Dendrophila mesoleuca Grant, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club. (1894), 3,
49; Ibis (1895), 450, pl. 4, fig. 2; Whitehead, Ibis (1899); 227
(habits, plumage); Sharpe, Hand-List (1903), 4, 351.
Callisitta mesoleuca McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 94.
Ta-ká, Benguet.
Luzon (Whitehead, McGregor, Worcester, Mearns, Bartsch).
Adult male.--A small white spot on lower part of lores; middle of
mantle with the bases of feathers pale vinaceous-buff to whitish,
forming a patch; under parts pale buff with no lilac wash; throat and
chin very pale, almost white. Iris yellow; bill and bare skin around
eye greenish yellow; legs and nails dark green. Length, about 140;
wing, 75; tail, 43; culmen from base, 15; bill from nostril, 10.5;
tarsus, 16.
Adult female.--Differs from the male in having no black line over
the eye to nape. Wing, 72; tail, 40; culmen from base, 17; bill from
nostril, 12; tarsus, 16.
Callisitta mesoleuca is very abundant in the mountains of Benguet
Province, while C. oenochlamys inhabits the forests of the lowlands.