. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 13. HEMIPU3. 305 13. HEMIPUS. Type. Hemipus, Hodgson, P. Z. S. 184-5, p. .S2 H. capitalis. Myiolestes, Cabanis, Mus. Hein. Tli. i. p. 67 (1850) .... H. obscm-us. Cabanisia, Bp. C. H. xxxviii. p. 536 (1854) H. Bill and foot of Hemipus obscurus. Rmuje. India and Ceylon; Bnrmah; Malayan peninsula and islands of Java, Sumatra, and Borneo. Key to the Species. a. Without any longitudinal white bar down the wing; tail black, not tipped with white, the outer feather naiTowly margined with white along- the outer web. obscunis, p. 30o. h. With a
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 13. HEMIPU3. 305 13. HEMIPUS. Type. Hemipus, Hodgson, P. Z. S. 184-5, p. .S2 H. capitalis. Myiolestes, Cabanis, Mus. Hein. Tli. i. p. 67 (1850) .... H. obscm-us. Cabanisia, Bp. C. H. xxxviii. p. 536 (1854) H. Bill and foot of Hemipus obscurus. Rmuje. India and Ceylon; Bnrmah; Malayan peninsula and islands of Java, Sumatra, and Borneo. Key to the Species. a. Without any longitudinal white bar down the wing; tail black, not tipped with white, the outer feather naiTowly margined with white along- the outer web. obscunis, p. 30o. h. With a longitudinal bar down the wing bv the white edgings to the iuuer secondaries; tail black, the outer feathers broadly tipped with white. a'. White tips to the outer tail-feathers very large, occupying the terminal half of the feather cajntnlis, p. 306. h'. White tips to the outer tail-feathers very small, occupying not more than one fifth of the feather, picatus, p. 307. 1. Hemipus obscurus. Muscicapa obscura, Ilor^f. Tr. Linn. Sue. xiii. p. 146; Grai/, Gen. B. i. p. L'C3. Lanius no. ll^ Reffl- Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 308. Obsciu-e Flycatcher, Lath. Gen. Hist. vi. p. 265. Muscicapa iiiruudinacea, Temm. PL Col. 110: Horsf. Zool. Researches in .Tuva, pi. .30. obscurus, Bh/th, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 305 ; id. Cat. B. Mus. A. <V. B. p. 154; Horsf. lV Moore, Cat. B. Mus. Co. i. p. 136; Jerd. B. Lid. i. p. 413 j Blt/ih ^- Walden, B. Burm. p. 122; Sharpe, Ibis, 1877, p. 20. Tephrodornis obscura, Gray, Gen. B. App. p. 13; Pek. Reis. Mvara, Voc/. pp. 83, 161. Tephrodornis hiruudinaceus, Swains. An. in Menaq. p. 284; Bn. Consp. i. p. 357; Bernst. J. f. O. 1859, p. 244; Scl. P. Z. S. 1863. p. 217. ' Myiolestes obscurus, Cah. Mm. Hein. i. p. G7. Cabanisia liirundinacea, Bp. C. R. xxxviii. p. 536. Adult male. Above glossy greenish black, inclining to steel-green on the head and neck ; plumes of lower back black, broadly tipped with pure white where they adjoin the rump
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