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87. Phylloscopus borealis (Bias.). *. 90. Motacilla flava, L. *. 
88 . Cisticola cisticola (Oates). M. 91. Anthiis gustavi, Swinh. *. 
89. Orthotomus ruficeps (Less.). M. 92. Anthus maculatus, Hodgs. *. 
93. Parus amabilis, Sharpe, f. 
This beautiful little Titmouse is fairly common in the forest, frequenting the high trees in small 
parties, probably families. The young were fully fledged in the beginning of September. 
The description of the adult female (in B. M. Catalogue, vol. viii. p. 22) from typical specimens 
collected by Professor Steere really applies to the adult male only, so I take it that they were wrongly 
sexed. 
Adult female. Head greenish black, slightly greener on throat ; a pale yellow collar at the back of 
the neck ; back olive-green, slightly grey on the rump. Upper tail-coverts greenish black ; tail brownish 
black, tipped and marked as in the male, but to a very much less degree. Wings dark brown, marked 
as in the male, but not nearly so pronounced ; primaries externally washed with greenish yellow, but 
quills not tipped with white ; rest of the under surface slightly duller than in the male. 
The young are brown above, more greenish on the lower back, with a distinct yellow collar, as in the 
female ; beneath pale yellow, with a slightly greyish tinge on the throat. Some young males have the 
adult plumage on the throat and breast, but the back is much mingled with immature feathers, which 
have faded into rusty brown. The white spots on the wings and tail often become worn off. 
94. Dendrophila frontalis, Idorsf. M. (but not Bornean). 
This Nuthatch is fairly common in the more open country, especially amongst the dead trees, which 
are left standing, often in numbers, in the rice-fields. This, curiously enough, is not the Bornean species, 
I). corallipes (which has bright-red legs, and is of a richer colour in plumage), but is the true D. frontalis 
of Java, Sumatra, and other islands. Thus it is doubtful whether Dendrophila frontalis reached Palawan 
via Borneo. D. cenochlamys of the Philippines is more like the Bornean species, both being more brightly 
coloured than D. frontalis, but the Philippine bird is brown-legged like D. frontalis. The orbital skin 
of the typical I), frontalis is lemon-yellow, that of the Palawan D. frontalis grey. 
Sulu, “ Baltelik.” 
Eye straw-yellow ; bill vermilion ; orbital skin grey ; legs light brown. 
95. Myzanthe pygm^a (Kittlitz). P. 
96. Prionochilus Johanna, sp. n., Sharpe, t- 
P. similis P. xanthopygio,. sed mento et fascia supragenali albis distinguendus. 
Adult male. General colour above dark slaty blue, with a broad band of yellow across the rump ; 
wing-coverts like the back ; bastard-wing, primary-coverts, and quills blackish, edged with slate-blue ; 
upper tail-coverts slate-blue ; tail-feathers black, with slate-blue margins ; crown of head dark slaty blue, 
with a large patch of scarlet in the centre of the hinder crown ; sides of face, ear-coverts, sides of neck, 
and sides of upper breast slate-blue, with a distinct white cheek-stripe, followed by a line of slate-blue 
along the sides of the throat, and joined to the hinder cheeks and ear-coverts ; chin whitish ; remainder 
of under surface bright yellow, the chest with a scarlet patch in the centre ; abdomen and sides of vent 
and under tail-coverts yellowish white ; sides of body and flanks yellow, with a greenish tinge ; thighs 
slate-grey ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white ; quills below black, white along the inner edge. 
Total length 3*4 inches, culmen 0'45, wing 2, tail 1*05, tarsus 0'55. 
Dr. Sharpe did not describe the female, so I add a description :—General colour above olive-green, 
with a bright yellow patch on the rump ; head slightly grey, with a dull yellow patch on the crown ; 
wing-coverts and tail brownish black, edged with greenish yellow ; primaries edged with grey ; sides of 
face and ear-coverts greyish brown, with a distinct white cheek-stripe, followed by a brown line along 
