178 TiMin.iiDj:. 



bill and legs black ; iris ruby-red. Total length 10 inches, culracii 

 0-95, wing 5, tail 4-45, tarsus 0-75, distance between tip of tail- 

 coverts and tip of tail l-O. 



Aihdt fi-male. Different in colour from the male, being of a dull 

 Prussian" blue, a little brighter and inclining to cobalt on the rump 

 and upper and under tail-coverts; wings and tail dark brown, the 

 quills narrowly edged, and the secondaries and tail-feathers washed 

 with dull blue, the latter more conspicuously. 



The Fairy Bluebird inhabits the high forests on the hills of 

 Southern India, and is found occasionally in Ceylon. Re-occurring 

 in Sikhim, it extends throughout the Burmese provinces to Tenas- 

 serim, and eastwards to Slum and Cochin China. 



a, b. S ad. sk. Travancore. Major Biddulph [C.]. 



cd cJimm.sk. Bridge, Travancore, F. W. Bourdillon, Esq. [C.]. 



April 1878. 



e. (S ad sk. Mvnall, Travancore, F. W. Bourdillon, Esq. [C.]. 



Julv 1878. 



/■. c? ad. sk. Mvnall, Travancore, F. W. Bourdillon, Esq. [G.]. 



"Oct. 1878. 



(J, h. S 2 ad. sk. Mvnall, Travancore, F. "W. Bourdillon, Esq. [C.]. 



Nov. 1878. 



■>, k- d,l- 2 ad. sk. Mvnall, Travancore, F. W. Bom-dillon, Esq. [C.]. 



Dec. 1878. 

 m. c? ad. sk. Moalmaza. 



n. cJ ad. sk. Madvas (WiffM). India Museiun. 



o. c? ad. sk. Vurralee, Sept. 23, Gould Collection. 



1867. 



p. 2 ad. sk. KiOlar, Oct. 6, 1867. Gould Collection. 



q. 2 ad.sk. Assam (M'Clellcmd). India Museum. 



?•. cJ ad. sk. Siam". M. Mouhot [C.]. 



s. cJ ad. sk. Siam (Jlouhoi). Gould Collection. 



t, u. 2 ad. sk. Saigon,Cocliiu China. M. E. Pierre [P.]. 



V, 20. (5 ad.sk. Tenasserim. J. C. D. Packman, Esq. [P.]. 



6. Irena tweeddalii. 



Irena tweeddalii, Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 268 ; id. Tram. Linn. Soc. 

 netc series, i. pp. 333, 352; Waid/aw-Hainsai/, Orn. 3Iemoirs of 

 Marquis of Ticceddale, p. 657 (1881 ). 



Adult male (type of species). Crown of head, nape, and hind 

 neck, as well as the entire back, scapulars, rump, and upper tail- 

 coverts brilliant turquoise-blue, the head more silverv ; lesser and 

 median wing-coverts tm-quoise-blue, like the back ; rest of the 

 wing-coverts black, some of the innermost of the greater series with 

 a blue spot at the tips ; quills and tail black ; lores, feathers iu 

 front of and over the eye, sides of face, sides of neck, and entire 

 under surface of body, from chin to vent, rich velvety black, including 

 the under wing-coverts ; under tail-coverts bright turquoise-blue, a 

 little more purplish than the upper surface ; bill and legs black. 

 Total length 8 inches, culmen I'Uo, wing 4-85, tail 3-85, tarsus 0-7. 

 {Coll. J. B. Steere.) 



Adult female. General colour above and below dull verditcr-blue, 

 brighter and more washed with cobalt on the rump and u]iper tail- 



