-. MYIOI'HONEUS. 23 



crown broadly tipped with cobalt-blue, like the sides of the neck • 

 lores and ear-coverts black ; cheeks, throat, and under surtace of 

 body black, with obscure purplish-blue ends to the feathers of the 

 throat and cheeks, much brighter and more distinct on the fore neck 

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

 Avashed with reddish brown ; axiUaries and under wing-coverts' 

 similarly coloured : quiU.s blackish below, lighter on the edo-e of the 

 inner web ; '■ bill, legs, and feet black ; iris dark brown " (// 

 J^orbes) Total length 9-5 inches, culmeu 09, wing 4-75, tail 3-5* 

 tarsus !•<. {2Jhs. B'. Mcholson.) 



Adult male (mountains near Lola, Sumatra, Dec. 2 1878 • C 

 Bock). Very similar in plumage to the female, but more intensely 

 coloured the black of the head and back being deeper, and the 

 blue on the forehead, sides of crown, back, and underparts brighter 

 blue and more cobalt ; the wings and tail entirely black ; abdomen 

 also black. Total length 9 inches, culmen 0-9, wing 4-75 tail 3-7 

 tarsus 1-G.5. {Mas. R. G. Wardlaw liamsa>/.) 



roHur, female. Erowner than the adult,' the blue spots on the 

 back and breast not so bright, the wing-spot duller blue, and the 

 rump and upper tail-coverts, as well as the abdomen and under taii- 

 coyerts, reddish chocolate-brown; "iris dark brown, with rin^^ of 

 pale blue •' (//. 0. Forbes). Wing 4-55, tail 3-15, tarsus 1-6. (Mus. 

 r. ^\icnoiso)i.) ^ 



Hab. Mountains of Sumatra. 



10. Myiophoneus blighi. 



Arrenga h^n, Hohhworth, P. Z. S. 187i>, p. 444, pi. 19; Gould, B. 

 ^«ia, pt. xxvui. (1S7G). ' ' 



^^(isS""' ^^'^^'' ^'■'''''' ^"''^* "^ ^^^^°"' P- '^^^' P^' -^- ^o^- 1' 2, 



Adult male. Entire head, throat, and hind neck coal-black (the 

 feathers of the chin with spinous shafts), changing into dark ceru- 

 lean blue on the interscapulars, back, scapulars, wing-coverts, chest, 

 and breast, the basal portion of the feathers of these parts black- 

 least wmg-coverts and point of wing bright smalt-blue ; wings and 

 tail brownish black ; quills obscurely edged with blue ; upper tail- 

 coverts and basal portion of rectrices edged with chocolate-brownish • 

 belly, lower flanks, and under tail-coverts edged with a lighter shade 

 of the same, the basal portions of the feathers brown; bill, le-s 

 and_fcet black ; iris brown. Length 8 to 8-5 inches, bill to gape 

 l-2o, wing 4-2-4-4, tail 3-1-3-5, tarsus 1-4-1-5. (Legr,e, I c) 



J^emah.Hmiihiv to the male, but having the wing-spot lighter in 

 colour, but at the same time of a brighter tint than in the male 

 {Ler/f/e, I. c.) 



y./"'"!' ?'''I°' '^''A^'' r ^^'^ "l^P''^' ■^^"^^'^ '-^nd °iore rufous 

 below, the feathers of the forehead, throat, and breast centred with 

 yellow-brown and with an indication of blue on the carpal ioint, 

 {Uoldsworth, I. c.) i j • 



J/ah. Hills of Cevlon. 



