306 PRIOXOPIDJE. 



upper tail-coverts greenish black ; tail-feathers black, glossed with 

 greenish, the outermost feather edged on either web with a naiTow 

 line of white; wing-coverts greenish black; quills black, washed 

 externally with greenish, more especially on the secondaries ; lores, 

 feathers round the eye, and ear-coverts greenish black ; cheeks, sides 

 of neck, and entire throat pure white, breast pinkish ashy ; rest of 

 under surface with the under wing- and tail-coverts pure white, 

 the flanks very slightly washed with greyish ; thighs whitish ; 

 " bill and feet shining black ; iris brownish black " {Everett). Total 

 length 5'4 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 2-6, tail 2-25, tarsus 0-5. 



Adult female. Everywhere brownish where the male is black, the 

 head with a slight greenish gloss, ear-coverts darker ; wing-coverts 

 with a slight greenish gloss ; quills and tail brown, the inner 

 secondaries narrowly edged with ashy brown ; undernciath dull 

 white, with a pinkish grey shade on the breast. Total length 5*5 

 inches, culmen 0"6, wing 2-6, tail 2-3, tarsus 0'5. 



Hab. Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Malacca, ranging into Tenasserim. 



a. (f ad. St. Java. Purchased. 



b, c. (S 2 ^d. sk. Java. Purchased. 



(i, e. c? 2 ad. sk. .lava {Dr. Hors/ield). Secretary of State for 



India [P.]. 



f,ff. S 2 ^^- s^' E. Java. A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



[C.]. 



h, i. S 2 ad. sk. Malacca. W.Harvey, Esq. [P.]. 



/■;. (S juv. sk. Malacca. A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



[C.]- 

 I. J ad. sk. Sarawak, Borneo. A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 711, n. (^ 2 ^^-i "• J^^"^- sk. Labuan. Hugh Low, Esq. [C.]. 



/). 2 ad. sk. Sibu, Sarawak. Alfred Everett, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 q. (S ad. sk. Bintulu. Alfred Everett, Esq. 



[c; 



2. Hemipus capitalis. 



Muscicapa capitalis, McClell. P. Z. S. 1839, p. 157. 



Hemipus picsecolor, Hoclgs. P. Z. S. 184o, p. 33. 



Hemipus picatus {nee Sykes), Gray, Cot. Mamm. ^'c. Nepal Hodgs. 



p. 93; Horsf. 8c Iloore, Cat. B. Mm. E.I. Co. i. p. 1.36 (pt.); 



Gray, Hand-l. £. i. p. 323 ; Blyth fy Wald. B. Burm. p. 122. 

 Hemipus capitalis, Blyth, Cat. B. 3Iu.s. A. S. B. p. 154 ; Bp. Consp. 



i. p. 317 ; Gudic-Aiist. J. A. S. B. 1870, p. 99 ; Jerd. Ibis, 1872, 



p. 116. 



Adult mcde. General colour above brown, the lower back with an 

 indistinct white bar across it, caused by the feathers being white 

 with brown subterminal bars ; rump pure white ; upper tail-coverts 

 glossy black, some of the outer ones with tiny white tips ; head and 

 nape glossy greenish black ; chin and cheeks white ; throat, breast, 

 and sides of body drab-brown, the abdomen and under tail-coverts 

 white ; thighs brown ; under wing-coverts white ; wing-coverts 

 glossy greenish black, the least series washed with the same brown 

 as the back, the median and greater scries broadly edged with white. 



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