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p. 393; Salvin^ Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 412 (1882) ; Oates^ B. Brit. Burmali, ii, p. 70 (1883) ; Davison^ Str. 
Featli. X. p. 351 (1883) ; Blaldst. Amend. List B. Jap. p. 25 (1884); Guillemard^ P. Z. S. 1885^ pp. 255, 547, 
568; Styan, Ibis, 1887, p. 229 ; Biittik. Notes Leyd. Mus. ix. p. 41 (1887); Taezanowski, P. Z. S. 1887, 
p. 600; id. P. Z. S. 1888, p. 462; Dorries, J. f. O. 1888, p. 64 ; Hume, Str. Peath. xi. p. 43 (1888) ; Sharpe, 
Ibis, 1888, p. 197; Blasius, Ornis, 1888, p. 579 ; Sharpe & Salvad. Agg. Orn. Papuas. p. 60 (1889) ; Sharpe, 
Ibis, 1890, p. 21; Whitehead, tom. eit. p. 45; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 550; Steere, List B. & Mamm. 
Philipp, p. 9 (1890) ; Oates in Hume^s Nests & Eggs Ind. B. hi. p. 57 (1890); Dresser, Ibis, 1891, p. 99; 
Styan, tom. eit. p. 483; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 33, pL ii. fig. 1 (1892). 
Colaris cyanicoUis (Yieill.), Wagl. Syst. Av., Colaris, no. 4 (1827); Lesson, Traite d^Orn. p. 356 (1831) ; Bp. 
Consp. Volucr. Anisod. p. 7 (1854) ; Pelz. Novara Exp., Vog. p. 42 (1863). 
Colaris garrula (nee Linn.), Guerin-Menev. Icon. Eegn. Anim. pi. 22. fig. 2 (1829-38). 
Eurystomus calonyx, Hodgs. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus., Fasseres, pis. 10, 11; id. in Gray’s Zool. Misc. p. 82 (1814); 
Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 551; Styan, Ibis, 1891, p. 317; Taezanowski, Panne Orn. Sib. Orient, p. 188 
(1891) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 38, pi. ii. fig. 2 (1892). 
Eurystomus cyamcoZ/is, Vieill., Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 168 (1850); Reichenbach, Meropinse, p. 55, pi. 437. 
fig. 3197 (1852). 
Eurystomuspacificus (nee Lath.), Moth & Dillw. Contrib. Nat. Hist. Labuan, p. 11 (1855). 
Eurystomus calornyx, Hodgs., Jerdon, B. of Ind. i. p. 219 (1862). 
Eurystomus [Colaris) orientalis (Linn.), Radde, Reis, im Slid. Ost-Sib. ii. p. 143, pi. 2. fig. 2 (1863). 
Eurystomus loetior, Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 551; id. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 36 (1892). 
Phoyiong-pho, amongst the Lepchas of Darjeeling; Leuk-kotsoey, Cantonese; Tihong-lampay, Tjetje, Malayan; 
Lallie, Bornean; Tiong Batu, Sumatran. 
Figurce notabiles. 
D’Aubenton, PI. Enl. hi. pi. 619; Levaillant, Hist. Nat. Roll, et Geais, pi. 36; Reichenbach, Meropinee, pi. 437. 
figs. 3195, 3196, 3197; Vieill. Gal. Ois. i. pi. hi.; Radde, Reis, im Sud. v. Ost-Sib. pi. 2. fig. 2; Sharpe, Cat. 
B. Brit. Mus. xvii. pi. ii. figs. 1, 2. 
Hab. Eastern Asia from Amoorland to China; India from the Himalayas to Ceylon and the Andamans; 
Burmah, Malacca, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and Philippines. 
d ad. suprh saturate viridi-cseruleus, capite sordide nigro : uropygio et supracaudalibus magis caeruleo tinctis : 
remigibus nigris, in pogonio externo versus basin saturate ultramarinis: plaga pallide caerulea ad basin; 
secundariis intimis ultramarino marginatis : tectricibus alarum ultramarinis vix viridi lavatis: cauda nigri, 
rectricibus ad basin saturate ultramarino marginatis : gula saturate ultramarina cseruleo striata: corpore 
reliquo subtus viridi-ultramarino : rostro et pedibus rubris : iride fusc4. 
? ad. mari similis. 
Juv. adulto similis, sed gula sordide nigra nee ultramarina, rostro nigro fiavo marginato et ad basin sordide rubro. 
Adult female (Cebu, March).—Upper parts generally deep bluish green; the crown and nape 
darker, nearly black ; the upper surface of the wing and the rump slightly lighter and bluer; quills 
black externally, margined with blue near the base ; the primaries with a basal patch of silvery blue ; 
inner secondaries margined with deep blue externally ; wing-’coverts deep blue, slightly washed with 
green; tail black, the feathers margined externally with deep blue on the basal half; sides of the 
head and neck dull blackish like the crown ; throat deep blue with fine stripes of a lighter blue ; rest 
of the underparts blue with a tinge of green : bill, legs, and feet red, the tip of the beak black ; iris 
dark brown (iris greyish brown, fide Meyer). Total length about 10’5 inches, gape 1*2, wing 7‘3, 
tail 4*6, tarsus 0*75, 
