338 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS COLLECTED BY 



Anthtjs, Bechstein. 



90. Anthtjs gtjstavi; Corydalla gustavi, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 366. 



a. Isabella de Basilan. 

 Having carefully compared the Basilan skin, I came to the conclusion that it was 

 the same as the Chinese species, which is, therefore, recorded from the Philippines for 

 the first time. 



PARIDiE. 

 Partts, Linn. 



91. Partts amabilis, sp. n. (Plate LIU fig. 2.) 



2 ad. pileo undique cum regione jugulari nitide indigotico-nigris ; collo postico et inter- 

 scapulio lsete sulfureis ; dorso reliquo pulchre cinereo ; supracaudalihus indigotico- 

 nigris ; cauda nigra, rectricibus omnibus albo terminatis, reliquis etiam extus 

 omnino albis ; alis indigotico-nigris, tectricibus alarum late albo terminatis, fascias 

 alares formantibus : remigibus albo apicatis, primariis extus cinereo lavatis, secun- 

 dariis intimis etiam versus apicem pogonii interni albis ; corpore reliquo subtus 

 laete flavo ; subalaribus albis, macula nigra prope marginem tectricum inferiorem 

 posita; rostro nigro. Long. tot. 4*5, culm. 0*45, alee 2'85, caudae 1*75, tarsi 075. 

 a. ad. ; b. juv. Balabac. 

 The young bird is very different from the adult. It is brown above, with an 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 white 

 spotting, but not so pronounced. 



92. Pares elegans; MachlolopMis elegans (Less.), Walden, t. c. p. 199. 



a, b. Palawan ; c. Guiinaras. 



SITTID.E. 



93. Dendeophila frontalis, Horsf. : Salvad. t. c. p. 161. 



a, b. S ■ Puerto Princesa, Palawan. Eyes light chrome-yellow. 



[A genuine Nuthach in its habits. I shot my two specimens during a little sojourn 

 that I made among the herdsmen on the opposite sides of the bay from Puerto Princesa. 

 They were running about on the timber logs exactly as our own Nuthach would do at 

 home.— J. B. S.] 



Not to be distinguished from Bornean examples. 



94. Dendrophlla cenochlamys, sp. n. (Plate LIU. fig. 3). 



2 ad. similis D. frontali, seel ubique lsetius colorata ; collo laterali et postico cum inter- 

 scapulio colore pectoris vinaceo adumbratis ; sed preecipue vitta angusta lorali alba 

 et macula parva alba ad basin mandibula3 posita distinguenda. Long. tot. 5'0, 

 culm. 0*65, alse 3 # 0, caudse 1*7, tarsi - 7. 



a. ad. Guimaras. 



