20. cRYPsiKinx.v. 83 



20. CRYPSIRHINA. ^^p^ 



Orypsirhina, Vieill. Anali/se, p. :i6 (islO) C. varians. 



Phrenotrix, Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 162 (1820) C. varians. 



Range. Java ; Tenasserim Provinces and Burmah, eastwards to 

 Cocliiu China. 



Ken ^^ ^^"^' Spsi^ics. 



a. Greenish bhick above and below varians, p. 83. 



b. Clear grey above and below; head black cucullata, p. 84. 



1. Crypsirhina varians. 



Le Teniia, Levaill. Oia. cVAfr. ii. pi. 56. 



Variable Crow, Lath. Gen. Syn. ISuppl. ii. p. 119. 



Corviia varians, Lath. Lid. Orn. Suppl. p. xxvi. 



Corvus temia. Band. Traite, p. '1\\. 



Corvus caiul*itus, Hhaw, Nat. Miscell. pi. 561. 



Crypsirhina varians, Vieill. Analy^^e, p. 36 ; id. et Oud. Gal. Ois. 



pi. 106 ; Vigors, Mem. Baffles, p. 665 ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 310 ; 



Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 933, xvi. p. 464, xvii. p. 249; id. Cat. 



B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 92 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 369 ; Cah. Mas. Hein. 



Th. i. p. 216; Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.L. Co. ii. p. 564; 



Blyth, Ibis, 1862, p.' 194; Grai/, Haml-l. B. ii. p. 9; Blanf. Ibis, 



1870, p. 469 ; Hume, Sir. F. lS74, p. 480, 1875, p. 146. 

 Phrenotrix temia, Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 163 ; id. Zuul. Research 



in Java, pi. 50. 

 Glancopis varians, Temni. PI. Col. art. Glaucopis ; Schl. Mus. P.-B. 



Coraces, p. 73. 

 Cryptorhiua varians, Wagler, Syst. Av. Cryptorhina, sp. 6. 

 Temia levaillautii, Lesson, Traite, p. 342. 



Adult male. General colour, both above and below, of a bottle- 

 green, with olive reflections, the head and nape glossed with deep 

 green ; forehead, lores, a circlet of feathers round the eye, and a 

 spot at the base of the lower mandible velvety black ; primaries 

 black, the secondaries olive-green, like the back ; tail black, glossed 

 with olive-green externally ; lower abdomen and under tail-coverts 

 rather browner than the rest of the under surface, the lower surface 

 of the wings and tail brownish black ; bill and feet black ; iris bright 

 blue. Total length 13 inches, culmeu 1, wing 4-7, tail 7-8, tarsus 1-1. 



Obs. Some specimens are decidedly browner than others ; but 

 whether these are females or immature 1 have not been able to decide. 

 The brown shade shows itself on the lower parts and on the tail. 



Hub. Java ; Burmese countries from Tenasserim northwards, 

 eastwai'ds also to Cochin China. 



a. c? ad. sk. East Java. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C.l. 



b- Ad. sk. West Java. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.j. 



c. Juv. sk. Java. Dr. Horstield [C]. 



d. Ad. sk. Java. . J. Gould, Esq. 



e. Ad. St. Tenasserim. J. C. D. Packman, Esq. fP.]. 

 /: Ad. St. Lower Pegu. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 

 ff. Ad. sk. Tonghoo, I^urmah. Pm-chased. 



k. Ad. sk. Tonghoo, Burmah. J. Gould, Esq. 



t. Skeleton. Purchased. 



