3G, HTPOTHrsirs. 273 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but not quite so bright. Total 

 length 5 inches, wing 2-3, tail 2-3, tarsus 0-85. {Mtis. G. E. Shelley.) 

 Hah. Natal. 



a. Ad. sk. Natal. Dr. Gueinzius [C.]. 



h. Ad. sk. Natal. T. Ayres, Esq. [0.]. 



c, d. c? ad. sk. Lydenburg. F. A. Barratt, Esq. [C.l. 



e. (S ad. sk. Macamac ( T. Ai/rcs). J. H. Gurney, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Chloropeta icterina. 



Chloropeta icterina, Snndev. CEfv. K. Vei.-Ahad. Forh. Stockh. 1850, 

 p. 105 ; Shnrpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 336. 



Adult. Bright yellowish green ; uuderneath very bright yellow ; 

 a yellowish streak above the lores ; thigh-plumes very bright yel- 

 low. Total length 5| inches, wing 2*45, tail 2*4, tarsus 0*85. 

 {Sundevull, I. c.) 



Obs. The above is a translation of the original description ; the 

 specific characters are given in the " key." 



36. HYPOTHYMIS*. 



Type. 



Hypothymis, Bote, Isis, 182<), p. 973 H. occipitalis. 



Myiagra, pt., auct. recent, phir. 



Head of Hypothymis asurea. 



'Range. From India and Ceylon through the Burmese countries 

 to South China ; Malayan peninsula and islands as far as Celebes 

 and the Sula group. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Forehead and crown uniform azure-blue, of a 

 velvety texture. 

 a'. With a black collar across the fore neck 

 and a large black nape-patch. 

 a". Belly white, as also the under wing- 

 coverts aziirea c? , p. 274. 



* The following species has been placed in this genus, but has been shown by 

 Oustalet to be Piczorhynchus dichrous{Gray),a. species described further on: — 



Hypothymis .manadensis. 

 Muscieapa manadensis, Quoy ^- Gaim. Voy. de FAsirol. Zool. i. p. 170, pi. 3. 



fig. 3. 

 Myiagra manadensis, Gray, P. Z. S. 18G0, p. 352 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 328, 



no. 4921. 

 Hypothymis manadensis, Bp. C. If. xxxviii. p. fi;")3-. Watdai, Tr. Z. S. riii. 



"p. 66. 



