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First plumage. Above dull brown; top of head, back, and tail dull 

 reddish brown; post ocular band dull ocherous; chin, throat, and breast 

 gray, the latter crossed by' an ocherous band ; lower breast, abdomen, 

 and under tail-coverts white, slightly washed with ocherous; wings 

 blackish, primaries edged with dull reddish brown; primary-coverts 

 blackish; secondaries and their coverts edged with dull rusty ocherous 

 taking the form of terminal spots on median coverts. Bill dull brown; 

 legs pale blue; nails white. 



Apparently this species breeds in its second year but does not reach 

 its most perfect plumage until, its fourth year. 



A nest taken in Batan Island, May 29, 1907, was saddled securely in 

 the fork of a small branch. The single egg was heavily incubated and 

 measured 15.4 by 20.3. The egg was dull white, sparsely spotted with 

 dark umber-brown. 



The black paradise flycatcher is abundant in Batan. Its flight is 

 easy and graceful but rather slow. The call is harsh and cat-like; the 

 song is simple and of limited range, consisting of several clear notes 

 uttered in r.apid succession. 



The short-tailed black males of this flycatcher agree with the descrip- 

 tion of Callaeops perioptlialmica, but the identity of the two species has 

 not been established. 



Genus RHINOMYIAS Sharpe, 1879. 



Tip of bill overhanging, with a notch near the tip; bill depressed at 

 nostril; rictal bristles moderate; first primary little more than one-half 

 of second which is less than third, fourth longest; tarsus slender, equal 

 to less than one-third the length of tail; bill from nostril more than 

 one-half the length of tarsus. 



Species* 



a 1 . Without any distinct eyebrow-stripe. 



6 1 . Under parts white, with a wide, strongly marked, pectoral band dividing 

 the throat from the breast and belly; no white patch in front of eye. 



albigularis (p. 468) 



6 3 . Under parts whitish with no pectoral band, or with mere traces of one. 

 c 1 . No ring of chestnut feathers around eye; a gray patch in front of eye. 



ruficauda (p. 470) 



c 2 . A ring of chestnut feathers around eye ocularis (p. 470) 



a 2 . With a distinct white eyebrow-stripe. 



6 1 . Crown olive; lores and fore part of cheeks blackish; pectoral band olive, 



washed with rufous, shading into clear rust-red on sides and flanks. 



insignis (p. 471) 



6 2 . Crown dull black; general color above, including wings and tail, dark slate; 



below whitish goodfellowi (p. 469) 



*This key is slightly modified from the one given by Grant, Ibis (1896), 542. 



