182 VISCOUNT WALDEN ON THE BIRDS 



MUSCICAPID^. 



Philentoma, Eyton. 



82. * Philentoma ctaniceps. (PI. XXXII. fig. 1.) 



Muscipeta cyaniceps, Cassin, Pr. Ac. Pliilad. vii. p. 438, " Philippine Islands " (1855) ; Un. St. 



Expl. Exped. Zool. p. 145, pi. ix. fig. 1. 

 Rhipidura caniceps, Cassin, ap. G. R. Gray {lapsu calami), Hand-list, no 4966. 



Hab. Luzon, January [Meyer). 



A small representative form oi Philentoma pyrrhopterum (Temm.). 



Leucocerca, Swainson. 



83. * Leucoceeca nigeitoequis. 



Rhipidura nigritorquis, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 97, " neighbourhood of Manilla." 



Mmcicapa bambusce, Kittlitz, Kupf. p. 7, pi. 9. f. 2, " Luzon " (1832) ; Mem. presentes k I'Ac. 



St. Pe'tersb. ii. p. 5, pi. 6, "Luzon" (1833). 

 7 Leucocerca javanica, ap. Blyth, Ibis, 1865, p. 30. 



Hob. Luzon, Zebu ; bill, feet, and claws black ; sexes alike [Meyer). 

 L. javanica may also inhabit the Philippines ; but before including it in their fauna 

 it wiU be better to wait for further evidence. 



Ctoenis, Blyth. 



84. CroENis banyumas. 



Muscicapa banyumas, Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 146, " Java " (1820) ; Waldeu, Tr. Zool. Soc. 

 viii. p. 117 ; v. Martens, J. f. O. 1866, p. 11, no. 32, "Luzon." 



Hab. Zebu, April [Meyer) ; Luzon [Jagor). 



The only individual obtained by Dr. Meyer appears to differ from Javan examples 

 by being of a much darker shade of blue, and by wanting the pale bright blue frontal 

 and superciliary plumes. The bill also is considerably longer aad stouter. 



Hypothtmis, Boie. 



85. Hypothymis azueea. 



Gobemouches bleu des Philippines, D'Aubent. PL Enl. 666. fig. 1 . 



Le petit Azur, Month. Hist. Nat. Ois. iv. p. 534. 



Muscicapa azurea, Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 41 (1783), ex D'Aubent.; Walden & Layard, Ibis, 1872, 



102, " Negros." 

 Muscicapa crpruka, Gm. S. N. i. p. 943, no. 64 (1788), ex Month. ; Kittlitz, Kupfert. p. 7, pi. 9. 



fig. 1; V. Martens, J. f. O. 1866, p. 11, no. 38. 

 L'Azur a calotte et a collier noir, Le Vaillant, Ois. d'Afr. iv. p. 11, pi. 153. figs. 1, 2. 



