66. siPHiA. 445 



Niltava unicolor, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 2G4; id. Iland-l. B. i. p. 326, 



no. 4886. 

 Cyornis cyanopolia, Bhjth, This, 1870, p. ]G5 (ex Bote MS. in Mus, 



Lugd.) ; Salcad. Ucc. Born. p. 182. 

 Muscicapa infuscata, Blyth, t. c. (ex Midler MS. in Mus. Lvgd.). 



Adult male. General colour above pale smalt-blue, brighter and 

 more cobalt on the rump, and richer blue on the under tail-coverts ; 

 forehead and over the eye bright cobalt, as also the feathers round 

 the eye ; lores blue-black ; sides of face deep bhxe, ligliter under the 

 eye and on the fore part of the cheeks ; wing- coverts bright blue, 

 the greater series and the quills blackish on the inner webs, bright 

 blue externally ; tail deep blue, all but the two centre feathers 

 blackish on the inner web ; under surface of bodj- liglit blue, silvery 

 on the throat, the centre of the abdomen and the under tail-coverts 

 whitish ; luider wing-coverts yellowish fawn-colour, as also the 

 inner edge of the quills below ; edge of the wing blue ; " bill and 

 legs black " (Jerdon). Total length 6 inches, culmen 0'5, wing 3"15,' 

 tail 2-8, tarsus 0-7. {Mus. H. J. Elwes.) 



Adidt female. General colour above dark ashy brown, the least 

 wing-coverts a little more ashy than the back ; remainder of the 

 wing-coverts and quills dark brown, externally margined with pale 

 rufous-brown ; upper tail-coverts light rufous-brown, as also the 

 tail-feathers, which are internally dusky bi'own ; lores and feathers 

 round the eye fulvescent ; ear-coverts and sides of face and neck 

 dark ashy brown, with hair-like shaft-lines of whitish on the eai*- 

 coverts ; chin and throat pale rufous, shading off on the fore neck, 

 which is ashy brown, as also the breast ; abdomen dull whitish ; 

 sides of body and under tail-coverts fulvesccut brown, the latter 

 clearer buff ; thighs dark brown ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 brownish buff; quills dark broM'n below, rufescent along the edge 

 of the inner web. Total length 6-2 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 3"1, 

 tail 2'6, tarsus 0-65. 



Yomu/ male. Mottled all over with ochraccous spots, margined 

 with blackish, the wings and tail blue. 



Htd). Eastern Himalayas, extending to the Malayan peninsula, 

 Java (Mus. Liajd.), and Borneo. 



a. c? ad. sk. Sikhim, April 1873. L. Mandelli, Esq. [P.]. 



b. 2 ad. sk. Sikliim, Nov. 1873. 1.. Mandelli, Esq. [P. I. 



c. Ad. sk. Sikhim. Capt. C. II. T. Marshall [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Kessang, Malacca. M. A. J3(nivier. 

 e,f. d 2 ad. sk. Sarawak, Borneo. 

 ff. Juv. sk. Sarawak, Borneo. 



Henry Everett, Esq. [C.]. 

 Henry Everett, Esq. [C.]. 



4. Siphia rubeculoides. 



Phcenicura rubeculoides, Vif/ors, P. Z. .S. 1831, p. 3o ; Gould, Cent. 



Himal. B. pi. 2o. fig. 1. ' 

 Niltava brevipes, ILuh/s. Ind. Bcview, i. p. 6.50. 

 Mu.'icicapa rubecida, Swnins. Monogr. F/t/c. p. 221, pi. 27. 

 Cyornis rubeculoides, Bli/th, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 941 ; id. Cat. B. Mus. 



A. S. B. p. 173 ; Bp.^ Consp. i. p. 320 ; Horsf. Sf Moore, Cat. B. 



