Setaria ruficauda Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. 2d. ser. Zool. (1877),
1, 327.
Rhinomyias ruficauda Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1879), 4,
368; Hand-List (1901), 3, 267; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 109;
McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 75.
Setaria samarensis Steere, List Birds & Mams. Steere Exped. (1890),
16.
Basilan (Steere, Everett, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester); Bohol
(McGregor); Leyte (Whitehead); Mindanao (Steere Exp., Goodfellow,
Celestino); Samar (Steere Exp., Whitehead).
Adult male.--Above rich olive-brown, darkest on the head;
wing-feathers blackish, edged with olive-brown; tail-coverts and
rectrices ferruginous; lores and ear-coverts pale gray, the latter
washed with olive; under parts white, washed on sides of throat and
of body with pale gray; thighs brown. Bill black; iris brown; legs
light blue. Length of a male from Basilan, 152; wing, 74; tail, 57;
culmen from base, 17; bill from nostril, 11; tarsus, 18.
Adult female.--Similar to the male but lores obscured with brown and
ear-coverts olive-brown. A female from Mindanao measures: Length,
152; wing, 71; tail, 54; culmen from base, 15; bill from nostril,
10; tarsus, 16.
Immature.--Sides and flanks washed with brown and feathers of breast
edged more or less with brown; greater and median wing-coverts tipped
with spots of light ocherous brown.
See notes on this species under Rhinomyias albigularis.
"Not rare in deep forest on Basilan. An immature bird has feathers
of head with rufous shaft-markings; feathers of back, and upper
wing-coverts with large spots of same color edged with black; breast
similarly but more faintly spotted.
"Five males from Basilan average: Length, 143; wing, 74; tail, 60;
culmen, 17; tarsus, 16; middle toe with claw, 21. Four females,
length, 129; wing, 69; tail, 50; culmen, 16; tarsus, 15; middle toe
with claw, 16. Iris dark brown; legs and feet light slate; nails same;
bill black." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)