66. siPHiA. 443 



h". Lores white. 



g'". Ear-coverts dark, like the head ; no 

 perceptible light eyebrow, 

 y*. Abdomen and under tail-coverts 



oraiige-buft" bant/umas 5 , p. 4-50. 



(/*. Abdomen and under tail-coverts 



white iMlippinensis J , p. 450. 



h'". Ear-coverts light blue, like the upper 

 surface ; frontal and superciliary line 

 rather brighter blue tickellice 2 , P- ■H'i- 



b. Above orange-rufous ; head black ; tail en- 



tirely rufous ; wings black ; entire under 



surface orange-rufous nigroriifa, p. 455. 



c. Above olive-brown or greyish olive. 



e'. Tail black ; forehead white ; throat black ; 

 breast grey ; on the lower throat a large 



orange-chestnut spot stropldata, p. 455. 



/'. Tail blue. 



i". Ear-coverts and eyelid slaty brown, like 

 the upper surface ; below uniform 

 orauge-rufous fi'om chin to under tail- 

 coverts hyacinthinn § , p. 444. 



k". Ear-coverts and eyelid rufous ; below 

 bright orange-rufous, the lower ab- 

 domen whitish ccerideata J , p. 451. 



g'. Tail rufescent. 



I". Throat and chest orange-rufous riihecuhides 5 , p. 446. 



m". Throat and chest ashy white. 



i'". Tail-feathers rufous, the outer webs 



ashy brown riijicaiida, p. 457. 



k'". Tnil-ftathers brown, washed with 



rufous on the outer web olivacea, p. 457. 



1. Siphia hyacinthina. 



Muscicapa hyacinthina, Temm. PI. Col. iii. pi. 30: Finsch, Xeu- 



Gxtinea, p. Iti8. 

 iSiltava hyacintha, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 204. 

 Cyomis hyacinthina, Bp. Comp. i. p. 358 ; Wall. P. Z. S. 1863, 



p. 485. 

 I^iltava hyacinthina, G)-ay, Hand-l. B. i. p. 32.5, no. 4881. 



Adult male. General colour above dull blue, slightly brighter on 

 the upper tail-coverts : wings rather brighter and more ultramarine, 

 the least scries especially ; quills blackish, blue externally ; tail dull 

 blue on the outer webs, dusky on the inner webs, the two centre 

 feathers dull blue entirely ; forehead and feathers over the eye 

 brighter blue than the rest of the upper surface ; a narrow frontal 

 line, lores, and feathers in front of the eye black ; ear-coverts, 

 cheeks, throat, and fore neck blue-black, the latter rather brighter 

 blue ; rest of under surface entirely orange-rufous : thighs blue, 

 tipped with orange ; under wing-coverts and axillaries like the 

 breast, the edge of the wing blue ; quills dusky below, greyish along 

 the ibner web. Total length 6-7 inches, culmcn 0-55, wing 3"4, 

 tail 2-8, tarsiis 0-9. 



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