452 MuscicAriDJ3, 



the head ; the scapulars, remainder of tlio wing-coverts, and quilla 

 dark sepia-brown, margined with olive-brown, rather rufescent ; 

 upper tail-coverts blue ; tail-feathers blackish, externally bright 

 blue ; forehead, lores, and feathers round the eye rufous ; cheeks 

 and ear-coverts dark olive-brown, washed slightly with rufous ; 

 under surface of body bright orange-rufous, paler on the throat, and 

 inclining to buffy white on the abdomen ; under wing-coverts and 

 axiUaries like the back ; quills dark brown below, ashy along the 

 edge of the inner web. Total length 4-8 inches, culmen 0*5, wing 

 2-7, tail 1-9, tarsus 0-6. 

 Hah. Borneo. 



c. c? vix ad. sk. Sarawak. A. R.Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



(Type of C rufifrons.) 

 b. 5 ad. sir. Tagora, Sarawak. Henry Everett, Esq. [0.1 



<?. 5juv.sk. Sarawak. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



11. SipMa beccariana. 

 Cyomis beccariana, Salvad. Atti R. Accad. Torino, iii. p. 533 ; id. 



Ucc. Born. p. 131 ; Brilggem. Ahhamll. nat. Ver. Bremen, v. 



p. 458. 

 Cyornis rufifrons, Shmye, Ibis, 1878, p. 416 (J ? ad.). 



Adult male. General colour above bright smalt-blue ; the crown 

 deep ultramarine, causing the eyebrow and forehead, which are 

 bright smalt-blue, to stand out in bold relief; scapulars and median 

 wing-coverts ultramarine, Avith a slight wash of smalt-blue ; the 

 lesser coverts br.iglit smalt-blue; greater coverts, primnry-coverts, 

 and quills black, edged with ultramarine ; tail-feathers black, all 

 but the outer one on each side externally bright blue, richer ultra- 

 marine than the wings, and not so brilliant as the back ; feathers 

 in front of the eye black ; sides of face and ear-coverts black, washed 

 with blue ; under surface of body bright orange-rufous, creamy buff 

 in the middle of the abdomen ; thighs blue-black on the outer aspect, 

 orange-buff on the inner ; under wing-coverts orange ; quills dusky 

 brown below, with slightly paler brown edgings to the inner webs. 

 Total length 57 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2-9, tail 2-35, tarsus 0-6. 



Adnlt female. Different from the male. General colour above 

 tawny brown, duller on the head, inclining to foxy chestnut on the 

 upper tail-coverts ; the tail chestnut-red ; wing-coverts dull brown, 

 edged with tawny brown, so that they appear like the back ; the 

 greater coverts and the quiUs more naiTowly edged ; the innermost 

 secondaries light fulvous-brown, edged with tawny, with indistinct 

 cross lines of dark brown ; forehead, eyebrow, and a ring round the 

 eye tawny ; in front of the eye a triangular patch of dull fulvous ; 

 sides of face duU ashy brown, with a faint wash of fulvous ; cheeks 

 and under surface of body orange-buff, richer on the breast; the 

 lower abdomen fulvescent white ; under wing-coverts pale orange- 

 buff. Total length 5-9 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2-7, tail 2-25, 

 tarsus 0-5.5. 



ffab. Borneo. 



