Dr. J. V. Madarasz on tivo new Birds from Tibet. 145 



XVIII. — Descriptions of two new Birds from Tibet*. 

 By Dr. Julius von Madarasz. 



1. Myiophoneus tibetanus^ n. sp. 



J . Cserulescenti-ater ; fronte, apicibus plumarura pectoris 

 metallice spleudeutibus ; humeris ultramarinis ; remi- 

 gibus rectricibiisque atris ultramariiio tinctis ; rostro 

 flavo, culmine iiigrescente ; pedibus nigris. Long. tot. 

 c. 300 ram., al. 165 mm., caud. 120 mm., rostr. a fr. 

 26 mm., tars. 55 mm. 



This new species is similar to M. temmincki, but smaller, 

 and differs in the colouring as follows : — the glistening tips 

 of the feathers on the breast and abdomen are infinitely- 

 smaller, and on the back totally absent ; the light blotches 

 on the end of the secondary coverts are also wanting. In 

 M. temmincki the bases of the feathers on the abdomen and 

 flanks are white ; in this new species, on the contrary, they 

 are uniformly black. 



2. PUCRASIA MEVERI, U. Sp. 



^ . Pucrasia xanthospilcB mari similis, sed pectore et abdomine 

 medio vividius castaneis ; rectricibus intermediis fulvis, 

 nigro-striatis, rectricibus lateralibus rufis, apicem versus 

 nigris, albo terminatis. Long. tot. c. 530 mm., al. 

 250 mm., caud. 240 mm., rostr. a fr. 28 mm., tars. 

 70 mm. 



$ . Pncrasice xanthosjnice feminse similis, sed mento, gula et 

 colli lateribus luteis ; rectricibus intermediis fulvis, 

 nigro vermiculatis, rectricibus lateralibus rufis, apicem 

 versus nigris, albo terminatis. Long. tot. c. 480 mm., 

 al. 220 mm., caud. 190 mm., rostr. a fr. 25 mm., tars. 

 65 mm. 



Male. Forehead, cheeks, throat, and the lengthened part 

 of the crest black, vrith greenish-blue reflections from the one 

 point of view, and deep lilac from the other. Crown of head 

 and shorter part of the crest dusky sandy buff"; a patch on 



* I have described a new species, Tetraophasis szechenyii, in the 

 ' Zeitschrift fiir die gesammte Ornithologie,' 1885, p. 50, as coming from 

 Szli-csuan, East Tibet; but I have since been informed that all the 

 specimens, among which was that of the last-named species, were pur- 

 chased from a person who brought them from Central Tibet. 



