444 lIlTsCICAMDiE. 



Adult fcDUile. Different from the male. Above olivaceous brown, 

 the least and median wing-coverts uniform with the back ; quills 

 dark brown, these and the greater coverts edged with fulvous 

 brown ; upper tail-coverts and tail-feathers dull blue, the latter 

 duskj- on the inner webs ; ear-coverts olivaceous brown, with whitish 

 shaft-lines ; lores dull rufous ; checks and entire under surface of 

 body deep orange-rufous or orange-chestnut, rather paler on the 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries ; thighs pale orange. Total length 

 ()-6 inches, wing 3-4, tail 2-7, tarsus 0*8. 



Young. Like the female, but more ashy, the feathers of the back 

 edged with black : below orange, mottled with dusky-blackish edges 

 to the feathers, these edgings wanting on the under wing- and tail- 

 coverts. 



Hah. Timor group of islands. 



a,h. ,S 9- ad. st. Timor. Leyden Museum. 



c. 2 ad. sk. Timor. Purchased. 



d, <>. cJ ? 'id. sk. E. Timor. A. R. AVallace, Esq. [0.1 

 f. $ juY. sk. E. Timor. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.l. 



*(7. 2 ad. sk. Semao, Timor. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.l. 



'/*. S ad. sk, Timor Coupaug. A. R. A^■allace, Esq. [C.]. 



2. SipMa pallidipes. 



Muscicapa pallipes, JcrJ. Madr. Joiirn. xi. p. 15. 



Niltava pallipes, Graij Gen. JB. i. p. 264; id. Ilcmd-l. B. i. p. 325, 

 no. 4883. 



Cyoruis pallipes, Blyth, Cat. B. Mm. A. S. B. p. 338 ; Bp. Consp. i, 

 p. 320 ; Jerd. B. ^Ind. i. p. 469 ; Bbjth, Ibis, 1866, p. 372 ; Fair- 

 bank, Sir. F. 1876, p. 257 ; Hume, t. c. p. 397. 



Adult male. General colour above dull blue, rather brighter on 

 the lower back and rump, and inclining to cobalt on the forehead 

 and eyebrow ; wing-coverts blue, the least series brighter and more 

 cobalt ; quills blackish, externally dull blue ; tail-feathers blue, 

 dusky on their inner webs ; lores and feathers in front of the eye 

 black ; sides of face, throat, and breast deep blue, brighter on the 

 latter ; rest of under suiface of body pure white, shaded with ashy 

 on the upper breast, the flanks bluish grey ; thighs dull blue ; under 

 wing-coverts and axillaries pure white, the edge of the wing blue ; 

 bill black ; " feet pale whitish flesh-colour, whity brown, bluish 

 white, or leaden grey ; iris brown " (Hvme). Total length 5-7 inches, 

 culmen 0'6, wing 2'9, tail 2-5, tarsus 0'75. 



Hab. Southern India. 



a. c? ad. sk. Coorg. Secretary of State for India [P.], 



b. Ad. St. India. J. R. Reeves, Esq. [P.]. 



3. SipMa unicolor. 



Cyornis unicolor, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii. pp. 941, 1007; id. Cat. B. 

 Mus. A. S. B. p. 173 ; Bjx Consp. i. p. 320 ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 4C6 ; 

 liime, Sir. F. 1875, p. 401, 1876, p. 398, 1877, p. 489; fiharpe, 

 Ibis, 1878, p. 418 ; Godu:-At(sttn, J. A. *S'. B. 1878, p. 15. 



