4 PBIONOPIDiiE. 



3. Cochoa azurea. 



Tiu-dus azurexis, Tentm. Fl. Vol. ii. pi. '274. 



Ixus azureus, Tetnm. torn, cit, Tahl. Meth. p. 15. 



Oreas azureiia, Temm. {teste Grat/), Up. Consp. i. p. 350. 



Cochoa azurea, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 280 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 325, 



no. 4874. 

 Xenogenys azmea, Cah. Mm. Hein. Th. i. p. 54. 



Adult female. General colour above dull blue, the head greyish 

 azure, the -wing-coverts and quills blackish externally, washed with 

 greyish cobalt ; ear-coverts dull greyish azure, like the crown ; lores 

 dusky bro^vn ; under surface of body umber-brown, washed with 

 purplish blue on the abdomen and under tail-coverts ; under wing- 

 coverts brown, like the breast ; the edge of the wing bliie ; tail- 

 feathers blackish, washed externally with dull azure. Total length 

 9'5 inches, culmen 0'7, wing 4-65, tail 4-2, tarsus 1*05. 



Adult male. Like the female, but somewhat richer blue, and having 

 the entire under surface deep purplish blue without any brown on 

 the throat. Total length 9 inches, wing 4-75, tail 4-2, tarsus 1-05. 



06s. A young bird from Java is dull bluer-black above, without 

 any lighter azure-blue on the head, the wing-coverts and quills only 

 being externally brighter blue ; on the throat and chest are remains 

 of mottled plumage, the feathers orange-buff with black edges. 



Hah. Java. 



«, b. S 9- ad. sk. W. Java. A. K. Wallace, Esq. [CI. 



c. Jun. sk. W. Java. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [C.J. 



The table in the ' Catalogue of Birds,' vol. iii. p. 271, must also 

 be modified for the reception of Phceornis as follows, the second 

 section of the Prionopidae beginning :— 



b\ Inner toe (without claw) shorter than, or 

 equal to, the hind toe (without claw). 

 c\. Nostrils exposed and not hidden by 

 bristles. 

 d". Culmen much longer than hind toe 



or claw PlNAROLKSTES. 



c". Culmen not exceeding the length of 

 hind toe and claw. 

 a''. Second primary longer than the 

 .secondaries. 

 «". Wings 1 ong, the distance between 

 the tips of the quills and the tail 

 less than the tarsus ; nostrils 

 situated in a wide oval groove . Ph.boenis. 

 i^ Wings short, falling short of end 

 of tail by more than the length 

 of tarsus ; nostrils situated in a 

 somewhat rounded groove .... BRAnvoRNis. 

 6". Second primary equal to the secon- 

 daries CUPHOPTEEUS. 



d\ Nostrils entirely hidden by plumes. ... ( ^^^^^^^' 



