i'04 MrSCICAPIDJ3. 



6'. Rusty buft'colour of the tliroat distributed over 



the whole under surface aftiyma, p. 20o. 



c'. Upper surface olivaceous, edges to the quills 



somewhat rufescent Idjiierijthraj p. 206. 



h. Upper tail-covorts rufescent, contrasting with the 



back, the tail-feathers also washed with rufous. 



d'. Throat bright orange, paling into bufl" on the 



breast and abdomen siip])kira, p. 208. 



e'. Throat and underparts white niaeulata, p. 207. 



1. Muscicapnla superciliaris. 



Muscicapa superciliaris, J^^rrf. Madr. Journ. xi. p. 16 (1840); Gray, 



Gen. B. i. p. 262 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 322, no. 4833. 

 Dimorpha albogularis, Bhjth, J. A. S. B. xi. p. 190. 

 Muscicapnla superciliaris, Bhjth, J. A. S. B. xii. pp. 939, 962, xvi. 



p. 127; id. Cat. B. Mns. A. S. B. p. 172; Bp. Vonsp. i. p. 316; 



Horsf. S,- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. i. p. 296 ; Cock S,- Marsh. 



Str. F. 1873, p. 3->3 ; Godtcin-Ausfen, J. A. S. B. 1874, p. 157 ; 



Ball, Str. F. 1874, p. 405 ; Brooh'^, S. F. 1876, p. 235 ; Ball, t. c. 



p. 292 ; Fairb. S. F. 1876, p. 257. 

 Muscicapa acornans, Hodys. Icon. ined. App. no. 478 * ; id. in Grai/'s 



Zool. Misc. p. 84 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 322, no. 4842. 

 Muscicapa ciliaris, Ilodys. Icon. ined. Pas.seres, pi. 206. fig. 2{IIodys. 



no. 141 ) ; id. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 84. 

 Muscicapa hemileucura, Ilodys. Icon. ined. Passeres, pi. 206. fig. 4 



{Hodys. no. 631), App. pi. 89 (no. 478) ; id. in Gray's Zool. Misc. 



p. 84 ; Ch-ay, Cat. Manini. ^-c. Nepal Coll. Ilodys. p. 91, App. 



p. 155; id. Iland-l. B. i. p. 322, no. 4834. 

 Erythrosterna acomaus, Blyth, Cat. B. Mvs. A. S. B. p. 171 ; Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 318 ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 483 ; Godwin-Austen, J. A. 8. 



B. 1874, p. 158; Brooks, Str. F. 1876, p. 236, et 1877, p. 471 ; Sume 



iS- Davison, Str. F. 1878, p. 233. 

 Muscicapa albogularis. Gray, Cat. Mamm. 8,c. Nepal Coll. Ilodys. 



p. 90 ; id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 322, no. 4836. 

 Muscicapnla hemileucura, Horsf. 8j~ Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. i. 



p. 297. 

 Muscicapnla ciliaris, Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 372. 



Adult male. General colour above Prussian blue, the least and 

 median wing-coverts uniform with the back ; greater and primary 

 coverts as well as the quills brown, slightly washed with blue 

 externally ; tail-feathers dusky brown, washed with blue on the 

 edges, all with conspicuous white bases ; lores and feathers in front 

 of the eye dusky blue-black ; cheeks and ear-covcrts and sides of 

 neck Prus.sian blue, duller than the back : from behind the eye a 

 broad white streak running to the sides of the nape ; throat pure 

 white, the sides of it Prussian blue, extending down the sides of the 

 neck and forming a half-collar across the breast ; remainder of 

 rrnder surface white, the thighs dusky blue ; under wing-coverts and 

 iimer lining of quills white; " bill black ; legs dark grey ; iris brown." 



* Hodgson's drawings show tliat his M. acornans is the female of M. stiper- 

 ciliaris; but whether all the references under this name in the works of subse- 

 quent ornithologists are really referable to the species is a diflicult matter to 

 determine. 



