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buff spots on the innermost secondaries, which are undoubtedly remains 

 of the first % plumage. Again, Prof. Steere distinguishes his R. sama- 

 rensis from R. ruficauda Sharpe, of which we have several examples. 

 He says that the former differs 'in having the cheeks brown, not olive, 

 and in having the under surface washed with fulvous brown, this forming 

 a white band across the chest.' In comparing the type of R. samarensis 

 with typical examples of R. ruficauda from Basilan, we fail to find any 

 difference in the color of the cheeks, and the somewhat indistinct band 

 across the chest, which can hardly be described as 'broad/ is equally 

 well developed in a male from Basilan. There can be no doubt that the 

 birds from Samar (R. samarensis Steere), Mindanao, and Basilan (R. 

 ruficauda Sharpe) belong to one species and must stand as R. ruficauda 

 Sharpe." (Grant.) 



Whitehead collected a nest and two eggs of this species in Negros on 

 March 31, 1906. They are described as follows: 



"Shape [of eggs] short ovate, one much blunter at the small end than 

 the other. Ground-color very pale dull rufous, indistinctly mottled all 

 over with darker shades of the same color. In general appearance these 

 eggs strongly resemble one type laid by the common robin. Measure- 

 ments 23 mm. by 17 mm. 



"The nest, composed of moss and lined with fine roots, was placed' 

 in a hole in an old rotten tree about six feet [two meters] from the 

 ground. The eggs were partially incubated, and the female was snared 

 on the nest." (Grant and Whitehead.) 



431. RHINOMYIAS GOODFELLOWI Grant. 

 GOODFELLOW'S RHINOMYIAS. 



Rhinomyias goodfellowi GRANT, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1905), 16, 17; Ibis 

 (1906), 482, pi. 18, fig. 2. 



Mindanao ( Goodfellow ) . 







''Adult female. General color above, including the wings and tail, 

 dark slate, shading into* dull black on top of head and ear-coverts; a 

 narrow white band across the base of bill, continued over lores in a narrow 

 superciliary stripe ; lores and feathers surrounding the upper eyelid black ; 

 chin, throat, middle of breast, belly, and under tail-coverts whitish ; chest, 

 sides, and flanks brownish-buff; axillars, under wing-coverts, and inner 

 edge of quills whitish. 'Iris dark reddish brown; bill black; feet ashy 

 gray.' Length, about 157; culmen, 21; wing, 89; tail, 68; tarsus, 21. 



"This fine species appears to be quite distinct from all the members 

 of the genus previously described, being at once recognizable by the dark 

 slate-color of the upper parts." (Grant.) 



