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at the ei\d of the wing-coverts, these being tipped with glistening 

 dull blue like the rest of the u])per surface ; the bill has also a little 

 more yellow towards the end of the upper mandible ; " bill orange- 

 ycUow ; the region of nostrils and anterior half of culmen dark 

 brown ; feet, legs, and claws black ; iris umber-brown ; eyelids 

 straw-yellow" {Eugene Oates). Total length 13 inches, culmen 1-4, 

 wing 6-7, tail 4-9, tarsus 2-1. 



Hab. Hills of Tenasserim and Pegu to the eastward of the 

 Irawady river, extending to the Karen hills, where it meets the 

 range of M. temmincl-ii. 



a. Ad. sk. Tenasserim (IMfer). India Museum. 



b,c. S 2 ad. sk. Nedong, Attaran river, Tenas- W. DavLson, Esq. [C.]. 

 serim. 



d. S ad. sk. Thoungveen river, Tenas- Capt. Bingliam [P.]. 



serim^ Jan. 29, 1880. 



e. Ad. sk. Western slopes of Pegu hills, Eugene W. Oates, Esq. 



Feb. 23, 1873. [C.]. 



5. Myiophoneus dicrorhynchus. 



Myiophoneus dicrorhynchus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civic. Genov. xi\-. 

 p. 227 (1871) ; Wdrdlcnv Ramsay, P. Z. f>. 1880, p. 10. 



Adult. General colour above dull purplish black, with a lai'ge 

 tuft of white feathers at the side of the lower back and rump ; no 

 shoulder-patch, and no white tips to the mediaji coveits, the wings 

 and tail being also like the back, the latter only a little more blue ; 

 lores, sides of face, and car-coverts black, with a shade of purplish 

 blue across the upper forehead ; entire under surface of body dusky 

 black, with concealed white bases to all the breast-feathers. Total 

 length 13 inches, culmen 1-5, wing 6-4, tail 4-4, tarsus 2-1. 



Hah. Sumatra. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Sumatra. Purchased. 



6. Myiophoneus horsfieldi. 



Mviophonus horsfieldii, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 35; Temm. PL Col. 

 'livr. 29 (1^23) ; Gould, Cent. Hiwal. Birds, pi. 20 (1832) ; Jerd. 

 Madr. Journ. x. p. 2.51 (1839) ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 214 (1846) ; 

 Bhith, J. A. S. Benq. xvi. p. 154 (1^47) ; id. Cat. B. Mm. As. Soc. 

 p. "159 (1849;; Jj'orsf. S,- Moure, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. i. p. 200 



Bourd. t. c. p. 398 ; Fairh. Str. F. 1877, p. 403 ; Davison (§• Wenden, 

 Str. P\ 1878, ii. p. 81 ; Hume, t. c. p. 150 ; Ball, t. c. p. 467 ; Butler, 

 t. c. p. 467 ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 93 ; Btdler, Cat. B. Sind ^-c. 

 p. 27 (1879) ; id. Cat. B. S. Bombay Pres. p. 39 (1880). 

 Arrenga horstieldii, Bp. Consp. i. p. 258 (1850). 



Adult male. Head, neck, and mantle jet-black, excepting for a 

 band of bright blue across the forehead ; lower back, rump, and 



