555. ORTHOTOMUS MEARNSI McGregor.
MEARNS’S TAILORBIRD.
- Orthotomus frontalis Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. 2d. ser. Zool. (1877), 1, 336 (part); McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 88 (part).
- Orthotomus mearnsi McGregor, Phil. Jour. Sci. (1907), 2, sec. A, 289.
Basilan (Steere, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor).
Adult.—Similar to Orthotomus frontalis, but the chestnut of forehead extending on crown to, or nearly to, posterior border of eye, not ending abruptly; the whole crown and nape slightly suffused with chestnut, the crown never clear slate-gray as in O. frontalis; behind eye the chestnut extends over the sides of nape. The type measures: Length, 114; wing, 47; tail, 45; culmen from base, 18; bill from nostril, 11.5; tarsus, 20. Female, wing, 47; tail, 40; bill from nostril, 11; tarsus, 20.
556. ORTHOTOMUS CASTANEICEPS Walden.
CHESTNUT-HEADED TAILORBIRD.
- Orthotomus castaneiceps Walden, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (1872), 10, 252; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1883), 7, 223; Hand-List (1903), 4, 192; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 220; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 88.
- Orthotomus panayensis Steere, List Bds. & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890), 20.
Sa-gua-ti, Ticao; ta-gua-ti, Masbate and Bantayan.
Bantayan (McGregor); Guimaras (Meyer, Steere Exp.); Masbate (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Negros (Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead); Panay (Murray, Steere, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Ticao (McGregor).