48. TEKPSIPHONE. 351 



below, reddish along the inner webs ; " bill and eyelids cobalt-blue ; 

 angle of mouth green ; feet greenish ; iris brown" (Au'iV?). Total 

 length 13-8 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 4-8, tail 4-5, middle tail- 

 feathers 10*3, tarsus 0-6. 



AiJalt female. Above deep chestnut, the tail entirely of the latter 

 colour ; wing-coverts uniform with the back ; primary-coverts dusky 

 brown ; quills blackish, externally chestnut ; head above, sides of 

 face, and throat dusky steel-green ; chest ashy grey ; rest of under 

 surface of body creamy white, the flanks washed with dull rufous ; 

 under wing-coverts white, the quills dusky blackish below, rufous 

 along the inner web. Total length 7 inches, culmen 0'7, wing 3*45, 

 tail 3*35, tarsus 0-65. {Mus. II. Seebohm.) 



Young males in nearly full plumage, -n-ith long red tails, are deeper 

 chestnut than the adult females, and generally have a slight indica- 

 tion of maroon on the mantle. They have almost the entire under 

 surface grey, with a little white about the lower abdomen and vent. 

 The throat, if not exactly like the adult, is deep slate-colour, with 

 a strong wash of steel-green. 



Mr. Swinhoe had a bird from Ningpo in full white plumage, which 

 he has labelled T. incil. As far as I can see, this species never 

 passes beyond the maroon-backed dress with the red tail, and the 

 above-mentioned white bird I should refer to T. ajjinis. Messrs. 

 David and Oustalet, however, also figure the adult of this species as 

 white. 



Uab. China, ranging iuto the Malayan peninsula and Sumatra. 



a. (S ad. sk. Shanghai. Hon. East-India Co. [P.]. 



(Tj'pe of species. ) 



b. S ad. sk. Malacca. W. Harvey, Esq. [P.]. 



c. 2 ad. sk. Malacca. Hon. E.I. Co. [P.]. 



d. (S jun. sk. Kessang, Malacca. M. Bouvier. 



e,f. S ad. sk. Sumatra. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



y. Jun. sk. Sumah-a. A. E. Wallace, Esq. [0.]. 



4. Terpsiphone mutata. 



Le Gobe-mouche a longue queue de Madagascar, Briss. Orn. ii. 



p. 424, pi. 40. fig. I : Daubmt. PI. Enl. v. pi. 248. fig. I. 

 Le Gobe-mouche a longue queue blanc de Madagascar, Briss. t. c, 



p. 427, pi. 40. tig. 2. 

 Le Gobe-mouche varie a longue queue de Madagascar, Briss. t. c. 



p. 4:30, pi. 40. fig. 8. 

 Muscicapa mutata, Linn. Si/st. Nat. i. p. .325. 

 Le Gobe-mouche a longue queue et a ventre blauc de Madagascar, 



Dmibent. PL Enl. v. pi. 248. fig. 2. 

 Le Schet de Madaga.scar, Month. Hist. Nat. Ois. iv. p. 567. 

 Muscicapa caudata, Miill. Syst. Nat.,Anhang, p. 168 ; Cass. Pr. Philad. 



Acad. 1864, p. 2.55. 

 Mutable Flycatcher, Lath. Gen. Syn. ii. p. 348. 

 Muscicapa viridescens, Bodd. Tahl. PI. Enl. p. 15. 

 Le Schet voux, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. iii. pi. 147. 

 Le Schet noir, Levaill. t. c. iii. pi. 148. 

 riatyrhynchus mutatus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. x.xvii. p. 18, 



