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CYORNIS. 439 
Male.—Above dark blue; a narrow band on forehead continued over 
each eye lighter blue, as also the lesser wing-coverts; primaries and 
secondaries black, edged with blue; shafts of rectrices black, inner webs 
of all but middle pair black; lores black; ear-coverts and sides of neck 
very dark blue; a black band across chin continued backward on each side 
of throat; throat, breast, and sides rich orange-rufous, slightly paler on 
throat ; crissum and middle of abdomen white; thighs blue, some of the 
feathers tipped with white. Iris brown; bill black; legs pale bluish; 
nails dark blackish brown. Length of a male from Luzon, 140; wing, 
73; tail, 61; culmen from base, 14; bill from nostril, 10; tarsus, 18. 
Female.—Similar to the male, but lores pale buff; chin and sides of 
throat orange-rufous instead of black. Length of a female from Sibuyan, 
157; wing, 78; tail, 64; culmen from base, 16; bill from nostril, 11; 
tarsus, 19. 
“The Philippine cyornis is a common and wide spread species; it is 
found in deep forest, along wooded streams, and about clumps of bamboo 
in the open. Iris nearly black; legs, feet, and nails light slaty brown; 
bill black. Food worms and insects. Breeding in Cebu in July. Twenty 
males average: Length, 156; wing, 76; tail, 65; culmen, 17; tarsus, 18; 
middle toe with claw, 19. Ten females, length, 146; wing, 71; tail, 60; 
culmen, 16; tarsus, 17; middle toe with claw, 18.” (Bourns and Wor- 
cester MS.) 
401. CYORNIS LEMPRIERI Sharpe. 
LEMPRIERE’S CYORNIS, 
Cyornis lemprieri SHARPE, Ibis (1884), 319; Hand-List (1901), 3, 216; 
McGrecor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 72. 
Siphia lemprieri Everett, Jour. Str. Br. Roy. As. Soe. (1889), 20, 133; 
Isis (1895), 25. 
Balabae (Everett); Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester); Palawan (Hverett, 
Lempriere, Platen, Steere Hxp., Bourns & Worcester, Celestino). 
“Adult male-—General color above dull blue, with half concealed tufts 
of white on the sides of the rump; lesser wing-coverts brighter cobalt, 
forming a shoulder-patch; median and greater series blackish, externally 
like the back; alula, primary-coverts, and quills black, with narrow 
margins of dull blue, broader on the secondaries; tail-feathers blackish, 
greenish blue externally; head like the back, the base of the forehead 
brighter cobalt, extending backward over the eye and forming an eyebrow ; 
lores black; sides of face and ear-coverts and cheeks black, glossed with 
dull blue ; a moustachial line of blue feathers tipped with white; a black 
chin spot; throat and fore neck orange-buff, extending down the sides of 
the body, but paler and inclining to whitish below the black chin-spot; 
