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olive-greenish tinge, the head and face browner. Below it is yellow, 
duller than in the adult, the throat olive; wings and tail browner than 
in the adult, with the same Whigs otting, but not so pronounced.” 
(Sharpe.) 
Genus PENTHORNIS Hellmayr, 1901. 
The genus Penthornis is distinguished from Pardaliparus by its nearly 
uniform black plumage and white frontal band. 
Species. 
a’. Wings uniform black with no white bav....-.......--......-------- semilarvatus (p. 608) 
a’. Wings black, but with a conspicuous white bar near the base of primaries 
etd: BECOMGATICS te eee oN a eee cena tessacourbe (p. 608) 
597. PENTHORNIS SEMILARVATUS (Salvadori). 
WHITE-FACED BLACK TITMOUSE, 
Melaniparus semilarvatus Satvaporti, Atti Soc. Ital. Se. Nat. (1865), 8, 
375; Ibis (1879), 300, pl. 9. t 
Parus semilarvatus Gapow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1883), 8, 38; WHITE- 
HEAD, Ibis (1899), 224 (habits). 
Penthornis semilarvatus SHARPE, Hand-List (1903), 4, 333; McGreeor and 
Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 94. 
Luzon (Whitehead, McGregor) ; Negros (Steere Ezxp.). 
Adult male.—Greater part of plumage glossy black, the following parts 
white: Forehead to opposite center of eye, lores, line under eye, fore part 
of cheeks; a concealed patch on hind neck formed by the white bases of 
the feathers; part of the inner webs of wing and quills, wing-lning, 
axillars, and outer webs of under tail-coverts white. Im one specimen 
before me, probably immature, the tail-coverts are entirely black. Iris 
light brown; bill, legs, and nails black. Length, about 130; wing, 75; 
tail, 50; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 9; tarsus, 17. 
Female.—A female from Bataan Province, Luzon, has the under parts 
mostly seal-brown but this is probably because of immaturity. Wing, 71; 
tail, 59; culmen from base, 12; bill from nostril, 9; tarsus, 15. 
598. PENTHORNIS TESSACOURBE (Scopoli). 
WHITE-WINGED BLACK TITMOUSE, 
Muscicapa tessacourbe Scorout, Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. (1786), 2, 95 
(based on Sonnerat’s figure). 
Muscicapa luzoniensis GMELIN, Syst. Nat. (1788), 1, pt. 2, 942 (same basis 
as Scopoli’s name). 
Micropus nehrkorni BuLAStIus, Jour. fiir Orn. (1890), 147. 
Penthornis luzoniensis SHARPE, Hand-List (1903), 4, 333; McGrecor and 
WokcESTER, Hand-List (1906), 94. 
Mindanao (Sonnerat?, Platen). 
Male.—Similar to Penthornis semilarvatus, but with a broad white 
band across the inner primaries and outer secondaries near their bases. 
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