Muscicapula luzoniensis Grant, Ibis (1894), 505; Whitehead, Ibis
(1899), 105 (habits); Sharpe, Hand-List (1901), 3, 224; McGregor
and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 72.
Calayan (McGregor); Luzon (Whitehead, McGregor); Mindoro
(Whitehead).
Adult male.--Entire upper parts and sides of neck dark slate-gray;
lores, sides of head, and jaw black; from lores over eye a partly
concealed band of pure silky white; wings blackish brown; coverts
edged with slate-gray; tail similar but darker; chin, throat, breast,
and flanks clear orange-buff, slightly darker on breast; a line of
white on each side of throat next to the black of jaw; abdomen and
under tail-coverts white; thighs blackish brown. Iris dark brown; bill
black; legs white with a slight blue wash; nails light brown. Length
of a male from Calayan, 127; wing, 67; tail, 50; culmen from base,
12; bill from nostril, 9; tarsus, 19. In a slightly immature male from
Calayan the greater coverts and secondaries are tipped with rusty buff.
Adult female.--Above, including sides of head and of neck, olive-gray,
becoming olive-brown on lower back, and ferruginous on tail and
its coverts; lores and eye-ring pale ocherous-buff; wings brown;
wing-coverts edged with olive-gray; secondaries edged with olive-brown;
chin, throat, breast, and flanks very pale orange-buff; abdomen and
tail-coverts white. Length of a female from Benguet Province, Luzon,
115; wing, 57; tail, 41; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 8;
tarsus, 17.
Male in first plumage.--Above dusky brown, each feather with a rusty
yellowish buff spot, crown and nape rather streaked; upper tail-coverts
rusty; sides of head like crown, with no indication of the adult
plumage; wings brown; coverts bluish, each feather with a large buff
spot; chin, throat, and upper breast white with a wash of buff; breast
more heavily washed with buff and each feather edged with black,
producing a striped effect; abdomen and under tail-coverts white;
wing-lining, axillars, and flanks yellowish buff.
Female in first plumage.--A young female is very much like the young
male, but the upper parts are dull olive and washed rather than
spotted with rusty buff.
The Luzon flycatcher breeds in Benguet Province where young were
taken in July. Specimens from Calayan Island are indistinguishable.