66. siPHiA, 453 



a,h. c? $ ad. sk. Sarawak. Henry Everett, Esq. 



c, d. ^ ad. sk. Tagora, Sarawak. Henry Everett, Esq. 



12. Siphia turcosa. 



Cyornis turcosa, BrUgf/. Ahhandl. nat. J'er. Bremen, v. p. 457. 



General colour above light blue, inclining to turquoise-blue on 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts ; least and median vviug-eoverts 

 bright cobalt, forming a conspicuous shoulder-patch ; remainder of 

 the wing-coverts and quills blackish, externally deep blue, the outer 

 primaries entirely black ; middle tail-feathers blue, the others blue 

 on the outer web, black on the inner ; foreliead turquoise-blue, 

 ■which extends backwards over the eye ; lores black ; ear-coverts 

 deep blue ; cheeks and entire throat and breast light orange-buff ; 

 rest of under surface pure white, the under tail-coverts washed with 

 blue ; sides of body washed with light orange-buff; thighs blue, the 

 feathers tipped with white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries light 

 orange-buff, the edge of the wing bright blue. Total length 5'1 

 inches, culmen 0-6, wing 2-8, tail 2"25, tarsus 0-7. 



Hah. Borneo and Malacca. 



a. Ad. sk. Lumbidan. Governor Ussher [C.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Kessang, Malacca. M. A. Bouvier. 



13. Siphia magnirostris.* 



Cyornis, sp., Bhjth, Cat. B. Mvs. A. S. B. p. 17.3. 



Cyornis magnirostiis, Bhjth, J. A. S. B. xviii. p. 814, xxxix. p. 100 ; 

 Jerd. B. I)id. i. p. 40'J ; Blyili, Ibis, 18GG, p. 371 ; Gvdicm-AKsten, 

 J. A. S. B. 1870, p. 100; Ihnne, Str. F. 1876, p. 223, et 1877, 

 pp. 339, 489 ; id. 4'- Davison, Sti: F. 1878, p. 229. 



Niltava magnirostris, Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 326, no. 4890. 



Adult male. Above deep ultramarine-blue, brighter on the rump 

 and upper tail-coverts ; forehead and line over each eye brighter and 



■* I am unaequaiuted with the following species : — 



SiPIlIA MANDELLII. 



Cyornis mandellii, Hume, Str. F. 1874, p. 510, et 1876, p. 396. 



Length 5'25 inches ; wing 21*, the third and fourth primaries equal, the fifth 

 slightly shorter, the second 3 and the first 1'4 shorter than the longest ; the 

 third quill is therefore slightly longer than in typical Cyarnis : tail from vent 2, 

 bill at front 04.^, tarsus O'O. 



The legs and feet were apparently vei-y pale fleshy or pinkish white ; the 

 upper mandible blackish brown, paling just at the tip ; the lower mandible pale 

 yellowish horny ; the lores, a ring round the eye, and a patch at the base of the 

 lower mandible white ; the rictal and nariiil bristles black ; the forehead, crown, 

 occiput, cheeks, ear-coverts, and nape brown ; the mantle, rump, and ujiper 

 tail-coverts also brown, but more and more tinged with rufous as they approach 

 the latter, which are a decided rufous-brown ; wings hair-brown, darkest on the 

 primaries, the second of which has a barely perceptible whitish margin to the 



