36. HYPOTHTMIS. 277 



c,d. cJ ; f. 5 id. sk. Kessang, Malacca. M. A. Bouvier. 



/. cJ imm. [? 2 ad.] sk. E. Java. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.l. 



ff,h. J 2 ad. sk. SiLmatra. A. R. "Wallace, Esq. [0.]. 



i,k. Ad. .sk. N.W. Borneo. Hugh Low, Esq. [0.1. 



I. Ad. sk. Island of Daat. Governor Ussher [C.J. 



m. iS ad. sk. Bintuhi, W. Borneo. 11. Everett, Esq. [C.t. 



n. d" ad. sk. Sarawak. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



0. c? ad. sk. Sarawak. Henry Everett, Esq. 



p. Ad. sk. Island of Basilan. Prof. J. B. Steere [0. 



q, r,'.s. (5 ; t, u. 2 ad. sk. Floras. A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



V. 2 ad. sk. Lombock. A. R. Wallace, Esq. ^ 



w. S ad. sk. Formosa, Feb. 1866. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C. 



X. 2 ad. sk. Formosa, Mar. 1866. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 



3. Hypothymis ceylonensis. 

 Myiagra aznrea, Holihw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 440 {nee Bodd.). 



Similar to H. azurea of India, but having the black nape-spot less 

 distinct aud the black collar on the fore ueck entirely absent ; " bill 

 pale blue ; legs blue ; iris deep brown " {Legge, MS.). Total 

 length 5'8 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2'8, taU 2*5, tarsus 0*7. 



Hah. Ceylon. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Ceylon, Oct. 29, 1870. Capt. Vincent Legge [P.]. 



b. (S ad. sk. Kandy hills, Ceylon. A. Whyte, Esq. [C.]. 



4. Hypothymis puella. 



Myiagra puella, Wallace, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 4.30 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. 



p. 340, no. 49-31. 

 Hypothymis pueUa, Walden, Tr. Z. S. virT" p. 66, pi. 7. fig. 2 ; 



Salvad. Ann. 3Iiis. Civ. Genov. vii. p. 656. 



Adult male. General colour above and below very light azure- 

 blue, a little paler on the abdomen ; head and nape, lores and 

 feathers round the eye, cheeks, and fore neck brighter blue ; wing- 

 coverts like the back ; quills and tail-feathers ashy brown, externally 

 dull azure-blue : under wing-coverts like the breast, but paler and 

 somewhat whitish ; " bill blue, the tip blackish ; feet bluish " 

 {Wallace). Total length 6-8 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2-9, tail 2-9, 

 tarsus 0'65. 



Ohs. Sula-Island specimens also want the black nuchal patch ; 

 they are a little deeper azure-blue than the Celebes birds, approaching 

 more to the tints of the Indo-Malayan H. occipitalis. 



Hah. Celebes and Sula Islands. 



a. c? ad. sk. Menado, Celebes. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



b, c. (S ad. sk. Makassar, Celebes. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [0." . 

 d, e.. Ad. sk. Sula Islands. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C". 

 /. Ad. sk. Celebes. Purchased. 



