CISTICOLA. 581 



in trees and singing. Four females from Mindanao measure : Length, 

 105; wing, 46; tail, 38; culmen, 12; tarsus, 19; middle toe with claw, 

 17. Legs, feet, and nails pale, reddish brown; upper mandible nearly 

 black, lower pale at tip, black at base." {Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



5G5. CISTICOLA EXILIS (Vigors and Horsfield). 

 GOLDEN-HEADED CISTICOLA. 



Malurus exilis Vigors and Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. (1825), 15, 223. 



Cisticola exilis Shaepe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1883), 7, 269; Hand-List 

 (1903), 4, 198; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 221 (habits); Gates and 

 Reid, Cat. Birds' Eggs (1905), 4, 194; McGregor and Worcester, 

 Hand-List (1906), 89. 



Pi-rot, Bohol, Siqiiijor; pi-pit co-gon, Manila. 



Bantayan (McGregor) ; Bohol {McGregor) ; Calamianes [Bourns d Worces- 

 ter) ; Caluya (Porter) ; Cebu (Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Leyte (Barisch) ; 

 Lubang (McGregor) ; Luzon (Hteere Exp., Whitehead, McGregor); Marinduque 

 (Steere Exp.); Masbate (Bourns d Worcester) ; Mindanao (Everett, Bourns d 

 Worcester) ; Mindoro (Bourns d Worcester, McGregor) ; Negros (Everett, Bourns 

 d Worcester) ; Panay (Bourns d Worcester) ; Romblon (Bourns d Worcester) ; 

 Saff.ar (Bourns d Worcester); Semirara (McGregor d Worcester); Sibay (Mc- 

 Gregor d Worcester) ; Sibnyan (Bourns d Worcester) ; Siquijor (Bourns d Wor- 

 cester, Celestino) ; Sulu (Guillemard, Bourns d Worcester); Tablas (Bourns d 

 Worcester); Ticao (McGregor) ; Verde (McGregor). Southern China, India 

 Peninsula, Burmese provinces, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, Australia, 

 Formosa. 



Adult male {May to August). — Top of head golden buff becoming 

 dusky on hind neck ; back ashy gray heavily streaked with black ; lower 

 back, rump, and tail-coverts dark tawny buff ; under parts heavily washed 

 with tawny buff, most heavily on sides and thighs ; middle of breast and 

 thighs lighter and nearly white; wing-feathers blackish brown, more or 

 less edged with ashy gray or rusty buff; tail blackish, tipped witli dark 

 buff. A male from Bohol measures: Wing, 42; tail, 31; culmen from 

 base, 10; bill from nostril, 6; tarsus, 29. 



Female. — Similar to the male, but top of head fulvous-brown, heavily 

 streaked with black. 



Male in non-hrecding phimage resembles the female, having a streaked 

 crown and the under pai'ts mostly white. 



Young, in first plumage, resemble the adult in non-breeding plumage, 

 but the under parts, especially the face, throat, and breast, are washed 

 with pale lemon-yellow. 



"Three males from Siilu measure: Length, 90; wing, 40.6; tail, 35.5; 

 culmen, 11. G; tarsus, 17; middle toe with claw, 14. Two females, length, 

 97 ;' wing, 40; tail, 36. 5 ; culmen, 12; tarsus, 18; middle toe with claw, 

 15." {Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



