BIRDS OF THE BIIAMO DISTRICT. 127 



MUSCICAPIDiE. 

 *'(559) Hemichelidon ferrdginea. Hodgs.— (The Ferruginous B'ly- 



Catcher.) 

 Two specimens. 



%^60) SiPHiA STROPHIATA, Hodgs. — (The Orange -go rgeted Fly-Catcher.) 

 One specimen. 



(562) SiPHiA ALBiciLLA, (Pall.)— (The Eastern Red-breasted Fly-Catcher,) 

 Recorded by Col. Rippon. 



*(')G9) Cyornis melanoleucus, (Hodgs.)— (The Pied Fly-Catcher.) 

 Fairly plentiful in tlie hills. I could find no signs of it breeding, 

 (f)75) Cyornis rubeculoides, (Vig.) — (The Blue-throated Fly-Catcher.) 

 (oTG) CvORNis TiCKELT.i, Blyth.— (Tickell's Blue Fly-Catcher.) 

 Both recorded by Col. Rippon. 



'^{J)lia) Cyornis whitei, Harington — 

 The Ann. and Mag. of N. History. Sept. 1908. 



Adult-male. — Most nearly allied to C. ttchelh. Blyth, but the general colour 

 of the upper parts, including the wings and tail, is more of a turquoise-grey- 

 blue, and the feathers forming the band across the forehead and the 

 superciliary stripes, as well as the last wing-coverts, are pale turquoise-blue; 

 the cheeks and sides of the face are slaty-black, without any trace of the blue 

 wash which is so conspicuous in (]. tickellicp. 



Total length about 5-2 inches ; culmen 0*45 ; wing 2*8; tail 2*4 ; tarsus 0*7. 

 Female (?) Two females, presumably of this species, resemble those of C. 

 rubecuhules (Vigors). One, however, differs in having the right-hand middle 

 tail-feather pale turquoise-blue, like that of the male ; there can be no doubt 

 that the sex of this bird wascon-ectly ascertained, for it was captured on its 

 nest and, owing to its blue tail-feather, carefully examined. 



Total length about 5-1 inches ; culmen 0-45 ; wing 2*7; tail 2*4 ; tarsus 0*65. 

 Hab. — Male. — Watan, Bhamo District, 3rd April. Female (with blue tail 

 feather) — Sinlum-kaba, Bhamo District, 27th April. Second female —Mongwai, 

 Bhamo District, r2th April. 



I propose calling this beautiful bird after Sir Herbert Thirkell White, 

 K.C.I.E.. Lieutenant-Governor of Burma. 



* (.ol'j) SroPAROLA MELAN0P3, (Vig.) — (The Verditer Fly-Catcher.) 

 Kacliin name. — ^-um-wo-mo. 



Very plentiful in the hills during the breeding season. 1 found several 

 nests in holes along the side of the roads round Sinlum. Some of the eggs 

 were of the pure white type, and four to five seem to be the complement. 

 (590) Alseoxax muttdi, (Layard.)— (Layard's Fly-Catcher.) 

 Recorded by Col. Rippon. 



*(592) CuLiciCAPA CEYLONENSis, (Swaius.)— (Thc Grey-headed Fly-Catcher.) 

 Common; one nest, two eggs in May. 



* (595) NiLTAVA MACGRIGORI^, (Burton.) — (The Small Niltava.) 



1 found one nest in a valley below Sinlum on the 25th April, securing the hen 



