MUSCICAPA RUFIGULA, 



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NOTE IX. 

 MUSCICAPA RUFIGULA. 



Note on Muscicapa rufigula. »Kulil." 

 By R. Bowdler Sharpe ,' F. L. S. etc. 

 'Musc. rufigula, K. v. H. Mus. Lugd. 

 Latere superior! bruneo olivaceo , collo iufra pectoreque 

 ocliraceo-fulvis , abdomine albido : rostro bruneo : oculis 

 bruneis: pedibus albo-brunescentibus , pallidis.' 



'In sylvis ad lacum vernam. In den Rosamalawaldern 

 d. Pangerango. Zerstückte Coleopt. im Magen.' 



The following is a literal transcript, kindly made for 

 me by my friend Mr. Biittikofer, to whom I am indebted 

 for so much assistance during my visit to Leyden, of the 

 original description given by Kuhl in his MSS., which are 

 still preserved in the Archives of the Leyden Museum. 

 Unfortunately , although the description indicates the exis- 

 tence of a type in the latter collection , no specimen can 

 be found which will answer at all to the characters given 

 by the author above quoted. The specific name , however , 

 was adopted by S. Muller , and subsequent authors , as 

 follows. 



Erythrosterna rujigula , Muller , in van der Hoeven's 

 Tijdschrift, 1835, p. 351: Bp. Consp. 1, p. 319. 



Muscicapa rujigularis, Gray, Handl. B. 1 , p. 323, 



11°. 4845. 



A careful perusal of the description convinces me that 



Muscicapa rujigula is the female of Muscicapa luteola , 



Pall. {M. mugimaki, Temm.). There are some specimens 



üNTotes froin the Leyden IMuseum. 



