1845.] or little known Species of Birds. 565 



ropsis mysticalis, Swainson {Menag. p. 296), and described as that of the 

 next species (which was erroneously referred to malabaricus,) in J. A.S. 

 XII, 957. Exactly resembles the preceding except in its much small- 

 er size, the male having rather less black on the throat, but a larger and 

 broader azure moustache : the female has the throat and under- parts 

 yellowish, with the blue moustache less developed Length six inches 

 to six and a half, of wing two and seven-eighths to three and a quarter, 

 and tail two and a half to two and five-eighths ; bill to gape thirteen- 

 sixteenths of an inch, and tarse five-eighths. 



B. The bill tapering to its extremity, and slightly curved. The 

 shoulder of the wing of an ultramarine colour, more or less extended. 

 Hab., for the most part, India, Burmah, and probably China. 



3. Ph. cochinchinensis, (Lath., Gm.j, the adult male, and malabaricus 

 apud Latham, the young male; Chi. cochinchinensis, Jardine's synopsis : 

 Verdin de la cochinchine, Buffon ; Chi malabaricus apud nos, J. A. S. 

 XII, 957 (nee fcera.), and probably of Eyton, P. Z S. 1839, p. 102 ; 

 probably also Meliphaga javensis, Horsfield. This is the only species 

 of the present subdivision which I have seen from the Malay countries ; 

 and specimens from the vicinity of the Straits present a considerable 

 approximation in the form of bill to the members of the preceding 

 section, while those from Arracan have decidedly a more tapering- 

 bill, less abruptly curved at the tip, and approaching therefore to the 

 Indian type of Phyllornis. If I am right in identifying the Chi. mala- 

 baricus apud Eyton with the present species (of which I have little 

 doubt), that author states that " the female differs from the male in 

 having the markings less distinct :" this is probably the case with the 

 mature female ; but what I suspect is a young female from Singapore 

 has the forehead, throat, and region of the eyes, green, and a fulvous 

 tinge on the crown only, not any below ; and a presumed young male 

 from Arracan has a strong fulvous tinge on the crown, neck, and 

 breast, while the throat is greenish, with distinct verditer moustache, 

 more developed than that of the female cyanopogon. In any state of 

 plumage, the latter species may be readily distinguished from this 

 other small one, by the total absence of blue on its wings and tail. 



The three foregoing species are all common in the vicinity of the 

 Straits of Malacca, and I doubt if any of the following occur in the 

 Malay countries. The two next are proper to the peninsula of India, 

 No. 4 only extending to the hill regions of Bengal. 



