20 



TIMEIJIDiE. 



(•'. Tlii'( at black ; abdomen ligbt ashy ; wing 



2-G iuehes saturata cf , p. 27. 



d'. Throat and abdomen white ; wing 2 '5 inches, -mpalensis, p. 29. 

 e'. Throat orange ferruginous, like the breast and 



abdomen hypenjthra J , p. 28. 



h. Upper surface chestnut ; under surface asl\y grey, 

 mottled with blackish verniiculatious and 



white spots stelhda, p. .30. 



c. Upper surface brown. 

 f. Breast and abdo-nen ashy ; throat fulvous, 



not white cniralis $ , p. 27. 



g' . Throat white ; abdomen white. 



a". Wing 2 ul inches nipalensis J , p. 29. 



h". Wing 2'35 inches leucophrys $ , p. 28. 



1. Brachypteryx montana. 



Brachypteryx montanus, Ilorsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 157 (1820) ; 



id. Zuol. Jlesearclu'S in Java, pi. (1824) ; Blyth, J. A. S. Beny. 



xiii. p. 381 (1844), xvi. p. 136(1847); Gray, 6'eM. ^. i. p. 209 



(1846) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mas. As. Soc. p. 209 (1849) ; £p. Consp. 



i. p. 2.57 (]8.50j ; Ilorsf. if Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. i. p. 178 



(1854). 

 Goldana montana, Gray, List Gen. B. 1840, p. 25. 



General colour above dull indigo ; lesser and median wing-coverta 

 like back ; greater coverts, bastai'd wing, primary-coverts, and quills 

 blackish, externally edged with indigo ; tail-feathers black, washed 

 on the margins with indigo ; crown of head a trifle more dusky 

 than the back ; lores and base of forehead black, as also the feathers 

 below the eye ; over the eye a concealed streak of silvery white ; 

 ear-coverts, cheeks, and sides of neck dull indigo ; throat, fore neck, 

 chest, and breast light ashy blue, paler on the chin and throat ; 

 abdomen whitish, shaded with ashy blue ; sides of body and flanks 

 indigo ; thighs dusky brown, externally blue ; under tail-coverts 

 indigo ; under wing-coverts and axillaries indigo ; quills below 

 blackish, inner edge of quills browner. Total length G inches, 

 culmen 0-6, wing 2-6, tail 2-25, tarsus 1'25. 



Hab. Java. 



a. S ad. sk. W. Java. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Brachypteryx cruralis. 



Brachypteryx cruralis, Ilodys. lean, iiied. in Brit. Mas. App. pi. 73 



(no. 589) ; Bli/t/i, J. A. S. Bern/, xvi. p. 130 (1847j ; id. Cat. 



B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 178 (1849) ; ' Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. E.l. Co. 



Mus. i. p. 397 (1854) ; Jerd. ^- Blyth, P. Z. S. 1801, p. 201 ; Jerd. 



B. Lid. i. p. 495 (18(i2) ; Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 312, no. 46('2 



(1809) ; Godicin-Austen, J. aI S. Beny. xxxix. p. 192 (1870) ; 



Bhmf. J. A. S. Beny. xli. p. 142 (1872); Hume, Nests 8fEyys hid. 



B. p. 219 (1873) ; Wardlaiv-Iiamsay, Ibis, 1875, p. 352; Hume ^• 



Davison, Str. F. 1878, vol. i. p. 2.30; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 93; 



Oatcs, B. Brit. Burnt, p. 19 (1883). 

 Larvivora homochroa, Hodys. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus., Passeres, 



pi. 82 (no. 589) ; id. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 83 (1844). 



