7. NOTODELA. 23 



1. Notodela leucura. 



Miiscisylvia leucura, Hoclgs. Icon, iried. in Brit. Mus., Passeres, pi. 92 



(uo. 2] 5) I id. in Grays Zool. Misc. p. 83 (184:4); id. P. Z. 8. 



1845, p. 27 ; Gray, Cut. Mamm. 4'-c- Nepal pres. Hodgs. p. 09 



(1846). 

 Myiomela leucura, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 128 (1846) : Bp. Consp. i. 



p. 267 (18o0) ; Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. i. p. 280 



(1854) ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 118 (1803) ; Beavan, Ibis, 1807, p. 444 ; 



Blythl^Wald. B. Burm. p. 100 (1875) ; God win- Austen, J. A. S. B. 



xlv. p. 79 (1876) ; Hume ^- Davison, Str. F. 1878, i. p. 334 ; 



Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 99, 1880, p. 254; Oates, B. Brit. Burm. p. 23. 

 Notodela leucura, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 138 (1847) ; id. Cat. B. 



Mus. As. Soc. p. 106 (1849) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 222, no. 3182 



(1869) ; Hume, Str. F. 1874, p. 477 ; id. Nests ^ Eggs Ind. B. 



p. 306 (1875). 

 Ajax leucurus, Blytli, Ibis, 1867, p. 12. 



Adult male. General colour above deep indigo-blue or blue-black, 

 tbe blue colour confined to the edges of the feathers ; lesser wing- 

 coverts rather brighter blue, forming a small wing-patch ; remainder 

 of wing-coverts and quills black, externallj- margined with indigo ; 

 upper tail-coverts like the back ; tail-feathers black, the basal por- 

 tion of the outer web white, as well as the corresponding portion 

 of the shaft ; middle tail-feathers entirely black ; crown of head 

 like the back, with a distinct frontal band of brighter blue extend- 

 ing above the front of the eye ; lores, sides of face, ear-coverts, and 

 under surface of body black, more or less shaded with blue ; on 

 either side of the fore neck a half- concealed patch of silky white ; 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries like the breast ; quills dusky 

 brown below, lighter along their inner edge ; " bill, legs, feet, and 

 claws black; iris deep brown" {W. Davison). Total length 6-5 

 inches, culmen O'T, wing 3"6, tail 2-8, tarsus 1*1. 



Adult female. Different from the male. General colour above 

 brown, a little more olive on the head; quills brown, externally like 

 the back, the primaries a little more rufescent on the outer web ; 

 tail-feathers brown, all but the centre ones white towards the base 

 of the outer web, as in the male ; lores and sides of face rufescent, 

 streaked with fulvous ; cheeks and under surface of body rufescent 

 brown, more ashy on the sides of the body and flanks ; fore neck 

 with a half-concealed white patch on each side ; under tail-coverts 

 fulveseent brown ; under wing-coverts and axillaries like the breast; 

 quills brown below, rufescent along the inner edge. Total length 

 5*S inches, culmen 0'65, wing 3'45, tail 2-4, tarsus l-Qo. 



Another bird is apparently a young male. It resembles the old 

 female, but has blackish upper tail-coverts, while the under tail- 

 coverts are white with brown edges. 



Nestling. Eufous-brown, mottled all over with spots of reddish 

 buff, the feathers tipped with black : below the feathers are streaked 

 fulvous down the centre, with blackish edges and white shaft-lines. 



Hah. Himalayas, ranging into Khasia and Burmese bills as far 

 south as Mooley-it in Tenasserim. 



