12 TIMEL1IDJ5. 



J^. Myiophoneus cyaneus. 



Tiirdus cvaneus, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 149 (1820) ; id. Zool. 



Hescarc/i. Java, pi. 42 (1824) 

 Pilfa plaucina, Teinm. PL Col. ii. pi. 194. 

 Myiophoneus glaucinus, Teinm. t. c. livr. 29. 

 Arrenga glaucina, Less. Traitc d'Orn. p. 388 (1831). 

 Myiophaga glaucina, Less. t. c. p. 395 (1831). 

 Mvioplioiiens cvaneus. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 214 (1846); Hursf. Sf 



'Moore, Cot. B. E.ll Co. Mus. i. p. 198 (1854) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. 



i. p. 264, no. 38B1 (1869). 

 Arrenga cyanea, Bjt. Consp. i. p. 258 (1850). 



Adult male. General colour above purplish blue, a little blacker 

 on the head, and rather more ashy black on the rump and upjier tail- 

 coverts, ■which are purplish blue at their ends and have concealed 

 broad white centres ; lesser wing-coverts glistening; ultramarine ; 

 remainder of the wing-coverts and quills black, edged with purplish 

 blue, more distinct on the outer web of the primaries ; tail-feathers 

 black, washed with purplish blue on their outer edges ; across the 

 forehead a band of brighter purplish blue ; the base of the forehead, 

 lores, feathers round the eye, cheeks, ear-coverts, and under surface 

 of body black, shaded with purplish blue, more especiall)' on the 

 breast; the abdomen, tbighs, vent, and under tail-coverts rather 

 duller and more ashy black ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 black, washed with purplish blue, especially near the edge of the 

 wing : quills blackish below. Total length 9'75 inches, culmen 1-2, 

 wing 5'75, tail 3-8, tarsus 1-75. 



Hub. Java. 



a. Ad. sk. Java. Purchased. 



L J ad. sk. W. Java. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.I. 



c. Ad. sk. W. Java. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.J. 



d. cJ ad. sk. VV. Java {Wal/ace). Gould Collection. 



e. Ad. sk. W. Java ( Wallace). Gould Collection. 



f. Ad. sk. Java (Horsfield). India Museum. (Type of 



species.) 



g. Ad. sk. .Java. Purchased. 



9. Myiophoneus melanurus. 



Arrenga melanura, Salra/l. Ann. Mvs. Civic. Genov. xiv. p. 277 

 (1879); Wardknv liuntsaii, P. Z. S. 18-0, p. 16; Nicholson, Ibis, 

 1882, p. 60. 



Adidt female (Tanatas, S. Sumatra ; H. 0. Porbes). General 

 colour above black, slightly mottled with purplish blue on the 

 mantle and back, where the feathers are rather broadly edged with 

 that colour ; lesser wing-coverts rich cobalt-blue, forming a large 

 wing-patch ; median series black, faintly washed at the ends with 

 purplish blue ; bastard wing and primary-coverts black ; greater 

 coverts and quills blackish, externally washed with reddish brown ; 

 lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts dull reddish brown ; tail- 

 feathers blackish, externally washed with reddish brown ; crown of 

 head and nape uniform black ; feathers of forehead and sides of 



