Balabac (Steere, Everett); Palawan (Steere, Platen, Whitehead, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Doherty, Celestino, White).
Adult male.—Above french-blue; lores and forehead velvet-black; a black stripe over eye, extending from the black frontal patch to nape; under parts vinaceous-buff, chin and throat considerably paler; abdomen and sides slightly washed with lilac; sides of head vinaceous-buff, slightly washed with violet; a blue line under eye; alula, primary-coverts, and primaries mostly black, some of the feathers narrowly edged with blue; secondaries and secondary-coverts mostly blue; rectrices blue, each feather with a large black mark which occupies much of the inner web and part of the outer web. A male from Puerto Princesa, Palawan, measures: Length, 127; wing, 75; tail, 42; culmen from base, 15; bill from nostril, 10; tarsus, 17.
Adult female.—Like the male, but with no black line over eye and ear-coverts, although there is an indication of the line. Wing, 72; tail, 41; culmen from base, 15.5; bill from nostril, 10; tarsus, 15.
“Eye straw-yellow; bill vermilion; orbital skin gray; legs light brown.” (Whitehead.)
600. CALLISITTA ŒNOCHLAMYS (Sharpe).
LOWLAND NUTHATCH.
- Dendrophila œnochlamys Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. 2d. ser. Zool. (1877), 1, 338, pl. 53, fig. 3; Hand-List (1903), 4, 351; Whitehead, Ibis (1899), 227 (distribution).
- Sitta œnochlamys Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1883), 8, 359.
- Callisitta œnochlamys McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 94 (error in locality list).
Cebu (Everett, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor); Guimaras (Steere); Luzon (Whitehead, McGregor); Negros (Whitehead, Celestino); Panay (Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester).
Adult male.—A small white spot on lower part of lores; very similar to Callisitta palawana, but slightly darker blue above, bases of mantle feathers vinaceous-buff forming an ill-defined patch; under parts slightly darker than in C. palawana and more strongly washed with lilac; ear-coverts washed with blue. A male from Bataan Province, Luzon, measures: Length, 127; wing, 75; tail, 41; culmen from base, 16; bill from nostril, 11; tarsus, 17.
Adult female.—Similar to the male, but lacking the black line over eye and auriculars.