280 BULLETIN: MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 
MUSCICAPIDAE. 
* CYORNIS TICKELLIAE GLAUCICOMANS Thayer & Bangs. 
6 specimens, Mengtsze, April, June, Aug., Sept., Oct. 
* NILTAVA SUNDARA DENOTATA, subsp. nov. 
2 specimens, o' and 9, Mengtsze, Oct., Dec. 
Type:— adult #, M. C. Z., No. 61,905, Mengtsze, 14 ‘Octal >| 
1910. 
Characters.— Similar to true N. sundara but slightly larger; back 
pure black, not washed with purple as in the latter form; underparts 
paler yellowish especially on the lower abdomen; chin and throat 
solid black, not at all washed with purple; neck spot pale blue 
(Rood’s blue, Ridgway, 1912); blue of head abruptly contrasted with 
the black of the mantle. “a 
Measurements: <, Type, wing, 83, tarsus, 21, culmen from base of 
forehead, 16; 9, No. 61,906 M. C. Z., wing, 78, tarsus, 22, culmen, 17. _ 
* NILTAVA DAVIDI La Touche. 
3 specimens, both sexes, Mengtsze, April, Oct. - 
Thayer and Bangs (Bull. M. C. Z., 1909, 52, p. 141) overlooked - 
La Touche’s name when describing their Neltava lychnis. There is, 
tinct from N. davidi La Touche, which came from northwestern 
Fokien. The two males in the present collection agree almost exactly 
N. lychnis in having the crown brighter blue and the chin, sides of t e 
head and throat washed with dark, bluish purple, whereas in the type 
of N. lychnis these areas are dead black. ¥. 
MUuScICAPA LATIROSTRIS (Raffles). 
5 specimens, Mengtsze, Feb., May, Sept. 
* MuscicaAPA MUTTUI Layard. 
I o, Mengtsze, 14 April, 1911. 
