Philentoma albiventris Sharpe,
Trans. Linn. Soc. 2d. ser. Zool. (1877), 1, 325.
Rhipidura albiventris Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1879),
4, 324; Hand-List (1901), 3, 257; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 107;
McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 74.
Guimaras (Steere, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Masbate
(Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Negros (Everett,
Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Panay (Steere Exp., Bourns &
Worcester); Ticao (McGregor).
Adult (sexes similar).--Head, neck, and upper back grayish blue,
streaked with lighter blue on head; back, rump, and upper tail-coverts
dark chestnut or bay; chin, throat, breast, and entire sides of head
and neck grayish blue, many of the feathers with white shafts; abdomen
white; under tail-coverts light chestnut; feathers of thighs with
dusky bases; primaries and secondaries blackish, the latter edged with
chestnut, this color covering the entire web of two or three innermost
secondaries; wing-coverts mostly grayish blue like the neck, but some
of the inner ones chestnut; rectrices chestnut except innermost pair
and inner webs of next pair which are blackish. Iris dark brown; bill
black; legs and nails dark lead-color. Length of a male, 165; wing,
84; tail, 92; culmen from base, 14.5; bill from nostril, 9; tarsus, 18.
"A very showy bird. Common in the forests of the islands where it
occurs. Like R. cyaniceps, it makes the most of itself. It is bold
and easily killed. It is particularly abundant in Negros. Five males
average 176 in length; wing, 79; tail, 88; culmen, 16; tarsus, 17;
middle toe with claw, 15. Four females, length, 152; wing, 75; tail,
82; culmen, 16; tarsus, 18; middle toe with claw, 15." (Bourns and
Worcester MS.)