MUSCICAPULA. 441 



toe with claw, 17. Iris dark brown; legs and feet nearly black often 

 tinged with bluish; bill black." {Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



The female of this species has been variously identified as Cyornis 

 lanyumas, Siphia elegans, and Cyornis herioti. Everett was the first 

 ornithologist to describe it under the name Siphia lemprieri and his 

 description is here quoted. 



402. CYORNIS PLATEN/E (Blasius). 



PLATEN'S CYORNIS. 



Siphia platencv Blasius, Ornis (1888), 308. 



Siphia erithacus (not of Blyth), Sharpe, Ibis (1888), 199, pi. 4, fig. 2. 



Cyornis erithaca Sharpe, Hand-List (1901), 3, 217; McGregor and WoE- 



CESTER, Hand-List (1906), 72. 

 Cyornis paraguce McGregor, Condor (1906), 8, 29. 

 Cyornis platencc McGregor, Condor (1907), 9, 162. 



Palawan (Lempriere, Whitehead, Platen, Bourns d Worcester) . 



"Adult male. — General color above rufous-brown, with a slight oliva- 

 ceous tinge; lesser wing-coverts like the back; median coverts, greater 

 coverts, alula, primary-coverts, and quills blackish brown, more or less 

 broadly edged with the same color as the back, a little more rufous on 

 the latter; upper tail-coverts and tail-feathers bright chestnut; crown 

 of head like the back slightly washed with olive; lores ashy gray; 

 feathers round the eye dusky; ear-coverts olive-brown, washed with 

 tawny; cheeks, throat, and chest orange-rufous; breast and abdomen 

 pure white, as well as the sides of body and flanlcs ; thighs dusky brown ; 

 under tail-coverts pale tawny-rufous; under wing-coverts and axillars 

 white; quills below dusky, whitish along their inner edge. Length, 

 107; culmen, 14;«wing, 57; tail, 38; tarsus, 18. 



"Adult female. — Similar to the male, but with the lores more tawny. 

 Length, 107; 'culmen, 13; wing, 57; tail, 38; tarsus, 7." (Sharpe.) 



''Quite rare in the ground collected in by us. Found in thickets in 

 the jungle or forest, and always near the ground. A male measures: 

 Lengtb, 117; wing, 60; tail, 40; culmen, 14; tarsus, 20; middle toe 

 with claw, 19. Two females, length. 111; wing, 57; tail, 39; culmen, 

 14; tarsus, 19; middle toe with claw, 17. Iris nearly black; legs, feet, 

 and nails light slate-color; bill black." {Bourns and Worcester MS.) 



Genus MUSCICAPULA Blyth, 1843. 



Bill somewhat flattened basally and compressed near the tip; culmen 

 with a decided lidge; rictal bristles moderately developed; wing rather 

 long; first primary equal to about one-half of second; tarsus slender 

 and equal to twice the bill from nostril; length of bird from 100 to 

 125 mm. This genus is a large group of small flycatchers, the members 

 of which present three distinct types of coloration. 



