282 MUSCICAPIDJ2. 



Sluirpe, Joiini. Liicn. Soc. xiii. pp. 310, 493 ; Gould, B. New Guinea, 



part viii. 

 Todopsis cferulescens, Rosetih. J. f. 0. 1864, p. 120. 

 Todopsis, sp., Salvad. Ann. Miis. Civic. Genov. ix. p. 25. 

 Tcliitrea bonapartii. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 334, no. 5032. 



Adult male. CroAvii of head bright cobalt, of au enatuelled texture, 

 running in a narrow lino down the nape ; a narrow frontal line, 

 lores, feathers above and below the eye, cheeks, oar-coverts, sides of 

 neck, and hinder neck black (the latter washed with purple) ; mantle, 

 scapulars, and lesser wing- coverts puqjlish cobalt ; the greater series 

 of coverts and inner secondaries black, externally edged with 

 purple ; primaries black, with scarcely any purple edgings ; back 

 velvety black, glossed with purple, the upper tail-coverts of the last- 

 named colour ; tail-feathers purplish black, inclining to duller black 

 on the iuner webs ; entire under surface of body deep purple, much 

 brighter on the breast and flanks ; under wing-coverts black, glossed 

 with puq)le. Total length 5*8 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 2-3, tail 

 2"5, tarsus 0'95. 



Adult female. Crown of head cobalt, extending in a rather narrow 

 line down the nape ; a narrow frontal line, lores, sides of face, 

 including a narrow eyebrow, and the sides of the hinder crown and 

 nape purplish black : upper surface of body maroon-chestnut, as also 

 the scapulars and wing-coverts, some of the outermost coverts of the 

 thumb spotted with lilac : quills dark brown, externally edged with 

 rufous like the back, the secondaries tijjped with pale rufous ; tail- 

 feathers duU indigo, obscurely washed under certain lights and 

 broadly tipped with white ; entire throat purplish blue, descending 

 onto the sides of the chest : centre of the fore neck, chest, and 

 middle of the body white, the sides of the body hght maroon -chest- 

 nut, including the thighs and under tail-coverts : the sides of the 

 upper breast distinctly glossed with lilac : under wing-coverts very 

 light rufous, paler on the lower series, a spot on the edge of the 

 wing cobalt-blue; "biU black; feet dusky olive ; iris dark"(rrrtZ- 

 lace). Total length 5-9 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 2-25, tail 2-65, 

 tarsus 0'9. 



Huh. Aru Islands. 



a,h. c? 2 ad. sk. Aru Islands, A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



(Types of species.) 



c. c? ad. sk. Aru Islands. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



d. 2 juv. sk. Aru Islands. A. li. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



3. Todopsis mysoriensis. 



Todopsis mysoriensis, Meyer, Sitz. k. Akad. Wien, Ixix. p. 7; Salvad. 

 Ann. Mt(s. Civic. Genov. ix. p. 25. 



Adult male (Kordo, Misori, Beccari). General colour above glossy 

 ultramarine-blue, the whole of the back except the mantle velvety 

 black ; upper tail-coverts deep ultramarine ; tail dark blue ; wings 

 black, the inner secondaries externally dark blue, the innermost 

 entirely of the latter colour; Aving-coverts dark blue; crown rich 



