34S ON THE BIllDS INHABITING [1875. 



Z'Azur a calotte ct a collier noir, Le Vaillant, Ois. d'Afr. iv. p. 11, pi. 153. figs. 1, 2. 



Tr. Z. S. ix. Jluscicapa occimtalis. Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 97, " neighbourhood of Manilla ; " v. Martens, 



p. isii. 



torn. cd. no. bl. 



Muscicapa cceruleocejjliala, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 85, no. 43, ?, "Deccan;" J. A. S. B. 

 1834, p. 423. 



XMytagra torquata. Swains. f Nat. Libr. Flycatchers, p. 208 {Jide G. E. Gray, Hand-list, 

 no. 4930). 



Miiscicapa manadensis, Quoy et Gaim. ap. Bp. Consp. i. p. 321, nee Quoy et Gaim. 



Hub. Guimaras, March (3Iei/er) ; Negros (L. C. Layard) ; Luzon ( Vigors). 



The proportion of blue, of bluish grey, and of pure white varies considerably among 

 individuals (males) from the same locality. In some the lower breast and the whole abdominal 

 region is pure white. In the others the entire breast and the abdomen is bluish grey. Again, 

 the presence of the black nuchal patch and black gorget is not constant. In a Malabar male, in 

 apparently otherwise full plumage, the black gorget is absent. A Ceylon male in brilliant 

 azure pluraage wants both the black nuchal patch and the gorget. A second specimen from 

 that island also wants these characters. If constant in the Ceylon Ilypothymis, this form will 

 deserve specific separation. Examples from Maunbhoom, Garo Hills, Tonghoo, Moulmein, 

 Malacca, Java, Flores, Banjermassing, and the island of Negros perfectly agree with the only 

 individual obtained by Dr. Meyer. 



BuTALis, Boie. 



86. * BUTALIS MAXILLEX.SIS. 



Sutalis manillensis, Bp. Compt. Rend, xxxviii. p. 652, " Manilla " (1854) ; Coll. Delattre, 

 p. 80. 



Ilah. Manilla {Bonaparte). 



The short notice given of this species makes it difficult to identify. It is stated to be of 

 small size as compared with B. grisola, and may prove to be Butalis latirostris (Raffles, Tr. Linn. 

 Soc. xiii. p. 312), or else Butalis yriseosticta (Swinh., Ibis, 1861, p. 330), both these migratory 

 forms occurring in the Malay archipelago during the winter months. 



Zeocephus, Bonaparte. 



87. * Zeocephus kufus. 



Tchitrea n/fa, G. E. Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. xi. p. 371, " Philippine Islands" (1843); 

 Gray & Mitch. Genera of Birds, pi. 64. 



Zeocephus nifa (G. R. Gray), Bp. Comptes Rend, xxxviii. p. 652 (1854) ; Coll. Delattre, 

 p. 80 ; Cassin, Un. St. Expl. Exp. Zool. p. 144. 



Ilab. Philippines. 



The precise localities in the Pliilippines inhabited by this Flycatcher are not known. 



t Treated as a distinct species by Bonaparte (Consp. p. 321), and united by Mr. G. R. Gray witli the Philippine 

 species. I have failed to find Swainson's description. He merely refers to it (?. c.) as a recognized species additional to 

 II. azurea. 



