258 MuscicAriDJs, 



fore part of the eye ; a shoulder-patch of deep cobalt, formed by 

 the least series of upper wing-coverts, the rest of the wing-coverts 

 and quills dusky blackish, externally edged with purplish blue ; tail 

 dark purplish blue, the iuuer webs of the feathers blackish ; lores, 

 feathers round the eye, ear-coverts, sides of face, and sides of throat 

 deep purplish black ; the entire under surface of the body chestnut- 

 rufous ; thighs brown ; lower flanks whitish, forming a tuft on each 

 side of the back ; axillaries and under wing-coverts yellowish buff; 

 quills dusky brown, more ashy along the edge of the inner webs ; 

 "bill dusky; legs brown" {Jerdon). Total length 4*8 inches, 

 culmen 0"45, wing 3-15, tail li"3, tarsus 1. 



Adult female. General colour above warm brown, the lower back 

 and rump greyish, the upper tail- coverts and tail a little brighter 

 blue ; least wing-coverts like the back, the median and greater 

 coverts, as well as the quills, dark brown, edged with the same 

 brown as the back, rather more rufous on the margins of the quills ; 

 over the eye an indication of a greyish-blue streak ; round the ej-e 

 a ring of fulvous feathers ; ear-coverts, sides of face, and under 

 surface of body rufescent brown, lighter on the throat and deeper 

 on the flanks, the middle of the abdomen and under tail- coverts 

 whitish ; thighs lavender-brown ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 yellowish buff with dusky bases ; quills dull brown below, ashy 

 fulvous along the edge of the inner web. Total length 5 inches, 

 culmen 0-4, wing 2-95, tail 2'2, tarsus 1. 



Hab. Eastern Himalayas and Khasia hills. 



a. cj ; b, c, d. $ ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Tarsiger hodgsoni. 



Neniura hodgsoni, Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 76, pi. 62 ; Horsf. <^ Moore, 

 Cat. B. Mns. E.I. Co. i. p. 300 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 222, no. 3188. 

 Nitidula campbelli, Jerd. ^ Bhjth, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 201. 

 Nitidula hodgsoni, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 472. 

 Niltava hodgsoni, Gi'ay, Hand-l. B. i. p. 327, no. 4903. 



Adult male. General colour above deep ultramarine, brighter and 

 more cobalt on the fore part of the crown and over the eye ; a broad 

 frontal line, lores, feathers round the eye, sides of face, and ear- 

 coverts black, the latter with a shade of blue ; scapulars and wing- 

 coverts deep blue like the back ; quills brown, the primary-coverts 

 and primaries narrowly edged with blue on the outer web ; tail- 

 feathers blackish, externally washed with blue ; cheeks and under 

 surface of body rich orange-yellow, slightly paler on the abdomen, 

 the thighs and under tail-coverts whitish ; axillaries, sides of breast, 

 and under wing-coverts pure white ; quills blackish below, edged 

 with huffy white along the inner web ; " bill black ; legs pale 

 reddish ; iris dark brown " (Jerdon). Total length 3"6 inches, 

 cvdmen 0-4, wing 1*85, tail 1-4, tarsus 0-6. 



Adult female. General colour above yellowish olive-brown, rather 

 deeper and more rufous on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; wing- 



