132 Count T. Salvadori—Notes 
scarlet spot. In P. flavicans the crown is darker, the blue 
is of a lilac tint, and only extends to the occiput, while the 
median spot is crimson. 
“The female differs from the male in being emerald-green 
all over, and wanting the verditer-blue on the lead as well 
as the scarlet spot on the latter. 
“ Hab. Sooloo Islands: Tawi-Tawi, Bongao, and Sibutu.” 
(Sharpe.) 
PrrionituRUs MonTANUS Whitchead, MS. ; Ogilvie-Grant, 
Bull. B. O. C. iv. p. xli (N. Luzon) (1895) ; id. Ibis, 1895, 
p- 466 ; Sharpe, Hand-list, i. p. 29, n.5 (1900) ; McGregor, 
Bull. Philipp. Mus. no. 3, p. 10 (1904) ; McGreg. & Wore. 
Bureau of Gov. Lab. no. 86, p. 48 (1906). 
«¢ Adull male. Back of the head and nape dark grass-green, 
only slightly brighter than the back and rest of the upper 
parts, the blue tips to the feathers of the forehead and 
crown darker [than in P. verticalis], commencing at the base 
of the bill and extending over the lores, sides of the head, 
and cheeks ; under-parts dull grass-green, with scarcely a 
trace of yellow, so characteristic of the Sibutu bird. 
« Adult female. Differs from the female of P. verticals in 
having the head dull grass-green, the forehead, lores, sides 
of the crown, and feathers round the eyes being washed with 
blue. The under-parts are like those of the male and never 
yellow-green as in the Sibutu female. ‘Eyes stone-grey, 
bill and feet whitish lead-grey * (IVhitehvad). 
« Total length 12°2 inches, wing 6-4, tail 5°2, tarsus 0:65.” 
(Grant.) 
Similar to P. verticalis Sharpe, from the Sulu Archipelago, 
but the hind part of the crown and nape deep grass-green, 
scarcely brighter than the rest of the upper parts ; cheeks 
and sides of the head blue. ‘Total length 12:4 inches; 
wing 6°3; tarsus 065. 
Hab. Mountains of Lepanto in Northern Luzon. 
PrionituRus piscuRus (Vieill.) ; Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1895, 
p. 263; 1896, p.560; 1897, p.248; Sharpe, Hand-list, 11. p. 29, 
n. 6 (1900); McGreg. & Worcest. Bureau of Gov. Lab. no.36, 
p. 49 (1906) ; Ogilvie-Grant, Ibis, 1906, p. 494. 
