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and sides slightly washed with lilac ; sides of head vinaceous-buff, slightly 

 washed with violet; a blue line nnder eye; alula, primary-coverts, and 

 primaries mostly black, some of the feathers narrowly edged with blue; 

 secondaries and secondary-coverts mostly blue ; rectrices blue, each feather 

 with a large black mark which occupies much of the inner web and part 

 of the outer web. A male from Puerto Princesa, Palawan, measures: 

 Length, 127; wing, 75; tail, 42; culmen from base, 15; bill from nostril, 

 10; tarsus, 17. 



Adult female. — Like the male, but with no black line over eye and ear- 

 coverts, although there is an indication of the line. Wing, 72; tail, 41; 

 culmen from base, 15.5; bill from nostril, 10; tarsus, 15. 



"Eye straw-yellow ; bill vermilion ; orbital skin gray ; legs light brown." 

 {Whitehead.) 



600. CALLISITTA CENOCHLAMYS (Sharpe). 



LOWLAND NUTHATCH. 



Dendrophila oenochlamys Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. 2d. ser. Zool. (1877), 

 1, 338, pi. 53, fig. 3; Hand-List (1903), 4, 351; Whitehead, Ibis 

 (1899), 227 (distribution). 



Siita oenochlamys Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1883), 8, 359. 



Callisitta ccnochlamys ]\IcGregor and Wokcestek, Hand-List (1906), 94 

 (error in locality list). , 



Cebu {Everett, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; Guimaras (Steere) ; Luzon 

 (Whitehead, McGregor); Negros (Whitehead, Celestino) ; Panay (Steere Exp., 

 Bourns cC- Worcester) . 



Adult male. — A. small white spot on lower part of lores; very similar 

 to Callisitta palaiuana, but slightly darker blue above, bases of mantle 

 feathers vinaceous-buff forming an ill-defined patch ; under parts slightly 

 darker than in C. palawana and more strongly washed with lilac; ear- 

 coverts washed with blue. A male from Bataan Province, Luzon, meas- 

 ures: Length, 127; wing, 75; tail, 41; culmen from base, IG; bill from 

 nostril, 11; tarsus, 17. 



Adult female. — Similar to the male, but lacking the black line over eye 

 and auriculars. 



601. CALLISITTA MESOLEUCA (Grant). 



HIGHLAND NUTHATCH. 



Dendrophila mesoleuca Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club. (1894), 3, 49; Ibis 

 (1S95), 450, pi. 4, fig. 2; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 227 (habits, 

 plumage); Sharpe, Hand-List (1903), 4, 351. 



Callisitta mesoleuca McGregos and Worcester, Hand-List (1900), 94. 



Ta-kd, Benguet. 



Luzon (Whitehead, McGregor, Worcester, Mearns, Bartsch) . 



Adult male. — A small white spot on lower part of lores; middle of 

 mantle with the bases of feathers pale vinaceous-buff to whitish, forming 

 a patch; under parts pale buff with no lilac wash; throat and chin very 



