274 MUSCICAPID-E. 



b". Belly greyish purple, as also the under 



■wing'-coTerts, overspreading the white . . occipitalis cJ > p. 275. 

 b'. With no black collar across the fore neck ; 

 nape-spot very indistinct ; frontal line and 



chin black . .' ceylonensis S , p. 277. 



c'. With no black collar across the fore neck 

 and no nape-spot ; no black on the frontal 



line or chin puella S , P- 277. 



c". Above and below of the same light 



azure-blue puella, p. 277. 



d". Above greyish cobalt; under surface 



light silvery blue roicleyi, p. 278. 



b. Forehead and eyebrow silvery cobalt, brighter 

 than the rest of the crown and forming an 

 eyebrow superciliaris <5 , p. 278.' 



1. Hypotli3miis azurea. 



Gobe-mouches bleu des Philippines, Daubent. PL Enl. 666. fig. 1. 



Le petit Azur, Month. Hist. Nat. Ois. iv. p. 534. 



Muscicapa azurea, Bodd. Tahl. PL Enl. p. 41 {ex Daubent.), 



Azure Flycatcher, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. pt. 1, p. 339. 



Muscicapa cserulea, Gm. S. N. i. p. 943 ; Jerd. Madr. Journ. xi. 

 p. 14. 



Muscicapa cseruleocephala, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 85. 



? Myiagra torquata, Swains. Monogr. Flycatchers, p. 203. 



Myiagra cserulea. Swains. Monogr. Flycatchers, p. 208; Gray, Cat. 

 Manim. S^c. Nepal ColL Hodgs. p. 93 ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. 

 p. 204. 



Myiagra azurea, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 261 ; Horsf. 8f Moore, Cat. B, 

 Mus. E.I. Co. i. p. 138 ; Jerd. B. hid. i. p. 450'; Pelz. Reis. Novara, 

 Vog. pp. 78, 161 (pt.) ; Graj/, Iland-l. B. i. p. 328, no. 4930 ; Godw.- 

 Aust. J. A. S.B. xxxix. p. lOO; Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 381 ; Ball, 

 Str. F. 1873, p. 68 ; Hume, Str. F. 1874, pp. 217, 474 ; Ball, t. c. 

 p. 404; Hume, Nests i^- Ec/gs Ind. B. p. 198; id. Str. F. 1875, 

 p. 103 ; Fairb. Str. F. 1876, p. 257 ; Armstr. t. c. p. 322 ; Hume, 

 t. c. p. 395 ; David ^- Oustal. Ois. Chine, p. 114; Sfiarpe, Tr. Linn. 

 Soc. n. s. i. p. 325. 



Tchitrea casndeocephala, Swinh. Ibis, 1860, p. 57. 



Hypothymis azurea, Blyth 4" Wald. B. Burni. p. 131. 



Adult male. General colour above azure-blue, rather greyer on the 

 rump ; wing-coverts like the back, the quills dusky blackish exter- 

 nally, edged with dull azure-blue, the inner secondaries entirely of 

 the latter colour ; tail-feathers dusky blackish, dull blue on the 

 outer webs, with a narrow line of white at the tips, these white 

 tips sometimes nearly obsolete ; crown of head and sides of head 

 lighter azure-blue, the feathers with a velvety texture ; a frontal 

 line and a square patch on the nape black ; chin black ; sides of face 

 and throat and fore neck light azure-blue, with a band of black 

 across the latter ; rest of under surface white, washed with greyish 

 blue on the sides of the body and thighs ; under wing-coverts white, 

 slightly shaded with grey ; quills blackish below, broadly edged with 

 white along the inner web ; " bill dark blue, edges and tip black ; 

 inside of mouth yellow ; legs plumbeous, claws horny ; iris dark 



