50. PHILE^•TOMA. 365 



50. PHILENTOMA. 



Type. 

 Philentoma, Eyton, Ann. N. H. xvi. p. 229 (1845) . . P. pyrrliopterum. 



Wing of Philentoma vvlatum. 



Range. From Tenasscrim down the Malayan peninsula to the 

 islands of Java, Sumatra, and Borneo. 



Key to the Species. 



a. "Wings and tail blue, like the back. 

 a'. Throat and chin alike in colour. 



«". Larger; wiug 3-8 inches : forehead, 

 lores, ear-coverts, and throat en- 

 tirely black velatum J , p. 3(JQ. 



b". Smaller ; wing 3 inches : lores, 

 ear-coverts, and throat blue ; fore- 

 head and eyebrow a little lighter 



/blue pi/rr/io])teruni cJ , p. 3Gtj. 



h'. Chin black ; lower throat and fore neck 



maroon velatum cS , p. 3U6. 



b. Wiugs and tail chestnut. 



c'. Head and neck all round, throat, and 



chest blue pyrrhopterum c5' juv., p. 3(37. 



d'. Head ashy brown, slightly glossed with 



greenish ; throat and chest rufous- 



bufl" pyrrhopterum J , p. 3G6. 



1. Philentoma velatum. 



Drymophila velata, Temm. PI. Col. 334. 



Monacha velata. Swains. Classif. B. ii. p. 2-57. 



Monacha csesia, Less. Rev. Zool. 1839, p. 1G7. 



Muscicapa pectoralis, Huy, Madr. Joiirn. xii. pt. 2, p. Ibl, 



Myiagra pectoralis, Strickl. P. Z. S. 1846, p. 101. 



Mouarcha velata. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 260 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 326. 



Philentoma velatum, Bhjth, Cat. B. Mns. A. S. B. p. 204 ; Bp. Consp. 



i. p. 324 ; Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. Mm. E.I. Co. i. p. 392 ; Mowe, 



P. Z. S. 1854, p. 270 ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 449 ; Gray, Hand-1. B. 



i. p. 3.34, no. 5027 : Wakhm, Ibis, 1872, p. 373 ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. 



p. 132; Sharpe, Ibis, 1877, p. 19; Hume Si Davison, Str. F. 1878, 



Philentoma unicolor, Blyth, Ibis, I860, p. 46. 

 Tchitrea velata, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 334, no. 5027. 

 Tchitrea unicolor, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 334, no. 5028. 



