“The Panay verditer flycatcher seems to be a mountain form. A single specimen was collected by the Steere Expedition on an expedition into the mountains back of Sibulan, Negros.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
443. EUMYIAS NIGRIMENTALIS (Grant).
BLACK-MASKED VERDITER FLYCATCHER.
- Stoparola nigrimentalis Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1894), 3, 50; Ibis (1894), 507, pl. 14, fig. 2; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 110; Sharpe, Hand-List (1901), 3, 286.
- Eumyias nigrimentalis McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 76.
Luzon (Whitehead, Worcester, McGregor); Mindoro (Whitehead).
Adult (sexes alike).—General color verditer-blue, darker above; silvery on forehead, over eyes, and on under parts; forehead, lores, jaw, chin, and line around eye black, forming a mask; abdomen and crissum white, the latter washed with pale ocherous; thighs black, the feathers tipped with white; wings and tail brownish black, the outer webs of the feathers verditer-blue. Iris dark brown; bill, legs, and nails black. Length, 145 to 150. A male measures: Wing, 73; tail, 62; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 8.5; tarsus, 18. A female, wing, 71; tail, 60; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 8.
Nestling.—Above blackish, each feather tipped with rusty yellowish brown; below ocherous or dark buff, the feathers edged with black; middle of abdomen white; the slightly developed primaries, secondaries, and rectrices brownish black edged with blue, as in the adult; wing-coverts like the back.
444. EUMYIAS NIGRILORIS (Hartert).
MINDANAO VERDITER FLYCATCHER.
- Stoparola panayensis nigriloris Hartert, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club (1904), 14, 80.
- Eumyias nigriloris McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 76.