rufous; the white lines over eyes are 

 connected across the forehead by a wide white band. 



"Iris dark brown ; bill black ; feet plumbeous, with ckws nearly black. 

 Skin measurements of the type (adult male) are as follows: Length, 155; 

 wing, 78; tail, 95; culmen, 11.7; tarsus, 19.5. Skin measurements of 

 adult female: Length, 153; wing, 73; tail, 84; culmen, 11; tarsus, 20." 

 (Mearns.) 



This distinct species was discovered by Mearns on Mount Malindang 

 in northwestern Mindanao. 



423. RHIPIDURA NIGRITORQU IS Vigors. 

 BLACK AND WHITE FANTAIL. 



Rhipidura nigritorquis VIGORS, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1831), 97; SHARPE, Cat. 



Birds Brit. Mus. (1879), 4, 334; Hand-List (1901), 3, 261; GRANT 



and WHITEHEAD, Ibis (1898), 236 (eggs); WHITEHEAD, Ibis (1899), 



, 100 (habits) ; GATES and REID, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1903), 3, 277, pi. 8, 



fig. 19; MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 74. 



Ba-ling-sa-say-ao, Ticao; ca-la-mctng-ti-gon, Bohol; ma-ri-a-capra, Manila; 

 ma-ri-a cong cong, Laguna de Bay; ba-li-d-la, Siquijor. 



Bantayan (McGregor); Banton (Celestino) ; Basilan (Everett, Steere Exp., 

 Bourns & Worcester, McGregor] ; Bohol (Everett, McGregor] ; Bongao (Everett) ; 

 Buluan, off Mindanao (Mearns) ; Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester) ; Catanduanes 

 ( Whitehead) ; Cebu (Meyer, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; 

 Cuyo (McGregor); Dinagat (Everett); Guimaras (Steere Exp.); Lubang (Mc- 

 Gregor) ; Luzon (Meyer, Everett, Steere Exp., Whitehead, Bourns & Worcester, 

 McGregor); Marinduque (Steere Exp.); Masbate (Bourns 6 Worcester, Mc- 

 Gregor) ; Mindanao (Steere, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester) ; Mindoro 

 (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Negros (Everett, Bourns & Worcester) ; Pa- 

 lawan (Steere, Whitehead, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester) ; Panuy 

 (Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester) ; Rorablon (Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; 

 Samar (Bourns d Worcester); Siasi (Guillentard) ; Sibuyan (Bourns d Wor- 

 cester, McGregor) ; Siquijor (Bourns d Worcester, Celestino) ; Sulu (Guillemard, 

 Bourns d Worcester); Tablas (Bourns d Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns d 

 Worcester) ; Ticao (McGregor) ; Verde (McGregor). 



Adult (sexes similar) .Above ashy gray; forehead, crown, and sides 

 of face black ; a wide white band over each eye, for the most part con- 

 cealed; below white with a wide white pectoral band; abdomen and 

 crissum washed with pale buff; feathers of thighs black, tipped with 

 pale buff; axillars and wing-lining blackish brown edged with white; 

 rectrices blackish brown, all but middle pair with wide white tips. Iris 

 dark brown; bill, legs, and nails black. 



"Common throughout the islands A very showy bird, constantly open- 

 ing and closing its tail, and dancing about to show its feathers. Three 



