214 Journal of the F.M.S. Musewms. [Vov. VIII, 
“Tris (?), bill black, feet brownish black, orbital region (in 
fresh skin) red.” : 
These two examples were obtained by our Dyaks in our 
absence, so that the specimens were not examined in the flesh. 
They were shot in one instance on the ground, in the other 
among low shrubs. We observed the remains of one killed 
by some predaceous bird or mammal in the neighbourhood of 
Sungei Kumbang, but the bird must be very rare, as these are 
the only specimens obtained since the original types were 
collected by Beccari on Mt. Singgalang thirty-five years ago. 
The two specimens are perfectly adult and agree well 
with each other and with the original description. 
Entire undersurface, tail coverts, mantle, back, scapulars, 
upper tail coverts and sides of the head, lores and a narrow 
superciliary line, glossy black. Cap and nape, purplish 
lavender, the nape feathers interspersed with long, blackish, 
hair-like plumes. Median tail feathers dull bluish except for 
a narrow black tip. Other tail feathers bluish on the outer 
webs, with a broad black tip, the outermost pair entirely black. 
Inferior aspect of the tail uniformly black. Bastard wing and 
two outer primaries entirely black, remainder and the second- 
aries with the base of the outer web greyish blue, increasing 
inexte nt towards the inner secondaries. Lesser upper wing 
coverts glossy black, median wing coverts greyish silvery blue, 
narrowly tipped with black, the inner webs of the outermost 
ones black. Quill lining, under wing coverts and axillaries 
black. 
Dimensions (in skin): total length, 256, 255; wing, 149, 
141; tail, 123, 126; tarsus, 29, 29; bill from gape, 31, 31 mm. 
The measurements of the type as given by Salvadori were: 
total length, 280; wing, 140; tail, 115; tarsus, 30; bill 
(culmen) 20 mm. 
The affinities of this fine species are evidently with 
C. purpurea, Hodgs. of the Himalayas, which occurs as far 
south as Mt. Muleyit in Tenasserim. From this species it is, 
however, at once distinguished by the deep shining black of 
the mantle and under surface. It is a very much larger bird 
than C. azurea, of Java. 
141. Larvivora cyanea (Pall.). S 
Motactlla cyanea, Pall.; Reis. Russ. Reichs. 111, p. 697 (1776). 
Larvivora cyanea (Pall.); Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind. Birds, 1, 
p. 181 (1889); Robinson, Journ. Fed. Malay States Mus. 11. 
Pp. 207 (1909). 
Emithacus cyaneus (Pall..; Seebohm, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. 
V, p. 303 (1881). 
a. 16. .Siolak Daras, Korinchi Valley, Sumatra, 
3,000 feet. 16th March, 1914. [No. 180. | 
A single fully adult male. 
Expedition to Korinchi: 
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