IKHABITING THE PHILIPPINE AECHIPELAGO. 183 



Muscicapa occipitalis, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 97, " neighbourhood of Manilla ; " v. Martens, torn. 



cit. no. 31. 

 Muscicapa caruleocephala, Sykes, P. Z. S. 183.2, p. 85, no. 43, S, " Deccan ; " J. A. S.B. 1834, 



p. 423. 

 ? Myiagra torquata, Swains.' Nat. Libr. Flycatchers, p. 208(^rfeG. R. Gray, Hand-list, no. 4930). 

 Muscicapa manadensis, Quoy et Gaim. ap. Bp. Consp. i. p. 321, nee Quoy et Gaim. 



Hah. Guimaras, March {Meyer) ; Negros {L. C. Layard) ; Luzon ( Vigors). 



The proportion of blue, of bluish grey, and of pure white varies considerably among 

 individuals (males) from the same locality. In some the lower breast and the whole 

 abdominal region is pure white. In the others the entire breast and the abdomen is 

 bluish grey. Again, the presence of the black nuchal patch and black gorget is not 

 constant. In a Malabar male, in apparently otherwise full plumage, the black gorget 

 is absent. A Ceylon male in brilliant azure plumage wants both the black nuchal 

 patch and the gorget. A second specimen from that island also wants these characters. 

 If constant in the Ceylon Hypothymis, this form will deserve specific separation. 

 Examples from Maunbhoom, Garoo Hills, Tongoo, Moulmein, Malacca, Java, Flores, 

 Banjarmassing, and the island of Negros perfectly agree with the only individual 

 obtained by Dr. Meyer. 



BuTALis, Bole. 



86. * BUTALIS MANILLENSIS. 



Butalis manillensis, Bp. Compt. Eend. xxxviii. p. 652, "Manilla" (1854) ; Coll. Delattre, p. 80. 



Hah. Manilla [Bonajparte). 



The short notice given of this species makes it difiicult to identify. It is stated to be 

 of small size as compared with B. grisola, and may prove to be Butalis latirostris 

 (Eaffles, Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 312), or else Butalis griseosticta (Swinh., Ibis, 1861, 

 p. 330), both these migratory forms occurring in the Malay archipelago during the winter 

 months. 



Zeocephus, Bonaparte. 



87. * Zeocephus eufus. 



Tchitrea nifa, G. R. Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. xi. p. 371, "Philippine Islands" (1843) ; Gray 



& Mitch. Genera of Birds, pi. 64. 

 Zeocephus rvfa (G. R. Gray), Bp. Comptes Rend, xxxviii. p. 652 (1854) ; Coll. Delattre, p. 80 ; 



Cassin, Un. St. Expl. Exp. Zool. p. 144. 



Hah. Philippines. 



The precise localities in the Philippines inhabited by this Flycatcher are not known. 



• Treated as a distinct species by Bonaparte (Consp. p. 321), and united by Mr. G. E. Gray with the 

 Philippine species. I have failed to find Swainson's description. He merely refers to it (J. c.) as a recognized 

 species additional to H. azurea. 



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