“Four males from Cebu average: Length, 223; wing, 93; tail, 116; culmen, 23; tarsus, 21; middle toe with claw, 18. Five females, length, 201; wing, 86; tail, 106; culmen, 23; tarsus, 21; middle toe with claw, 18. A male from Sibuyan with elongated tail-feathers measures 283 in length; wing, 94; tail, 162; culmen, 24; tarsus, 17; middle toe with claw, 19. Iris almost black; legs and feet blue; nails black, sometimes showing a little blue; bill and eye-wattles bright blue. Breeding in Cebu in June.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
A set of three eggs was collected by Whitehead at Cape Engaño, Luzon, on April 24, 1895. The eggs and nest are described as follows:
“Shape ovate. Ground-color pure white, with a decided zone of small blotches and spots round the pole of the larger end; upper-markings brown-lake, and under-markings lilac. Two of the eggs have small dots of the darker color thinly scattered over the whole shell, while in the third these markings are almost entirely confined to the zone. Measurements 22 mm. by 16 mm.
“Nest much like that built by Hypothymis azurea, and placed in similar positions, but within the brown lining is a second lining of fine black fiber taken from the base of the palm-leaves.” (Grant and Whitehead.)
425. XEOCEPHUS CINNAMOMEUS Sharpe.
SHORT-TAILED RUFOUS FLYCATCHER.
- Zeocephus cinnamomeus Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. 2d. ser. Zool. (1877), 1, 329; Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1879), 4, 343; Hand-List (1901), 3, 262; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 74.
Basilan (Steere, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Bongao (Everett); Mindanao (Koch & Schadenberg, Goodfellow, Celestino); Sulu (Platen, Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester).
Adult.—Very similar to X. rufus, but lighter in color and with the central rectrices not greatly exceeding the next pair. See also the notes under X. rufus.
Young.—Not distinguishable from the young of X. rufus.