278 MascicAPii)^. 



5. Hypothjrmis rowleyi. 



Zeocephus rowleyi, Meyer, in Rowley's Orn. Misc. vol. iii. p. 163. 



Adult (Great Sangi Island; tj'pe of species). General colour 

 above greyish cobalt-blue, more grey on the rump ; lesser and me- 

 dian wing-coverts like the back, the greater series and the quills 

 light bluish grey, edged externally with the same greyish cobalt as 

 the back of the quills, internally dusky blackish ; tail greyish blue, 

 dusky blackish on the inner webs ; sides of face more dusky greyish 

 blue than the head ; cheeks and under surface of body light silvery 

 bluish, darker on the throat, and more dusky blue on the sides of 

 the breast ; under wing-coverts and axillaries like the breast. 

 Total length 6-5 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 3-65, tail 3-6, tarsus 0-95. 

 {Mus. Dresden.} 



Hah. Sangi Islands. 



6. Hypothymis superciliaris. 



Hypothymis superciliaris, Sharpe, Tr. Linn. Soc. new series, i. p. 326. 



Adult male (type of species). General colour above greyish blue 

 or verditer, the head rather deeper blue, the frontal plumes silvery 

 cobalt, extending backwards over each eye and forming an eyebrow ; 

 lores blackish ; sides of face dull blue; throat and chest greyish blue, 

 lighter than the back, shading into bluish white on the rest of the 

 under surface, including the under wing- and tail-coverts ; thighs 

 blue ; wings above brighter cobalt ; quills black, externally bright 

 cobalt, the inner secondaries almost entirely of this colour with black 

 shafts ; tail-feathers black, externally bright cobalt, the centre ones 

 almost entirely of the latter colour ; bill black ; legs dark brown j 

 " iris dark brown " (Steere). Total length 6*2 inches, culmen 0-6, 

 wing 3-1, tail 3, tarsus 0-65. 



Hab. Island of Basilan, Philippines. 



37. CYANOMYIAS. 



Hypothymis (pt.), Tweeddale. 

 Eange. Philippine Islands. 



1. Cyanomyias coelestis. 



Hypothymis ccelestis, Ttceeddale, Ann. Sr Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) xx. 

 p. 536 ; id. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 109, pi. 7. fig. 1. 



Adidt female (type of species). General colour above lazuline 

 blue, brighter on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; wing-coverts 

 brighter cobalt, the greater series and the quills dusky brown exter- 

 nally washed with lazuline blue, brighter on the margins of the 

 coverts ; tail-feathers ashy brown, azure-blue on the outer webs ; 

 head brighter and more cobalt-blue, with a slight tinge of purple on 

 the crown, the feathers scaly in appearance, with two long tufts of 



