1 1. IREXA. 269 



■wing-coverts black, some of the innermost of the greater seiies with 

 a blue spot at the tips ; quills and tail black ; lores, feathers in 

 front of and over the eje, sides of face, sides of neck, and entire 

 under surface of body, from chin to vent, rich velvety black, in- 

 cluding the under wing-coverts ; under tail-coverts bright turquoise- 

 blue, a little more purplish than the upper surface ; bill and legs 

 black. Total length 8 inches, culmen 1-05, wing 4-&5, tail 3-S5, 

 tarsus 0-7. {Coll. J. B. Steere.) 



Adult femaln. General colour above and below dull verditer-blue, 

 brighter and more washed with cobalt on the rump and upper tail- 

 coverts ; least and median wing-coverts exactly resembling the 

 back, the greater series, quills, and tail blackish brown, externally 

 washed with blue; bill and legs black; "iris cai-mine" {SUere). 

 Total length !)"5 inches, culmen I'Oo, wing 4-85, tail 3'8, tarsus 0'75. 

 {Coll. J. B. Steer e.) 



Hah. Island of Balabac, Philippines, 



7. Irena cyanea. 



Irena puella, Bh/th, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 308 {ttec Lath.) ; id. Cat. B. 



Mus. A. S. B. p. 214 (pt.) ; Bp. Cunsp. i. p. 349. 

 Irena malaveusis, Moore, in Horsf. is' Moore, Cat. B. i. p. 274 ; Jerd. 



B. Lid. "ii. p. 106; Grai/, Hund-l. B. i. p. 2b8 ; Wald. Lbis, 1871, 



p. 170. 



Adult nude. Similar to /. eriniger in distribution of coloiir and 

 shade of blue, but having the under tail-coverts falling short of the 

 tip of the tail by half an inch. Total length 9-3 inches, culmen 1, 

 wing 4-6, tail 3-5, tarsus 0*7. 



Adult female. Similar to the female of /. eriniger. Total length 

 8*o inches, wing 4-6, tail 3*7, tarsus 0'7. 



Bab. Malacca. 



a. Imm. st. Malacca. Hugh Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 



b,c. [ d $ ] ad. sk. Malacca. 



d. 12 J ad. sk. Malacca. W. Han-ey, Esq. [C.]. 



e. d ad", sk. Malacca. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



f. ff- 6 2 ad. sk. Veiiang. Secretary of State for India [P.J. 

 h. (S imm. sk. Peuaug. Secretary of State for India [P.J. 



