640 riiiELiiD,?:. 



3. Siva cyanuroptera. 



Siva cyanouroptera, Hudys. Ind. Rev. ii. p. 88 (1838) ; Gray, Cat. 



Mamm. etc. Nepal pres. Hodgs. p. 95 (1846) ; Gould, B. Asia, 



part xiv. (1862) ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 253 (1863) ; Hume, Nests ^^ 



Eggs hid. B. p. 393 (1874) ; Scully, Sir. F. 1879, p. 319. 

 LeioVhrix lepida, McClell. P. Z. S. 1839, p. 162. 

 Hemiparus cyanouropterus, Hodgs. J. A. S. Beng. x. p. 29 (1841). 

 loropus cvauouropterus, Hodgs. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mas., Passeres, 



App. pi. 124 (uo. 358) ; id. J. A. S. Beng. xiii. p. 937 (1844). 

 loropus (Siva) cvanouropterus, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 84 



(1844). 

 Leiothrlx cyanouroptera, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 269 (1845) ; Blyth, Cat. 



B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 99 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 332 (1850) ; 



Horsf. S>- Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. i. p. 366 (1854) ; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. i. p. 313, no. 4673 (1869). ^ 

 Liotlirix cyanui'optera, Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 105. 



Adult. Above ochraceous brown, rather lighter on the lower back 

 and rump ; wing-coverts like the back ; bastard-wing feathers blue, 

 with a small white tip ; primary-coverts black, forming a wing- 

 spot ; quills black, externally blue, the secondaries narrowly mar- 

 gined with lavender-grey and tipped with white ; the innermost 

 secondaries lavender-grey, ochraceous near the base of the outer 

 web, and blackish towards the end of the inner webs ; tail-feathers 

 blackish on the inner webs and at the tips, which are narrowly 

 fringed with white ; the outer webs blue, the centre featliers lavender- 

 grey shaded with blue : the outer tail-feathers edged with white 

 along the inner web, which has also a very broad white j)atch at 

 the tip, the outermost feather white, except the outer web, which 

 is black; head and hind neck ashy brown, the forehead streaked 

 with black centres to the feathers and washed with blue ; lores, 

 feathers round the eye, and a distinct eyebrow white ; ear-coverts 

 ashy brown, with paler shaft-lines ; cheeks and under surface of 

 body pale vinous-grey : centre of the breast, abdomen, and under 

 tail-coverts white ; axillaries and under wing-coverts white, the 

 latter slightly tinged with vinous ; quills blackish below, white 

 along the edge of the inner web ; " bill grey horny, brownish about 

 the nostrils, and the base of the lower mandible yellow ; feet fleshy ; 

 claws horny brown ; iris brown " {J. Scully). Total length 5*5 

 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 2-45, tail 2-45, tarsus 0-9. 



Yomig birds differ from the adult in being altogether paler below 

 and much lighter on the head, which has no blue shade on the fore- 

 head, where the streaks are also much fainter. 



Hah. Himalayas, extending into Assam. 



a, b. Ad. sk. N.W. Hunalavas. Capt. S. Pinwill [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Nepal. " B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



(Tvpe of species.) 



d, e. Ad. ;/. Juv. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 

 g,h. Ad.; i. Juv.sk. Nepal (Hodgson). India Museum. 



k, I. Ad. sk. Sikhim {Mandelli). H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



m. Ad. sk. Assam. Gould Collection. 



