NO. 1803. HYP0THYMI8 AND CYANONYMPHA—OBERHOLSER. 



597 



Measurements of specimens of Hypothymis azurea coeruleocephala examined. 



HYPOTHYMIS AZUREA CEYLONENSIS Sharpe. 



Hypothymis ceylonensis Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1879, p. 277 (Kandy 

 Hills, Ceylon). 



Clmrs. suhsp. — Similar to Hypothymis azurea coeruleocepliala, but 

 black occipital patch of male less evident; and black bar on fore neck 

 absent. 



Measurements. — Male: Wing, 71; tail, 63; culmen, 14; tarsus, 17 

 mm.* One female: Wing, 70.5; tail, 71.5; exposed culmen, 10; 

 tarsus, 16 mm. 



Type-locality. — Kandy Hills, Ceylon. 



Geographical distribution. — Ceylon. 



From what Mr. Oates has to say of this bird,'' the adult male of 

 which we have not seen, it is evidently not a distinct species, though 

 a good race. 



HYPOTHYMIS AZUREA PROPHATA, new subspecies. 



Hypothymis occipitalis Authors, not of Vigors. 



Chars, subsp. — Similar to Hypothymis azurea azurea, but larger; 

 sides, flanks, and upper part of abdomen in the male more tinged with 

 bluish; crissum not pure white, but usually more or less faintly washed 

 vdi\\ bluish or grayish; black occipital patch averaging larger; axil- 

 lars less purely wliite, more grayish, and often more bluish; and black 

 collar on foreneck usually wider. 



Description. — Type, adult male. No. 180281, U.S.N.M.; Great 

 Karimon Island, May 25, 1903; Dr. W. L. Abbott. Throat, breast, 

 and upper parts hyacinth blue, rather Hghter below, much so on 

 pileum; extreme forehead along the culmen, a tiny chin spot, a 

 crescentic occipital patch, and a somewhat crescentic bar on the 

 jugulum velvety black; wings and tail slate black, the wing-quills 

 and rectrices broadly margined with marine blue, the wing-coverts 

 edged with the blue of the back; posterior lower parts white, the fore 



a Converted into millimeters from Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1879, p. 277. 

 6 Faun. Brit. India, Birds, vol. 2, 1890, pp. 49-50. 



