See notes on this species under Rhinomyias albigularis.
“Not rare in deep forest on Basilan. An immature bird has feathers of head with rufous shaft-markings; feathers of back, and upper wing-coverts with large spots of same color edged with black; breast similarly but more faintly spotted.
“Five males from Basilan average: Length, 143; wing, 74; tail, 60; culmen, 17; tarsus, 16; middle toe with claw, 21. Four females, length, 129; wing, 69; tail, 50; culmen, 16; tarsus, 15; middle toe with claw, 16. Iris dark brown; legs and feet light slate; nails same; bill black.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
433. RHINOMYIAS OCULARIS Bourns and Worcester.
CHESTNUT-EYED RHINOMYIAS.
- Rhinomyias occularis Bourns and Worcester, Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. Papers (1894), 1, 27 (error).
- Rhinomyias ocularis Sharpe, Hand-List (1901), 3, 267; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 75.
Sulu (Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester).
“Adult (sexes alike).—General color above uniform olive-brown, slightly brighter on the rump; tail dark chestnut, much brighter on outer webs of feathers which are very dull at tips; wing-coverts like back; quills brownish black washed with rusty brown, this becoming whitish on first two or three primaries; lores buffy white; ring of short feathers around eye chestnut; ear-coverts and sides of hind neck fulvous-brown, the former with lighter shaft-stripes; center of throat and fore breast white, grayish along sides; breast and flanks washed with light fulvous-brown; abdomen and under tail-coverts white, the latter faintly tipped with brown; thighs olive-brown; under wing-coverts and axillars whitish; inner webs of secondaries edged with buffy white.
“The peculiar ring of feathers round the eye forms a noticeable character by which this species is readily distinguished from other Philippine representatives of the genus. Iris brown; bill light slaty brown.” (Bourns and Worcester.)
“Fairly abundant in the forests of Sulu and Tawi Tawi. Food usually insects. Two specimens, however, had been eating fruit. Five males from Tawi Tawi measure: Length, 152; wing, 75; tail, 47; culmen, 17; tarsus, 18; middle toe with claw, 18. Four females from Sulu, length, 154; wing, 78; tail, 50; culmen, 17; tarsus, 19; middle toe with claw, 19. Iris brown; legs, feet, and nails pale slate to light brown; upper mandible dark brown, lower light brown.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)