578 MANUAL OP PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



Young. The immfture bird resembles the corresponding plumage in 

 0. nigriceps, having more or less white on the chin and throat. 



"Very common in Basilan. Eight from Basilan measure: Length, 

 126 ; wing, 47 ; tail, 76 ; culmen, 18.5 ; tarsus, 21 ; middle toe with claw, 

 17.5. Six females, length, 111; wing, 45; tail, 41; tarsus, 19.5; middle 

 toe with claw, 16. Iris brown; legs, feet, and nails very light brown, 

 in some cases almost white ; upper mandible nearly white, lower very 

 light brown. Breeding in Basilan in August." (Bourns and Worcester 

 MS.) 



562. ORTHOTOMUS NIGRICEPS Tweeddale. 

 BLACK-HEADED TAILORBIRD. 



Orthotomus nigriceps TWEEDDALE, Proc. Zool. Soc. (1877), 828, pi. 85; 

 SHABPE, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1883), 7, 222; Hand-List (1903), 4, 

 192; MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 88. 



Mindanao (Everett, Celestino). 



Adult. Loral feathers white with black tips; ring around eye and 

 superciliary stripe to above ear-coverts white; remainder of head, hind 

 neck, sides of neck, chin, throat, and chest black; back, rump, and tail- 

 coverts olive-green ; wing-feathers blackish, edged with green, brighter and 

 more yellow on greater coverts and bend of wing; rectrices brown, edged 

 with green; middle of breast and abdomen smoky gray; sides, flanks, 

 thighs, and crissum olive-green. Length, about 125. A male from 

 northern Mindanao measures : Wing, 46 ; tail, 45 ; culmen from base, 16 ; 

 bill from nostril, 11; tarsus, 22. 



Young. In immature birds the cheeks, chin, throat, and breast are 



white. 



563. ORTHOTOMUS SAMARENSIS Steere. 



YELLOW-BREASTED TAILORBIED. 



Orthotomus samarensis STEERE, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 

 20; GRANT, Ibis (1897), 228; WHITEHEAD, Ibis (1899), 220 (habits); 

 SHARPE, Hand-List (1903), 4, 192; MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand- 

 List (1906), 88. 



Bohol (McGregor); Leyte ( Whitehead) ; Samar (Steere Exp., Bourns d Wor- 

 cester, Whitehead). 



Adult male. Entire head, neck, chin, throat, and middle of fore breast 

 black; back and rump dull olive-green brighter around the neck; rump 

 and tail-coverts dull russet-brown; wing-feathers blackish, edged with 

 olive-green, the bend of wing and tips of greater median coverts yellow; 

 rectrices brown, edged with russet; breast, sides of breast, and of neck, 

 and abdomen lemon-yellow becoming olivaceous on sides, flanks, and 

 crissum ; thighs dull chestnut. The black of fore breast is sharply defined 

 against the yellow, and does not extend over the sides of the chest as 



