CULMEN
NO. SEX LOCALITY WING TAIL TARSUS TO BASE
64,332 [Male] ad. Palawan 64 49 20.5 19
64,333 [Male] ad. " 62 44 21 18.5
64,334 [Male] ad. " 62 44 20 18
86,684 [Male] ad. Dumaran 62 46 21 18
86,685 [Male] ad. " 61 50 19 18.5
41,304 [Female] ad. Palawan 61 47 20 18
86,683 [Female] ad. " 62 48 19 17
REMARKS.--The Palawan and Dumaran bird represents a very good form,
easily separated from _A. tiphia tiphia_ or _A. t. viridis_ by its
larger bill and much brighter upper parts. The series shows no
individual variation, and no tendency to ever become dusky or black
above.
ORTHOTOMUS RUFICEPS NUNTIUS, subsp. nov.
Three specimens from the Sulu Archipelago; an adult [Male] Sibutu, 23
August, an adult [Male] Cagayan de Sulu, 2 July, and an immature
[Female] Jolo, 2 August.
TYPE.--M. C. Z. 57,529 adult [Male], Cagayan de Sulu, 2 July, 1911. W.
Cameron Forbes.
CHARACTERS.--Similar to _O. ruficeps ruficeps_ (Lesson), (specimens
from Borneo), but slightly larger, with longer bill; upper parts
clearer gray; crown slightly deeper brown.