G6, siPHiA. 447 



f, <7. Jiiv. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



'h, V. c? ad. ; k-n. $ Nepal. Ji. II. Hodgson, Esq. [P.J. 



ad. sk. 



o. c? ad. St. Behar. B. H. Hodgaon, Esq. [P.]. 



p,q. c5' 2 ad. sk. Darjiling. J. Fotheringliam, Esq. 



r. Jiiv. sk. Daijiling. J. Fotheringham, Esq. 



s. $ ad. sk. Upper Buvmab, Jan. 16, Dr. Anderson [C.]. 



18(38. 



t. <S ad. sk. Pegu. AV. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



u, V, c? 2 ad. sk. Lower Pegu [Eugene R. B. Skarpe, Esq. [P.]. 



Oates). 



w. 9 ad. sk. Tenasserim. J. C. D. Packman, Esq. 



[P.]. 



5. Siphia elegans. 



Muscicapa elegans, Temm. PI. Col. iii. pi. 596. fig. 2. 



Mascicapa cantatrix $ , Temm. PL Col. iii. pi. 226. fig. 2. 



Niltava elegans, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 264 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 326, 



no. 480.5. 

 Gyornis elegans, Bp. Consp. i. p. .320 ; Walden, Ibis, 1872, p. 373 ; 



Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 130 ; Walden, Ibis, 1877, p. 316 ; Brdggem, 



Abhandl. nat. Ver. Bremen, v. p. 458. 

 Cj'ornis beccariana, Blyth, Ibis, 1870, p. 165 (nee Salvad.). 

 Cyornis banyumas, Tweedd. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 615 ($ ). 



Adult male. General colour above bright blue, inclining to cobalfc 

 on the rnmp and upper tail-coverts ; forehead and eyebrow distinctly 

 richer blue than the rest of the head ; least and median wing- 

 coverts bright ultramarine, contrasting with the back, the rest of the 

 wing-coverts and quiUs blackish, externally rich blue, the margins 

 to the primaries rather narrow ; two centre tail-feathers rich ultra- 

 marine, the others black, externally blue ; lores blackish ; ring round 

 the eye and ear-coverts deep blue ; throat bright blue, contrasting 

 with the sides of the face, and of about the same hue as the eye- 

 brow ; lower throat and fore neck bright orange, some of the 

 feathers with a narrow edging of blue ; rest of under surface of 

 body white, with a fulvous tint on the flanks, which are also slightly 

 shaded with blue ; sides of the upper breast and edge of the wing 

 rich blue, the axillaries greyish ; thighs blue, with whitish edgings j 

 quills dusky brown below, lighter along the edge of the inner web ; 

 bill black ; legs lead-colour ; iris chocolate. Total length 5*7 

 inches, culmen 0"55, wing 2*9, tail 2-3, tarsus Ow. (J/ws. Marquis 

 of Tweeddale.) 



Hah. Malacca, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Palawan. 



a. 2 ad. sk. W. Java. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



h. ^ ad. sk. Kessang, Malacca. M. A. Bouvier. 



G. Siphia tickellisB. 



Muscicapa hyacintha, Tiekell, J. A. S. B. ii. p. 674. 

 Muscicapa banyuma?:, Jerd. Bladr. Journ. xi. p. 15 (jiec Ilorsf.). 



