96 ON MUSCICAPULA WESTERMANNl AND M. MELANOLEUCA. 



10,000 feet: Everett); — ib. p. 595 (Lombok, 4000—6000 f.: 

 Everett); — ib. p. 561 (Lombok, 3000 f.: Doherty); — ib. 

 p. 541 (Java . 900—10,000 f. : Doherty) ; — ib. p. 548 (Bali , 

 2000—3000 f.: Doherty); — ib. p. 569 (Sumbawa, 3000 f.: 

 Doherty). 



The Leyden Museum possesses a nice and very instructive 

 series of this species in the following specimens: 

 N" 1. Male, adult. Nepal. ColL Hodgson. 

 » 2. » » Tibet. 



» 3. » » Sikkim. 



» 4. » » Central India. 



» 5&6. » » Java. — Coll. Kuhl& van Hasselt (1826). 



» 7. » in change of plumage. — Same origin. 

 » 8. Female, adult. » » 



» 9. Nestling. » » 



» 10. Male, adult. Timor. — Coll. Dr. S. Muller (1829). 

 » 11. Female, » — Same origin. 



» 12. Male, adult. Celebes (Bonthain Peak). — Coll. Everett. 

 » 13. » » Highl. of Luzon. — Coll. Whitehead. 



» 14. Female,» — Same origin. 



In size there is no difference between the above speci- 

 mens; the length of wing varies from 55 to 59 mm.; 

 that of the tail from 38 to 42 mm. 



The specimens N° 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 and 11 were labelled 

 by Temminck himself »Muscicapa melanoleuca, n. sp.", 

 N^ 8 »Muscicapa Hasselti, n. sp." but not published; the 

 specimens N° 12, 13 and 14 were received s. n. »M. Wes- 

 termanni". Specimen N" 12, collected by Mr. Everett and 

 marked » female", is no doubt an »old male" in freshly 

 moulted dress, some of the wing- and tail-feathers are 

 not yet full grown (shot in October). 



Muscicapula melanoleuca is a mountain bird, breeding in 

 high altitudes, as shown by the references given before in 

 the synonymy, and visits low land only during the cold season. 



Leyden Museum, March 1898. 



ISotes from ttie Leydeti JVlu.seu.iri, Vol. X.'X.. 



