24 TijrELiiD.?;. 



«, b. (5 ad. sk. Himalayas. Gould Collection. 



c. c? ad. sk. Daijiling. Gould Collection. 



d, e. S,f. 2 ^^- **k. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



(Types of species.) 

 g. 2 juv. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



h. ^ ad. sk. Nepal {Hodgson). India Museum. 



i, k. Ad. St. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



I. $ ad. sk. Khasia hills {Jer- Gould Collection. 



don). 



Subspecies a. Notodela montium, 



Myiomela montium, Swhih. Ibis, 1864, p. 362. 

 Ajax montium, Bli/th, Ibis, 1867, p. 12. 



Notodela montinm, Grat/, Iland-l. B. i. p. 222, no. 3184 (1869) ; 

 Sivinh. P.Z.S. 1871, p. 359; David >§• Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 238 



(1877). 



Adnlt mcde. Van' similar to N. Jeucnra, and only differing in the 

 more distinct]}- blue shade of the breast and abdomen, which are 

 indigo-blue like the back ; " bill black ; feet black " (Sivinhoe). 

 Total length 6-5 inches, culmen 0-7, ■n'ing 3-6, tail 2-75, tarsus Tl. 



Hab. Formosa. 



a. c? ad. sk. Choloshan, Formosa, Nov. 1865. Pi. Swinhoe, Esq.[C.], 



2. Notodela diana. 



Lanius (Notodela) diana, Zess. in Bilcmg. Voy. Ind. p. 246, pi. 3 



(1834). 

 Notodela diana, Less. Compl. Buff. \m. p. 433 (1837). 

 Bracliypteryx albifrons, Bp. Consp. i. p. 257 (1850, ex Bote MSS.) ; 



Grag, Hand-l. B. i. p. 3 J 2, no. 4661 (1869). 

 Ajax diana, Bh/th, Ibis, 1867, p. 12. 



Adult male. General colour above bright indigo-blue ; rump yvith 

 half-concealed white marks near the ends of the feathers, forming 

 an indistinct bar across it ; lesser and median wing-coverts like the 

 tack ; bastard wing, primary-coverts, and quills black, externally 

 indigo-blue, lighter on the outer edge of the primaries ; upper tail- 

 coverts like the back ; tail-feathers black, externally indigo-blue, 

 with a white patch near the base of the outer webs : crown of head 

 like the back, with a silvery-white band across the forehead ; base 

 of forehead and lores black, as are the feathers round the eye ; ear- 

 coverts, cheeks, and sides of neck indigo-blue, with a small, half- 

 concealed patch of white behind the ear-coverts, the feathers being 

 white tipped with blue ; chin and base of cheeks black ; under- 

 surfaco of body' indigo-blue ; thighs blackish internally ; under tail- 

 coverts indigo-blue : under wing-coverts and axillaries dusky, edged 

 with blue ; quills dusky below, inner edges ashy. Total length 

 6'5 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 3'35, tail 2-7, tarsus 1. 



Adult female. General colour above reddish brown, deeper on 

 the mantle ; lesser, median, and greater wing-coverts like the 

 mantle; bastard wing and primary-coverts dusky, edged with 



