496 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 



Bantayau (McGregor) ; Banton [Celestino) ; Basilan {Everett, Steere Exp., 

 Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; Bohol {Everett, McGregor) ; Cagayancillo {Mc- 

 Gregor) ; Cagayan Siilu {Guilleniard, McGregor) ; Calamianes {Bourns & Worces- 

 ter) ; Caluya {Porter) ; Catanduanes {Whitehead) ; Cebu {Meyer, Steere Exp., 

 Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; Cuyo {McGregor) ; Guimaras {Meyer, Steere 

 Exp., Bourns d Worcester) ; Leyte {Everett) ; Lubang {McGregor) ; Luzon {Eve- 

 rett, Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, Whitehead, McGregor) ; Marinduque {Steere 

 Exp.) ; Masbate {McGregor) ; Mindanao {Steere, Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, 

 Celestino) ; Mindoro {Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; Negros {Eve- 

 rett, Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester, Whitehead, Keay) ; Palawan {Bourns d 

 Worcester) ; Panay {Murray, Steere, Steere Exp., Bourns d Worcester) ; Romblon 

 {Bourns d Worcester) ; Sibay {McGregor d Worcester) ; Sibuyan {Bourns d Wor- 

 cester, McGregor) ; Siquijor {Bourns d Worcester, Celestino) ; Sulu {Guillemard, 

 Bourns d Worcester) ; Tablas {Bourns d Worcester) ; Ticao {McGregor). Malay 

 Peninsula, Nicobar Islands, Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



Male. — Very similar to L. melanoleuca, but much smaller and with a 

 broad white line from forehead over eye to nape. Length, about 180; 

 other measurements from a male taken in Bohol are : Wing, 92 ; tail, 73 ; 

 culmen from base, 18; bill from nostril, 11; tarsus, 19. 



The immature male resembles the adult female. 



Female. — Differs from the male in having the upper surface bluish 

 gray with blackish shaft-lines, the white band over eye less distinct, and 

 the breast, sides, and flanks closely barred with narrow gray lines. A 

 female from Bohol measures: Wing, 92; tail, 72; culmen from base, 17; 

 bill from nostril, 12; tarsus, 20. 



Nestling. — Two nestlings from Banton, June 30, 1905, have the 

 feathers of upper parts dark ashy brown with wide tips of light earthy 

 buff; under parts white with spots and longitudinal lines of blackish 

 brown, the wings are similar to those of the adult, but the white areas are 

 washed with buff. 



•The pied lalage is widely distributed and abundant; the other two 

 Philippine species are comparatively rare. 



Family PYCNONOTID^. 



Bill slender and compressed; culmen gently curved and having a 

 decided keel ; a notch near the tip of upper mandible and, in some genera, 

 another notch near tip of lower mandible ; nostrils pierced in the anterior 

 part of a membrane the base of which may be covered with short plumes, 

 but the nostrils always exposed except in Ircna; wing longer than tail; 

 first primary little more than one-half the second, the latter shorter 

 than third; fourth and fifth usually forming the tip of the wing; tail 

 square, or slightly rounded, rarely decidedly graduate; tarsus short, 

 nearly always less than culmen from base, and seldom greater than 

 middle toe with claw. In some genera there are a number of hairs 

 springing from the nape, but these are not greatly developed, except in 

 Irena and Trichophorns. 



