47. zEocEPHus. 343 



Key to the Species. 



a. General Colour of ijlumage ciimamon-red above 



and below. 



a'. Belly cinnamon, like the brea.st rufus, p. 34-3. 



b'. Belly white cinnamomeus, p. 343. 



b. General colour greyish cobalt above and below ; 



lores, a narrow frontal line, and chin-spot black cyanescens, p. 34^3. 



1. Zeocephus rufus. 



Tchitrea rufa, Gray, Ann. X. H. xi. p. 371 ; id. ^- Mitch. Gen. B. 



1. p. 260, pi. 64 : Bp. Consp. i. p. 325 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 334, no. 



5025. 

 Zeocephus rufus, Bp. Comptes Rendus, xxxviii. p. 652 ; Cass. U. S. 



Expl. Exp. p. 144 ; Walden, Tr. Z. S. ix. p. 183 ; Sharpe, Tr. Unn. 



Soc. new series, i. p. 328. 



Adult (t}-pe of species). General colour above and below rich 

 cinnamon-rufous or bright chestnut ; quiUs inclining to brown at the 

 tips of the inner webs ; tail entirely deep chestnut, the centre fea- 

 thers elongated, the tail graduated ; round the eye a distinct wattle. 

 Total length 7"4 inches, culmen 0-75, wing 3*4, tail 3-95, tarsus 0-7. 



Hah. Island of Luzon, Philippines. 



a. Ad. st. Cataguan, Luzon. Hugh Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 



(Tj-pe of species.) 



b. Ad. sk. Cataguan, Luzon. Hugh Cuming, Esq. [C]. 



2. Zeocephus cinnamomeus. 



Zeocephus cinnamomeus, Sharpe, Tr. Linn. Soc. new series, i. p. 329, 

 pi. 48. fig. 1. 



Adult male {type of species). General colour above and below 

 clear bright cinnamon, the scapulars and wing-coverts uniform 

 with the back ; primary-coverts and quills blackish brown, exter- 

 nally light cinnamon and having the inner web edged with the 

 same colour for the greater part of its length ; tail deep chestnut, 

 the four centre feathers brownish at tip : lower surface of body 

 rather brighter than the upper, the abdomen whitish ; round the eye 

 a wattled ej-elid ; " iris dark " (Steere). Total length 7'o inches, 

 culmen 0-75, wing 3-4, tail 3-35, tarsus 0-7. (Coll. J. B. Steere.) 



Hah. Island of Basilan, Philippines. 



3. Zeocephus cyanescens. 



Zeocephus cvane.?cens, Sharpe, Tr. Linn. Soc. new series, i. p. 328, 

 ,pl. 48. fig.'^. 



Adult male (type of species). General colour grej-ish cobalt or 

 smalt-blue, the back a little duller than the head and under surface 

 of the body, which are rather brighter : quills blackish brown, ex- 

 ternally washed with the same colour as the back, the innermost 

 secondaries entirely greyish ; middle taU-featbers also dull blue-grey, 

 the remainder blackish brown, externally washed with the same 



