14. LIOCICHLA. 641 



4. Siva sordida. 



Siva cjanouroptera, Bhjth ^- Wald. B. Bxrm. p. 110 (l%7o,necHodgs.). 

 Siva sordida, Hume, Str. F. 1877, p. 104; id. ^- Davison, Sfr. F. 



1878, p. 371 ; Hume, Sfr. F. 1879, p. 104 : Oates, B. Brit. Burm. 



i. p. 144 (1883). 



Adult male. Lores and orbital space greyish, brownish white ; 

 ear-coverts pale earthy brown, the feathers finely tipped with pale 

 fulvous and greyish white ; entire under surface white, the sides of 

 the throat, breast, sides, and Hanks faintly tinged with a shade of 

 pale suUied dove-brown; wing-lining, axillaries, and basal portions 

 of the inner webs of the quills silky white ; entire cap, back of 

 neck, back, scapulars, wing-coverts, and outer webs of tertiariea 

 earth-brown, darker on the first four, palest on the last ; rump and 

 upper tail-coverts fulvous-brown, but not nearly so bright as in S. 

 cyamiroptera ; quiUs deep hair-brown, the outer webs of the pri- 

 maries and the winglet deep duU blue ; some of the feathers of the 

 forehead and over the eye centred darker, and with a barely per- 

 ceptible purplish tinge ; tail blackish dusky, inner webs paler, outer 

 webs suffused with a blue tinge, duller and deeper than in the 

 Himalayan bird : exterior tail-feathers and the whole of the inner 

 webs white ; next pair with an U-2 white tipping and a good deal 

 of sullied white running down the edge of the inner web ; next 

 pair with an 0-07 white tipping ; next with a barely perceptible 

 tip ; none to central feathers ; " lower mandible, legs, feet, and 

 claws whity brown ; upper mandible darker, but still pale brown ; 

 iris creamy yellow " ( W. Davison). Total leng-th 6-2 inches, biU 

 from gape 0-75, wing 2-45, tail 2-7, tarsus 0-89. (/lume, t. c.) 



Hah. Represents S. cyamiroptera in the Karen-nee hills and 

 those of Tenasserim. Capt. Wardlaw Eamsay has lent me a female 

 bird procured by him in Karen-nee, and I find that it bears out the 

 characters given by Mr. Hume. It is much duller brown, and is 

 only slightly brighter on the rump, showing none of the bright 

 fulvous-brown of the Himalayan bird. The streaks on the head are 

 scarcely perceptible, and there is no pronounced tinge of blue. The 

 blue winglet shows no white tip. and the under surface is white 

 instead of vinous-brown. 



14. LIOCICHLA. 



Type. 

 Liocichia, Sinnh. Ibis, 1877, p. 473 L. steerii. 



Range. Confined to the mountains in the interior of Formosa. 



1. Liocichia steerii. 

 Liocichia steerii, Sicinhoe, Ibis, 1877, p. 474, pi. xiv. 



Adult. General colour above olivaceous brown, the rump dark 

 ashy ; wing-coverts yellowish olive, rather brighter yellow on the 



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