27. IREXA. 



179 



coverts ; least and median wing-coverts exactly resembling the 

 back, the greater series, qnills, and tail blackish brown, externaUv 

 washed with blue; bill and legs black; "iris carmine" (&e,>-e). 

 lotal length i>o inches, culmeu 1-05, wing 4-85, tail 3-8, tarsus 0-7o. 

 (Coll. J. B. Steere.) 



Lord Tweeddalc's Fairy Bluebird occurs onlv in the island of 

 iialabac m the Philippine Ai'chipelago. 



7. Irena cyanea, 



Irena puella, Bhjth, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 308 {nee Lath.); id. Cat. B 

 Mus. A. -y. B. p. 214 (pt.) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 349. 



Irena eyauea, Be;/bie, Mahii/an Peiiins.-p. 516; Wald. Ibis, 1871 

 p. 171 ; S/inrpe, B)is, 1876, p. 44; id. Vat. B. iii. p. 269; Hiwie 

 Str. F. 1879, p. 03. f » , 



Irena malayensis, 3Ioore, in Ilorsf. S, Mocre, Cat. B. i. p. 274 ; Jerd 

 B. Ind. ii. p. 106; Gratj, Ilan'd-l. B. i. p. ^m-, Wald. Ibis, 1871 ' 

 p. 171. ' 



Irena puella, var. cyanea. StoUczka, J. A. S. B. xxxix. p. 318 (1870). 



Adult nude. Similar to /. crinigcr in distribution of colour and 

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

 tip of the tail b}- halt' an inch. Total length 9-3 inches, culmen 1, 

 wing 4-6, tail 3-o. tarsus 0-7. 



Adult female. Similar to the female of /. cruuV/e;-. Total leno-th 

 8-5 inches, wing 4-6, tail 3-7, tarsus 0-7. 



The Malaj-an Fairj- Wuebird occurs in the Malaj-an Peninsula. 



a. Imm. gt. 



b,c. [ cJ 2 1 ad. sk 



d. 12'] ad.sk. 



e. S ad. sk. 



/, g. S'i ad. sk. 

 h. c? imm. sk. 

 /. 5 ad. sk. 



Malacca. 

 Malacca. 

 Malacca. 

 Malacca. 



Peiiang (Cantor). 

 Penaug {Cantor). 

 Malacca ( Wallace). 



k,l.d2 ad. sk. Malacca ( Wallace). 



Hugh Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 



W. Ilarvev, Esq. [C.l. 



A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



India Museum. 



India Museum. 



F. Godman and 0. Salvin, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

 Gould Collection, 



