2. MYIOPHONEFS. 9 



d. Ad. sk. Cashmere. E. M. Lang-worthy, Esq. [P.]. 



e, f. Ad. sk. N.W. Himalayas. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill [P.]. 

 g. Ad. sk. Kumaon {Strachey). India Museum. 

 h,i,k. Ad.sk. Nepal. _ B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



India Museum. 



Gould Collection. 



F.D. God man and Osbert Salvin, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 E. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



India Museum. 



Eugene W. Gates, Esq. [C.]. 



3. Myiophoneus caeruleus. 



Le Merle bleu de la Chine, Sonn. Voy. hid. Orient, ii. p. 188, pi. 108 



(1782). 

 Gracula ceerulea, Scop. Del. Flur. et Faun. Insuhr. ii. p. SS, no. 42 



(1786, e.T Sonn.). 

 Turdus violaceus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 829 (1788). 

 M>-iophoneus nitidus, J. E. Gray, Zool. Misc p. 1 (1844); G. R. Gray, 



'Fasc. B. China, p. 4, pi. 1 (1871). 

 Myiophoneus brevirostris, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1852, p. 460. 

 Mviophoneus cferuleus, Sclater, Ibis, 1860, p. 56 ; Sicinh. Ibis, 1861, 



p. 36, 1862, p. 265 ; id. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 277 ; Blt/th, Ibis, 1867, 



p. 184 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 264, no. 3859 (1869) ; Swinh. 



P. Z. S. 1871, p. 368 ; David (^ Oustalet, Ois. Chine, p. 176, pi. 43 



(1878). 

 Myiophoneus horsfieldii, Swinh. Ibis, 1860, p. 55 (nee Vig.). 



Adult. Very similar to M. temmincH, and having the plumage 

 profusely tipped with enamelled blue, but distinguished at once by 

 its entirely black bill ; " bill black : feet black ; claws brown ; iris 

 chestnut" (David). Total length 12 inches, ciilmen 1'2, wing 6'6, 

 tail 4' 6, tarsus 2-1. 



Ilab. All over China, and is common and resident in the central 

 and southern portions of the country, but becomes very rare towards 

 Pekin ; extends westwards to Szechuen. 



4. Myiophoneus eugenii. 



Myiophoneus eugenei, Hvme, Sir. F. 1^73, p. 475; id. i^- Gates, Str. 



F. 1874, p. 1C6; Hume, Str. F. 1874, p. 475; id. ^- Davison, Str. 



F. 1878, vol. i. p. 2:36; id. Str. F. 1879, p. 93; Bingham, Str. F. 



1880, p. 176; Gates, B. Brit. Burm. p. 17 (1883). 

 Myiophoneus temminckii, Wald. in Bli/th's B. Burm. p. 98 (1875, 



pt.). 



Adult. Very similar to M. ^('??i«H'Hr/i(", but without the white spots 



