CYORNIS. 439 



Male. Above dark blue; a narrow band on forehead continued over 

 each eye lighter blue, as . also the lesser wing-coverts ; primaries and 

 secondaries black, edged with blue; shafts of rectrices black, inner webs 

 of all but middle pair black; lores black; ear-coverts and sides of neck 

 very dark blue ; a black band across chin continued backward on each side 

 of throat; throat, breast, and sides rich orange-rufous, slightly paler on 

 throat; crissum and middle of abdomen white; thighs blue, some of the 

 feathers tipped with white. Iris btown; bill black; legs pale bluish; 

 nails dark blackish brown. Length of a male from Luzon, 140; wing, 

 73 ; tail, 61 ; culmen from base, 14 ; bill from nostril, 10 ; tarsus, 18. 



Female. Similar to the male, but lores pale buff; chin and sides of 

 throat orangci-rufous instead of black. Length of a female from Sibuyan, 

 157; wing, 78; tail, 64; culmen from base, 16; bill from nostril, 11; 

 tarsus, 19. 



"The Philippine cyornis is a common and wide spread species; it is 

 found in deep forest, along wooded streams, and about clumps of bamboo 

 in the open. Iris nearly black; legs, feet, and nails light slaty brown; 

 bill black. Food worms and insects. Breeding in Cebu in July. Twenty 

 males average: Length, 156; wing, 76; tail, 65; culmen, 17; tarsus, 18; 

 middle toe with claw, 19. Ten females, length, 146; wing, 71,; tail, 60; 

 culmen, 16; tarsus, 17; middle toe with claw, 18." (Bourns and Wor- 

 cester MS. ) 



401. CYORNIS LEMPRIERI Sharpe. 



LEMPRIERE'S CYORNIS. 



Cyornis lemprieri SHARPE, Ibis (1884), 319; Hand-List (1901), 3, 216; 



MCGREGOR and WORCESTER, Hand-List (1906), 72. 

 Siphia lemprieri EVERETT, Jour. Str. Br. Roy. As. Soc. (1889), 20, 133; 



IBIS (1895), 25. 



Balabac (Everett) ; Calamianes (Bourns & Worcester] ; Palawan (Everett, 

 Lempriere, Platen, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester, Celest ino ) . 



"Adult male. General color above dull blue, with half concealed tufts 

 of white on the sides of the rump; lesser wing-coverts brighter cobalt, 

 forming a shoulder-patch; median and greater series blackish, externally 

 like the back; alula, primary-coverts, and quills black, with narrow 

 margins of dull blue, broader on the secondaries; tail-feathers blackish, 

 greenish blue externally; head like the back, the base of the forehead 

 brighter cobalt, extending backward over the eye and forming an eyebrow ; 

 lores black; sides of face and ear-coverts and cheeks black, glossed with 

 dull blue ; a moustachial line of blue feathers tipped with white ; a black 

 chin spot; throat and fore neck orange-buff, extending down the sides of 

 the body,, but paler and inclining to whitish below the black chin-spot ; 



