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and sides slightly washed with lilac; sides of head vinaceous-buff, slightly 
washed with violet; a blue line under eye; alula, primary-coverts, and 
primaries mostly black, some of tg@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. 
“Hye straw-yellow ; bill vermilion; orbital skin gray ; legs light brown.” 
(Whitehead.) 
600. CALLISITTA CENOCHLAMYS (Sharpe). 
LOWLAND NUTHATCH. 
Dendrophila cnochlamys SHARPE, Trans. Linn. Soc. 2d. ser. Zool. (1877), 
1, 338, pl. 53, fig. 3; Hand-List (1903), 4, 351; WuuitreHeap, Ibis 
(1899), 227 (distribution). 
Sitta ceenochlamys GaDow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1883), 8, 359. 
Callisitta canochlamys McGrecor and WorcEsTER, Hand-List (1906), 94 
(error in locality list). 
Cebu (Everett, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Guimaras (Steere) ; Luzon 
(Whitehead, McGregor); Negros (Whitehead, Celestino); Panay (Steere Ezp., 
Bourns & Worcester). 
Adult male——A small white spot on lower part of lores; very similar 
to Callisitta palawana, 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, 16; 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 
(1895), 450, pl. 4, fig. 2; WHITEHEAD, Ibis (1899), 227 (habits, 
plumage) ; SHARPE, Hand-List (1903), 4, 351. 
Callisitta mesoleuca McGRecor and WoRCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 94. 
Ta-kad, 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 
