I. JIYIOPnONEUS. 11 



upper tail-coverts ultramarine-blue ; upper wing-coverts ultra- 

 marine, the least series brighter and more cobalt, forming a 

 shoulder-patch ; quills black, externally ultramarine-blue ; tail dark 

 blue; lores, sides of face and ear-coverts, and under surface jet- 

 black, with broad margins of bright ultramarine to the feathers of 

 the breast and abdomen ; the flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts 

 also washed with ultramarine; under wing-coverts and axiUarios 

 black, washed with ultramarine, brighter on the edge of the win- • 

 " bill black ; legs brown-black ; iris dark brown " {Jtrdon). Tot"ai 

 length 10 inches, culmen 1-2, wing 5-5, tail 4, tarsus 1-75. 



AduU female. Similar to the male in plumage. Total length 

 11 inches, culmen 1-2.5, wing 5-85, tail 4-3, tarsus 1-9. 



The specimen described as the adult male is from Vurralee • and 

 the Travancore birds seem to be a little larger, a male measuring as 

 tollows :— Total length 12 inches, wing G-15, tail 4-6, tarsus 1-9. 



Hab. Central and Southern India. 



a, b. Ad. sk. Malabar. Purchased 



c. d ad sk ymTalee,Aug.8,1867. Gould Coliection. 



,'''' it, ^^- ^}- Travancore. F. W. Bourdillon, Esq. rC.l 



f,ff. 6 2 ad. sk. Mynall, Travaucore, F. W. Bourdillon, Esq fc 1 



July 1878. ' ^ >- ■> 



ff. d ad. sk. Coonoor,Neilgherries, W. Davison, Esq. fP ] 



March 3, 1882. H L j 



h. Ad. sk. [ludia.] Zoological Society. (Type 



of species.) 



7. Myiophoneus insularis. 



^^^?l°P^'"^"^ J"""^^"-^' ^^"^''> P- ^- *• 18G2, p. 280 ; Swinh Ibis, 

 _18bd p 5/ / -^GonldB Asia, part xvi. (1864) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. 



n^-.^t' !^°- ^f ? ^^^^^^ > *''"'^'- ^' ^- ^- ^^'^> P- 3<^8 ; David &■ 

 Oustakt, Ois. de la Chne, p. 177 (1878). 



Ailnlt General colour above dull purplish black, the rump with 

 concealed white centres to the feathers; lesser wing-coverts entirelv 

 glistening cobalt-blue, the median series also broadly tipped with this 

 colour; greater series, primary-coverts and quiUs blue-black, the 

 blue being a httle brighter on the edges of the primary-coverts • fail- 

 teatners blue-black, the feathers being distinctly shaded with blue 

 on tlieir outer webs ; lores, feathers round the eye, and base of fore- 

 head black, succeeded by a band of dull blue ; sides of face ear- 

 coverts, and throat pui-plish black ; fore neck, chest, and entire breast 

 glistening deep cobalt, the feathers being broadlv tipped with this 

 colour ; abdomen, flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts purplish 

 black: under wi.ig-coveits black, washed with deep cobalt, bri-htcr 

 near the edge of the wing, the greater series with half-concealed 

 white bases ; quills blackish below ; " bill, legs, and claws black • 

 iris deep brown ' {^winhoe). Total length 10-5 inches, culmen 1-2' 

 ■wing 6-2, tail 4-6, tarsus 2. ' 



Hab. Mountains of Formosa. 



"• ^^- '^- ^'- Formosa. R. Swiuhi;e, E.sq. [C.]. 



