52. cuiicicAPA. 369 



are the sides of the upper breast ; thighs hrown ; under ■wing- 

 coverts aud axillaries white, the edge of the wing browner ; quills 

 dusky brown below, buffy white along the edge of the inner web ; 

 " iris hazel " {Steere). Total length 5-5 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 

 2-95, tail 2-4, tarsus 0-7. 



Hah. Island of Basilan, Philippine archipelago. 



a. (S ad. sk. Basilan. Dr. J. B. Steere [C.]. (One of 



the typical specimens.) 



52. CULICICAPA. ^Type. 



Cryptoloplia, auct. (nee Sicains. 1837). 

 Myialestes, auct. (nee Cab. 1850).* 



Culicicapa, Swin/t. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 381 0. ceylonensis. 



Empidothera, Simckv. Ai\ Meth. Tent. p. 25 (1872) . . C. ceylonensis. 

 Xantholestes, Sharpe, Tr. Linn. Soc. 2nd series, i. 



p. 327 (1877) C. panayensis. 



Bill of Citlicicapa ceylonensis. 



Range. From India and Ceylon, extending through the Burmese 

 countries down the Malayan peninsula to the islands of Java, the 

 Philippines, and Celebes. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Head and throat grey ; back greenish yellow ; 



under surface of body bright yellow ceylonensis, p. 369. 



h. Head yellow or greenish. 



a. Larger : head and sides of face bright yellow, 



like the throat helianthea, p. 370. 



h'. Smaller : head and sides of face greenish .... panayensis, p. 371. 



1. Culicicapa ceylonensis.t 



Platyrhynchus ceylonensis, Swains. Zool. Illustr. ser. i. pi. 13. 

 Cryptolopha poiocephala, Swains. Nat, Hist. Flycatchers, p. 200, 



■pi. 23. 

 Khipidura ceylonensis, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 259. 

 Cryptolopha cevlonensis, Gray, Cat. Mamm. S,-c. Nepal Coll. Hodgs. 



p. 93. 

 Cryptolopha cinereocapilla, Hutton, J. A. S. B. svii. p. 689 ; Blyth, 



Cat. B. Mtts. A. S. B. p. 205 ; Bp. Co)isp. i. p. 327 ; Horsf. 8,- Moore, 



* Cf. Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 305. 



t Several authors, commenciug with Blytli, liave attributed a Muscicapa 

 cinereocapilla of Vieillot to this species. I have uot succeeded in finding this 

 name. 



