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T a b . XXT.
MYOPHONUS TEMMINCKI I .
M y o p k a te r , a zu rea n .ten s , ea rp o ru „ f r o n t e p lu m is ,n medio m e taUioi sp le n d o n tilu s ; a ld om in e
fiis c o - a tr o ; o a p .te s u p ra i n f ro u te reg io n eq u e ea rp a li a la rum la z u lin is ; te e tric ih u s alarum
p a r c e ctxsio-alho m a cu la tis ; ro s tro fla v o .
S t a tu r a U ijo p li. fla v ir o s tr is (jnetalluous, T em m .) , c u i sim illim u s : tiiffe rt ro s tro g ra c ilio rt, o oiore
s p le n d itiio r c c o rp o r is c a u d a sq u e , o ap ilisq u c v e rtic e la zu lin o ,
‘l>= ™H-know„ aad is „ i,,.
longer in proportion to the dimensions o f the body.
The habitat o f the two speelcs differs svidely : - f „ r while the last.meationed is dlstribated equally over the
e lc ia t d regious o f the lud.au contiueut. the M,„ ho„usJ l„iros,ris. on the eontrary. is eonflued t o I v
Sumatra, and the islands m the Eastern Archipelago. coiinnea to Java,
Mr. Shore notices in liis JIS ., tl.at the species is very abundant in the Himalayan mountains «.here it is
found equal y m the warm regions of the Doon and the colder ten.peratnre of the G n rg hw a ll.-th a t its native
Blaekbiul. rm ther than this no distinct information of its history has hitherto been collected
The general ph,mage ,s black with azare relleetioas ; the forehead and shoalders bright laznline blue ; each
a the r on the back as well as on the sides of the neck and el.est is gbued along its centre whleli g ke s to
those parts o f the bird a metallic lustre ; the qnills are black ; bill yellow with a dark culmen ; the tarsi
The bird is figured of the natural size.