446 MT7SCICAPID.E. 



Mm. E.I. Co. ii. p. 289 ; Jerd. B. Lid. i. p. 4Gii ; Bliith, Ibis, 18G6, 



p. 371 ; Ilokhw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 4i2; Blijth ^- Wcdd. B. Biirm. 



p. 103; Hume, Nests and Ec/gs Lid. B. p. 211 ; id. Str. F. 1875, 



p. 104 ; Brooks, t. c. p. 235 ; Jerd. B. Lid. 2ud ed. i. p. Ixxii ; Blanf. 



Str. F. J 877, p. 484 ; Hume ^' Davison, Str. F. 1878, p. 227. 

 ChailiU-is (Niltava) riilj^ciiloides, Ilodr/s. Icon. incd. Passcrcs, pi. 213 



(Hodf/s. nos. 137, 138) ; id. in Grm/s Zool. Misc. p. 84. 

 Niltava' nibeculaidos, Grai), Gen. B. i. p. 2(54 ; id. Cat. Mamm. S,-c. 



Nepal Coll. Ilodffs. p. 90 (184(5) ; id. Ilaml-l. B. i. p. 325, no. 4878. 

 Eiytlirostevna rubeculi, Bp. Consp. i. p. 318. 

 Cyornis elegans, Hume, Str. F. 1874, p. 475. 



Adult male. General colour above deep blue, the Aving-coverts 

 like the back, the lesser series brighter cobalt, showing a bright 

 shoulder-spot ; quills and tail-feathers dusky brown, externally blue 

 like the back, the centre tail-feathers and innermost secondaries 

 entirely blue ; forehead brighter cobalt, extending backwards over 

 the eyes ; a narrow frontal line and feathers in front of and below 

 the eye black ; ear-coverts, cheeks, and throat dark blue ; fore neck 

 and breast bright orange ; rest of under surfiee pure white, the 

 sides washed with orange-buff, the long flank-feathers white, some- 

 what overshadowing the rump ; thighs blue, with white edges ; 

 sides of upper breast blue ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white, 

 the edge of the wing blue : quills dusky brown below, ashy along 

 the edge of the inner web ; " bill black ; inside of month blackish 

 (bluish fleshy in the $ ) ; legs pinkish brown, claws the same ; iris 

 dark hazel-brown ; eyelids bluish grey " (Oatcs). Total length 5-2 

 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2-9, tail 2-35, tarsus 0-(J.5. 



Adult female. General colour above ashy brown washed with 

 olive, the upper tail-coverts rufous-brown ; wing-coverts like the 

 back, the greater series and the quills sepia-brown, externally pale 

 rufescent brown ; tail light rufons-brown, the inner webs of the 

 feathers pale brown ; a narrow frontal line and lores rufous-buff; 

 over the eye a faint shade of greyish ; sides of face pale ashy 

 brown, with lighter shaft-streaks ; throat and breast orange-buif, 

 paler on the former ; remainder of under surface white, the sides of 

 the body washed with fulvous ; thighs ashy brown, with whitish 

 tips to the feathers ; under wing-coverts buff with a slight shade 

 of orange, some of the axillaries silky white. 



Touwj. Iiobin-like. Olive-brown, mottled with streaks of golden 

 buff to the feathers of the upper surface, which have also black 

 margins ; wing-coverts blackish, broadly edged and tipped with 

 golden buff; quills brown, washed externally with olive-brown; 

 tail-feathers olive-brown, strongly washed with golden brown on 

 their edges ; breast pale orange-buff, mottled with dusky edgings 

 and lines on the feathers ; rest of under surface whitish. 



Hah. India, Burmese countries, and Ceylon. 



a. cJ ad. sk. jMadras. Br. .lerdon [P."]. 



b. d ad. sk. Madras. Rev. II. II. Baber [P.]. 



c. S ad. sk. N.W. Himalayas. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill [P.l. 

 d,e. c? ad. sk. Between Simla and Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill [P.], 



Mussoorie. 



