“Shape ovate. Ground-color beautiful sea-green, speckled all over, especially toward the larger end, with pale brown, the over-markings being slightly darker and smaller. Measurements 19 mm. by 13 mm.
“The nest, a remarkably frail structure, was made of roots and lined with broad leaves. It was well concealed, being placed close to the ground in a heap of forest-drift near some rocks. The female bird was snared.” (Grant and Whitehead.)
Genus GERYGONE Gould, 1841.
Bill moderately depressed, depth at nostrils equal to about two-thirds of its width, or two-fifths of bill from nostril; culmen with a slight ridge; rictal and nasal bristles moderate; wing fairly long, covering when folded about two-thirds of the tail; first primary narrow, equal to one-half of second which is considerable shorter than the subequal third, fifth, and sixth; fourth primary slightly the longest; tarsus slender and equal to twice the length of exposed culmen; tail slightly rounded and considerably shorter than wing. The two Philippine species are very similar in colors; upper parts ashy brown, lower part light yellow, lores whitish.
Species.
- a1. Crown slightly lighter. (Luzon, Mindoro, and other northern islands.) simplex (p. [447])
- a2. Crown slightly darker. (Mindanao and Sulu Islands.) rhizophoræ (p. [448])
409. GERYGONE SIMPLEX Cabanis.
PHILIPPINE GERYGONE.
- Gerygone simplex Cabanis, Jour. für Orn. (1872), 316; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1879), 4, 213; Hand-List (1901), 3, 226; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 72.
Lubang (McGregor); Luzon (Jagor, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Mindoro (McGregor); Verde (McGregor).