236 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie Grant on the 



straw-colour, bill tipped with black ; legs olive-green, with 

 edges of scales yellowish. It is a curious fact that the 

 Nuthatch from Palawan and Balabac should be named 

 D. frontalis like the birds from Java and India; while the 

 representative form in Borneo, D. corallipes, Sharpe, is a 

 very distinct species, having the underparts almost as bright 

 as those of 7). cenochlamys and the legs bright vermilion. 

 Mr. A. H. Everett remarks (Ibis, 1895, p. 24) that the 

 Balabac birds have the legs dull brownish red, instead of 

 brown, as in Palawan specimens. Indian birds have the legs 

 pinkish brown. — J. W.] 



36. tEthopyga BELLA, Twccdd. ; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. ix. p. 29 (1884). 



Although Messrs. Bourns and Worcester do not record 

 this lovely little Sun-bird from Samar, they certainly obtained 

 specimens there, for the Museum has a pair from that island 

 in the Steere Collection which bear Mr. Worcester's label. 



Mr. Whitehead also collected several examples, but the 

 species was not met with in Leite, though it doubtless occurs 

 there. " Surigao," where Mr. A. H. Everett obtained the 

 type JE. bella, is in the extreme north-east of Mindanao, but 

 has been confounded in the ' Catalogue of Birds ■" {vide supra) 

 with " Siargao,'' an island off the coast. 



37. EuDREPANis PULCHERRiMA (Sharpe). 



jEthopyga pulcherrima, Sharpe ; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. ix. p. 31 (1884) ; Steere, List Birds & Mamm. Philip, 

 pines, p. 22 (1890). 



This very beautiful Sun-bird is represented in both collec- 

 tions. Mr. Whitehead has kindly presented to the Natural 

 History Museum a beautiful domed nest of this species 

 found in Samar on the 26th June, together with a pair of 

 birds. These have been mounted by Mr. Cullingford, while 

 the fern [Angiopteris erecta) to which the nest is suspended 

 has been skilfully reproduced by Miss Emett. This group 

 is now to be seen in the Bird Gallery. The eggs of this 

 species are rather remarkable, and will be described in a 

 future paper. 



