Eumyias panayensis Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. 2d. ser. Zool. (1877),
1, 326; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 76.
Stoparola panayensis Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1879), 4, 440;
Hand-List (1901), 3, 286; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 110 (habits).
Negros (Steere Exp., Whitehead); Panay (Steere).
"Adult (type of species).--General color above dull verditer-blue,
rather brighter on the forehead and over the eye, forming an indistinct
eyebrow; least wing-coverts resembling the back, the greater series and
the quills blackish brown, externally edged with dull verditer-blue;
tail feathers blackish, also edged with verditer on the outer web;
sides of face dull verditer, as also the whole of the throat and
breast, shading off into white on the abdomen and flanks, the latter
washed with blue; fore part of cheeks and throat slightly varied with
silvery tips to the feathers; thighs and under wing- and tail-coverts
buffy white. Bill black; feet dark brown. Length, 152; culmen, 14;
wing, 75; tail, 62; tarsus, 18." (Sharpe.)
"The Panay verditer flycatcher seems to be a mountain form. A single
specimen was collected by the Steere Expedition on an expedition into
the mountains back of Sibulan, Negros." (Bourns and Worcester MS.)