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_ Chin and upper throat vinous brownish like remainder of under parts. . . 6, C. FRONTALIS PALAWANA. 
Chin and upper throat whitish, distinctly paler than chest andabdomen. . . . . . . . . . . 6, 
. Under parts paler, creamy buff, shaded with pale vinaceous or lilac on flanks 4. C, FRONTALIS FRONTALIS. 
Under parts darker, strongly washed with deep lilac. . os 5. C. FRONTALIS SATURATIOR. 
. With a conspicuous whitish nuchal patch oS a ja) te ae we st ae ee 8. CO BRONTAMISEMESOMRUGsE 
No whitish nuchal patch: .-  e  e s e  e) ew Wece c 
. Under parts pale brownish buff, flanks slightly shaded with pale lilac. . 7. C. PRONTALIS G:NOCHLAMYS. 
Under parts strongly washed all over (except on throat) with deep lilac . . g. C. FRONTALIS LILACEA. 
Callisitta formosa (Blyth). (Plate, Fig. 5.) 
Sitta formosa. Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Vol. 12, mn, p. 938 (1843) (Darjeeling, Sikkim). 
Hab. Eastern Himalayas (Sikkim, Daphla Hills); Assam (Khasia Hills); Burma (Shan States) 
Callisitta azurea (Lesson). 
Sitta azuvea Lesson, ‘Traité d’Ornith, p. 316 (1830) (no locality). 
Dendrophila flavipes Swainson, Anim, in Menag. p. 323 (1838) (« India »). 
Fig. Gray, Genera Birds, Vol. 3, pl. 45. 
Hab. Java, Timor, and Mountains of the Malay Peninsula (Gunong Jjau, G. Tahan, Semangko 
Pass etc.). 
Callisitta frontalis corallipes (Sharpe). 
Dendrophila corallipes Sharpe, The [bis (5), Vol. 2, p. 479 (1888) (Kina Balu, N. Gorneo). 
Hab. Mountains of North Borneo (Kina Balu). 
Callisitta frontalis frontalis (Swainson). (Plate, Figs. 3, 3a.) 
Sitta frontalis Swainson, Zool. Illustr. Vol. 1, pl. 2 (1820-21) (Ceylon). 
Sitta corallina Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Vol. 5, u, p. 779 (1836) (Nepal). 
Sitta velata Yemminck, Pl. Col. pl. 72, f. 3 (1821) (Sumatra and Java). 
Sitta frontalis hageni Parrot, Abhandl. Bay. Akad. Wissensch. 2. KI. Vol. 24 (1), p. 244 (1907) (Simpang, island 
of Bangka). 
Hab. Throughout the greater portion of India, including Ceylon; in the Himalayas, from Kumaon to 
Dibrugarh, up to Sooo feet; Assam, and thence down to Tenasserim, the Malay Peninsula, and to 
the islands of Java, Sumatra and Bangka. 
. Callisitta frontalis saturatior (Hartert). 
Sitta frontalis saturatioy Hartert, Novit. Zool. Vol. 9, p. 573 (1902) (Gunong Tahan, Malay Peninsula). 
Hab. Mountains of the Malay Peninsula (Gunone Tahan etc.), at elevations of from 3300 to 7000 feet. 
N. B. A doubtful form whose range is very imperfectly known. It is rather difficult to understand 
why Gunong Tahan should be inhabited by a peculiar race, while C. /. frontalis has an apparently 
uninterrupted range from the Himalayas to the Sunda Islands. 
. Callisitta frontalis palawana (Hartert). 
Sitta frontalis palawana Hartert, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, Vol. 16, p. 11 (1905) (Palawan). 
Hab. Philippine Islands : Palawan and Balabac. 
. Callisitta frontalis cenochlamys (Sharpe). 
Dendrophila oenochlamys Sharpe, Trans, Linn. Soc. Lond (2), Vol. 1, p. 338, pl. 53, f. 3 (1876) (Island of Guimaras, 
Philippine Islands). 
Hab. Philippine Islands : Cebu, Guimaras, Luzon, Mindanao, Negros, Panay. 
. Callisitta frontalis mesoleuca (Ogilvie-Grant). 
Dendrophila mesolenca Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, Vol. 3. p. 49 (1894) (Mountains of North Luzon). 
Hab. High Mountains of North Luzon, Philippine Islands. 
. Callisitta frontalis lilacea (Whitehead). 
Dendrophila lilacea Whitehead, Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club, Vol. 6, p. 49 (1897) (Samar). 
Hab. Philippine Islands : Samar, Leyte. Basilan. 
