- Philentoma albiventris Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. 2d. ser. Zool. (1877), 1, 325.
- Rhipidura albiventris Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1879), 4, 324; Hand-List (1901), 3, 257; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 107; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 74.
Guimaras (Steere, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Masbate (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Negros (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Panay (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor).
Adult (sexes similar).—Head, neck, and upper back grayish blue, streaked with lighter blue on head; back, rump, and upper tail-coverts dark chestnut or bay; chin, throat, breast, and entire sides of head and neck grayish blue, many of the feathers with white shafts; abdomen white; under tail-coverts light chestnut; feathers of thighs with dusky bases; primaries and secondaries blackish, the latter edged with chestnut, this color covering the entire web of two or three innermost secondaries; wing-coverts mostly grayish blue like the neck, but some of the inner ones chestnut; rectrices chestnut except innermost pair and inner webs of next pair which are blackish. Iris dark brown; bill black; legs and nails dark lead-color. Length of a male, 165; wing, 84; tail, 92; culmen from base, 14.5; bill from nostril, 9; tarsus, 18.
“A very showy bird. Common in the forests of the islands where it occurs. Like R. cyaniceps, it makes the most of itself. It is bold and easily killed. It is particularly abundant in Negros. Five males average 176 in length; wing, 79; tail, 88; culmen, 16; tarsus, 17; middle toe with claw, 15. Four females, length, 152; wing, 75; tail, 82; culmen, 16; tarsus, 18; middle toe with claw, 15.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
419. RHIPIDURA CYANICEPS (Cassin).
RUFOUS-BELLIED FANTAIL.
- Muscipeta cyaniceps Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. (1855), 438; Ornith. Wilkes Exped. (1858), 145, pl. 9, fig. 1.
- Philentoma cyaniceps Walden, Trans. Zool. Soc. (1875), 9, 182, pl. 32, fig. 1.
- Rhipidura cyaniceps Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1879), 4, 323; Hand-List (1901), 3, 257; Grant and Whitehead, Ibis (1898), 236 (eggs); Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 107 (habits, nest); Oates and Reid, Cat. Birds’ Eggs (1903), 3, 276, pl. 8, fig. 17 (egg); McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 74.
U-li-li-su, Benguet, Luzon.
Luzon (Meyer, Everett, Whitehead, Steere Exp., McGregor).
Adult (sexes alike).—Very similar to R. albiventris, but abdomen, flanks, and thighs cinnamon-rufous. A male measures: Wing, 75; tail, 86; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 8; tarsus, 18. A female, wing, 74; tail, 81; culmen from base, 12; tarsus, 17.