Rhinomyias occularis Bourns and Worcester, Minnesota
Acad. Nat. Sci. Occ. Papers (1894), 1, 27 (error).
Rhinomyias ocularis Sharpe, Hand-List (1901), 3, 267; McGregor
and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 75.
Sulu (Bourns & Worcester); Tawi Tawi (Bourns & Worcester).
"Adult (sexes alike).--General color above uniform olive-brown,
slightly brighter on the rump; tail dark chestnut, much brighter on
outer webs of feathers which are very dull at tips; wing-coverts like
back; quills brownish black washed with rusty brown, this becoming
whitish on first two or three primaries; lores buffy white; ring of
short feathers around eye chestnut; ear-coverts and sides of hind
neck fulvous-brown, the former with lighter shaft-stripes; center of
throat and fore breast white, grayish along sides; breast and flanks
washed with light fulvous-brown; abdomen and under tail-coverts
white, the latter faintly tipped with brown; thighs olive-brown;
under wing-coverts and axillars whitish; inner webs of secondaries
edged with buffy white.
"The peculiar ring of feathers round the eye forms a noticeable
character by which this species is readily distinguished from other
Philippine representatives of the genus. Iris brown; bill light slaty
brown." (Bourns and Worcester.)
"Fairly abundant in the forests of Sulu and Tawi Tawi. Food usually
insects. Two specimens, however, had been eating fruit. Five males
from Tawi Tawi measure: Length, 152; wing, 75; tail, 47; culmen, 17;
tarsus, 18; middle toe with claw, 18. Four females from Sulu, length,
154; wing, 78; tail, 50; culmen, 17; tarsus, 19; middle toe with claw,
19. Iris brown; legs, feet, and nails pale slate to light brown; upper
mandible dark brown, lower light brown." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)