OLIVACEOUS FLYCATCHER WARBLER.
- Abrornis olivacea Moseley, Ibis (1891), 47, pl. 2, fig. 2; Sharpe, Hand-List (1901), 3, 276; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 76.[58]
- Cryptolopha olivacea Grant, Ibis (1896), 543; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 110.
Bohol (McGregor); Leyte (Whitehead); Luzon (Whitehead); Mindanao (Bourns & Worcester, Celestino); Negros (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead); Samar (Steere Exp., Whitehead); Sulu (Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester).
Adult, male and female.—Entire upper parts olive-green; top of head and neck streaked with ashy gray; lores dusky, surmounted by a line of light greenish yellow; eyelids bright yellow; postocular band dusky, surmounted by a narrow whitish line; cheeks and ear-coverts yellowish green, streaked with pale yellow; under parts whitish, streaked with pale yellow; flanks washed with light olive-green; feathers of thighs dusky, tipped with light yellow; under tail-coverts uniform light yellow; wing-feathers brown, edged with olive-green; edge of wing and axillars clear light yellow; rectrices olive-green, the inner webs of two outermost pairs edged with light yellow. A male from Bohol measures: Length, 127; wing, 60; tail, 52; culmen from base, 13; bill from nostril, 8; tarsus, 18. A female from Mindanao, wing, 52; tail, 42; culmen from base, 13; bill from nostril, 8; tarsus, 18.
“Young birds have the crown olive-green like the rest of the upper parts, the chin and throat pale yellow, and the outer webs of the outer primaries olive-green like the rest of the quills.” (Grant.)
“Not uncommon; met with by us in several islands in company with flocks of Phylloscopus. Seven males from various localities average: Length, 121; wing, 59; tail, 49; culmen, 15; tarsus, 18; middle toe with claw, 15. Two females, length, 114; wing, 52; tail, 44; culmen, 15; tarsus, 17; middle toe with claw, 14. Iris dark brown to black; legs, feet, and nails light brown; upper mandible dark brown to black; lower mandible yellow.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
438. CRYPTOLOPHA CEBUENSIS Dubois.
CEBU FLYCATCHER WARBLER.
- Cryptolopha flavigularis (not of Austen), Bourns and Worcester, Minnesota Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. Papers (1894), 1, 23.
- Cryptolopha cebuensis Dubois, Syn. Av. (1900), 286; Sharpe, Hand-List (1901), 3, 274; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 75.