Phyllergates cinereicollis (not of Sharpe) Grant, Ibis (1894),
510; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 221 (habits).
Phyllergates philippinus Hartert, Novit. Zool. (1897), 4, 517;
Sharpe, Hand-List (1903), 4, 237; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List
(1906), 91.
Luzon (Whitehead, McGregor).
Adult.--Forehead and crown cadmium-yellow; occiput and neck
slate-gray; a line of lemon-yellow over eye; remainder of upper parts,
including edges of the wing-feathers and rectrices, olive-green;
(rump lemon-yellow in the male); inner webs of primaries edged with
white; lores and band behind eye dusky gray; ear-coverts, cheeks,
chin, throat, and fore breast silky white; remainder of under
parts, including edge of wing, axillars, and wing-lining, bright
lemon-yellow. Bill dusky brown; base of lower mandible lighter;
legs pale yellow; nails light brown. Length, about 115. Male, wing,
44; tail, 42; culmen from base, 16; bill from nostril, 9; tarsus,
18. Female, wing, 42; tail, 37; culmen from base, 15; bill from
nostril, 10; tarsus, 18.
The Luzon tailor warbler is abundant in the Province of Benguet;
its habits are similar to those of the lowland tailorbirds which it
seems to replace in the mountains.