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 
banyumas, Siphia elegans, and Cyornis herioti. Everett was the first 
ornithologist to describe it under the name Siphia lempriert and his 
description is here quoted. 
402. CYORNIS PLATENZ® (Blasius). 
PLATEN’S CYORNIS. 
Siphia platene Briastus, Ornis (1888), 308. 
Siphia erithacus (not of Blyth), Suarpe, Ibis (1888), 199, pl. 4, fig. 2. 
Cyornis erithaca SHARPE, Hand-List (1901), 3, 217; McGrecor and Wor- 
CESTER, Hand-List (1906), 72. 
Cyornis parague McoGreeor, Condor (1906), 8, 29. 
Cyornis platene McGrecor, Condor (1907), 9, 162. 
Palawan (Lempriere, Whitehead, Platen, Bourns & 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 flanks; 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 inale, 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: 
Length, 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 ridge; 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 
125mm. This genus is a large group of small flycatchers, the members 
of which present three distinct types of coloration. 
