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entirely blue ; tall-foathers dark blue, the outer one? black on the 

 inner web; under wing-coverts and asillaries orange-rufous, the 

 edge of the wing blue; quills dusky brown bolow, lighter on the 

 inner web ; " bill black ; legs pale brownish lead-colour ; iris dark 

 brown" (Everdt). Total length 5-6 inches, culmen 0"oo, wing 3"2, 

 tail 2-S5, tarsus 0"65. 



Adult female. Similar to the male, but distinguished by the white 

 lores; "bill black; legs purplish leaden grey ; iris brown" (Everett). 

 Wing 2-75 inches, tail 2"3.5, tarsus 0-G5. 



Young. Kobin-like. Dusky brown, with subterminal spots of 

 orange -buff to all the feathers of the \ipper surface ; wings and tail 

 dusky, externallj' blue, the secondaries tipped with buff like the 

 coverts ; underneath orange-rufous, mottled with dusky margins to 

 the feathers ; abdomen whitish. 



Hub. Malayan peninsula, Java, Borneo, Celebes. 



a. Ad. sk. Penang. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



b. cJ ad. sk. Java. Purchased. 



c. Juv. sk. Labuan. Hugh Low, Esq. [C.]. 



d. cf ad. ; e,f. $ ad. sk. Lahuau. Hugh Low, Esq. [C.]. 

 </, /(. S ad. sk. Labuan {Low). R, B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 

 V. c? ad. sk. Labuan. Governor Ussher [C.]. 



k, I. cJ $ ad. sk. Bintulu. Alfred Everett, Esq. [0.1. 



m. (S ad. sk. Sarawak. Heniy Everett, Esq. [C.J. 



8. Siphia pMlippinensis. 



Cyornis hanvumas, Von Martens, J. f. 0. ISGO, p. II; fl'alden, Tr. 



Z. S. ix. p' 182. 

 Cvornis philippinensis, Sharpe, Tr. Linn. Soc. new series, i. p. 32o ; 

 " Tweeddale, F. Z. S. 1877, p. 693, et 1878, pp. 109, 284, 342. 



Adult female. General colour dull light blue, not showing per- 

 ceptibly brighter on the rump ; wings and tail blue like the back, 

 the inner webs blackish, the least and median coverts brighter blue 

 than the rest of the upper surface ; forehead and eyebrow scarcely 

 any lighter than the rest of the head ; ear-coverts dark blue ; lores 

 buffy whitish ; under surface of body bright orange-rufous, rather 

 paler on the throat and sides of the body ; lower breast, abdomen, 

 and under tail-coverts pure white ; thighs white, with dusky bases ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries light orange-buff ; " bill black ; 

 iris dark chocolate-brown ; legs light hrovrii " (Tiveeddcde). Total 

 length 5 inches, culmen 0-o5, wing 3'1, tail 2-75, tarsus 0-7. 



Adult male. Similar to the female, but with black lores. Wing 

 3"15 inches, tail 2"G5, tarsus 0*7. 



Hah. Philippine Islands. 



«. [c?] ad. st. Philippine Islands. Hugh Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 



J. [$ Jad.sk. Philippine Islands. Purchased. 



c. $ ad. sk. Panay. Prof. Steere [C.]. (One of 



the typical specimens.) 



d. Juv. sk. Dumaguete, Aug. 1877. Alfred Everett, Esq. [C.]. 



e. 2 ad. sk. Dumaguete {A. Everett). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



