Birds of the Ph'd'qjpine Islands. 513 



This beautiful and extremely distinct Nuthatch may be 

 instantly recognized from all others o£ the genus by the 

 large elongate patch of whitish feathers running from the 

 nape to the middle of the back. It resembles D. frontalis in 

 the paler colour of the underparts, but, like D. aenochlamys, 

 it has a white spot just above the angle of the gape. As 

 in the above-mentioned species, the female differs from the 

 male in lacking the black postorbital band on either side 

 of the occiput. " Bill lemon-yellow ; legs dark green. — 

 J. W.^^ 



^ . Total length 5*0 inches, wing 3"0, tail 1'55, tarsus 0"7j 

 culmen 0'65. 



? . Total length 4*7 inches, wing 3"8-3*9, tail 1*5, tarsus 

 0-6-0-65, culmen 0-61-0-65. 



43. ^Ethopyga flavipectus. Grant, Bull. B. O. C. iii. 

 p. xlix (1894). 



This species is really very closely allied to ^. bella, which 

 is found in Surigao, off the coast of Mindanao, almost the 

 only appreciable difference being that the scarlet spot on the 

 middle of the chest of the latter species is entirely absent in 

 the bird from the highlands of N. Luzon. Another point is 

 that in yE. Jiavipectus the metallic green scarcely extends 

 beyond the forehead, whereas in ^. bella it extends over the 

 crown. 



S . Total length 37 inches, wing 1-65-1 -7, tail 1-2-1 '3, 

 tarsus 0-5_, culmen 0-65. 



Mr. Whitehead has not yet obtained a female of this 

 beautiful little Sun-bird. 



44. EuDREPANis JEFFERYi, Grant, Bull. B. O. C, iii. p. 1 

 (1894). 



Although this species closely resembles E. pulc]ie7'rima, 

 from the islands of Dinagat and Basilan, in general appear- 

 ance, the male differs in the following important particulars : — 

 The patch of metallic feathers behind the eye is steel-blue 

 instead of green; the outer webs of the secondaries and 

 scapulars are widely margined with metallic green, not olive- 

 green ; and the scarlet patch on the middle of the upper 

 breast is more conspicuous. 



