Hypothymis samarensis Steere, List Birds and Mams. Steere
Exped. (1890), 16; Sharpe, Hand-List (1901), 3, 249; McGregor
and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 73.
Rhipidura samarensis Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 107 (generic
position).
Bohol (McGregor); Leyte (Steere Exp., Whitehead); Samar (Steere
Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Whitehead).
Male and female.--Similar to Rhipidura superciliaris, but upper parts
more verditer-blue; crown much darker, almost black.
"Fairly common in Samar. Found in deep forest in company with other
flycatchers. Four males average 119 in length; wing, 61; tail,
38; culmen, 15; tarsus, 20; middle toe with claw, 18. Iris, legs,
feet, and nails dark brown; bill almost black. Breeding in July and
August." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)