204 Mr. R. B. Sharpe on the 



The female is exactly like the male in colour^ and mea- 

 sures : — Total length 3-6 inches, culmen 0*35, wing 1'8, tail 

 1"45, tarsus 0*65. 



[I first met with this little Flycatcher at 4000 feet, on my 

 first expedition to Kina Balu, when I procured a single spe- 

 cimen. At 8000 feet, where I fell in with it again during 

 my second ascent of the mountain, it was much more plen- 

 tiful. It has a peculiar habit of hovering below the leaves 

 of the big trees and suddenly flying up and snatching an 

 insect. It is most often met with in the thick bamboo under- 

 growth .] 



72. Stoparola cerviniventris. 



StojJarola cerviniventris, Sharpe, Ibis, 1887, p. 444. 

 a,b. S ^ ad. Kina Balu, Jan. 29, 1888. 

 c,d,^',e. ? ad. Kina Balu, Feb. 1888. 

 /. c? ad. Kina Balu, March 1887. 

 g,h. S ^ ad. Kina Balu, March 18, 1888. 



The female is not distinguishable from the male in colour. 

 Total length 5*4 inches, culmen 0*5, wing 3*05, tail 2*15, 

 tarsus 0"65. This species is extremely close to S. ruficrissa, 

 but is lighter and more verditer-blue, and the under tail- 

 coverts are paler fawn-colour. 



Compared with ;Si. indigo, the male of S. cerviniventris is 

 distinguished by its much darker blue colour, both above and 

 below, especially on the throat, and by the buff colour of the 

 abdomen, which is perfectly constant throughout the series. 

 The females differ even more than the males, that of /S^. indigo 

 being of a very much lighter blue, inclining to greyish 

 cobalt, while the difference in the colour of the abdomen 

 between the two species is maintained quite as strongly as in 

 the males. 



I omitted to give the dimensions of the type specimen, 

 which are as follows : — Total length 5 '7 inches, culmen 0-5, 

 wing 3*0, tail 2*15, tarsus 0"65. 



[Only one specimen was collected during the first expedi- 

 tion at about 3000 feet, and the species is decidedly rare at this 

 elevation. On ascending the mountain a second time I 



