66. siPHiA. 455 



fulvous, washed with grey ; thighs bhio ; sides of upper breast 

 bluish ; under wing-coverts light fulvous, the edge of the wing 

 slaty blue; quills ashy brown, fulvcsccnt along the inner web 

 lotal length 5-2 inches, culmen 0-45, wing 2-7, tail 2-25, tarsus O'Co. 



OI,s._ In the figure of this bird (Tr. Z. S. 7. c.) the artist has given 

 the thighs as white instead of slaty blue. 



Hah. Celebes. 



«. 6 ad. sk. Menado, Celebes. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



(Type of species.) 



15. Siphia nigrorufa. 



Saxicola nigromfa, Jerd. Madr. Jonrn. x. p. 260. 

 Muscicapa rufula, Lafr. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 66. 



Niltava nigrorufa, Gruy, Gen. B. i. p. 264 j id. Hand-l. B. i. p. 326 



no. 4892. ^ ' 



Ochromela nigrorufa, Bhjth, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 129; id. Cat. B Mus 



^h^- ^\^- V'^' ^1'- ^'"'"P- '^- P- ^^'^'■' ^"''^f- ^- ^loore, Cat. b\ 

 Mus. E.I Co. 1. p. 289; Jcrd. B. Lul i. p. 462 ; Hume, Ne.,ts mid 

 Eijgs Ind. B. p. 20/ ; ul. Sir. F. 1876, p. 896 ; Fairb. Str. F 1877 

 p. 401. ' 



Adult male (type of species). Head, nape, and hind neck slaty 

 black ; rest of upper surface of body, including the scapulars, orange- 

 rufous ;_wing black, the quills rather browner; tail orange'; cheeks 

 and entire under surface of body orange-rufous, paler and i'ncliuino- 

 to bufty white on the abdomen; thighs slaty grey; under wino-- 

 coverts pale orange ; quills dusky brown below, edged with white 

 along the edge of the inner web ; " bill black ; legs dirty reddish ; 

 ii-is hazel-brown" (Jerdon). Total length 47 inches wino- 2-4 

 tail 1-9, tarsus 0-8. ' " ' 



Adult fiviale. Duller than the male, the head dusky brown instead 

 of blackish; wings browner than in the male, the wing-coverts 

 washed with orange. Total length 4-6 inches, culmen 0-45, wino- 

 2-3, tail 1-8, tarsus 0-8. " 



Hab. Southern India and Ceylon. 



a. c? ad. sk. Neilgheny Mountains. Dr. Jerdon [P.]. (Type 



of species.) 



b. 2 ad. sk. Neilgherry Mountains. Dr. Jerdon [P.l. 



c. 2 ad. sk. S. India. R. Cole, Esq. [P.]. 



16. Siphia strophiata. 



Siphia strophiata, ITodc/s. Ind. Beriru; i. p. 651 ; Gray, Cat. Mamm 

 6,-e. I^^epal Cull. Hodi/s. p. 92 ; Bli/th, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 125 • id 

 Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 171 ; Ildy-^^f. S, Moore, Cat. B. Mus. 'e.L 

 Co. 1. p. 29.3; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 479; Godwin-Austen, J. A .S B 

 1870, p. 101; Suinli. P.Z.S. 1871, p. .381; Bb/th ^- Walden B. 

 Burm. p. 10;3 ; Eavid cS" Oustal. Ois. Chine, p. 115; Hume &■ Davi- 

 son, Str. F. 1878, p. 2.32. ' i- ' , ^c 



Dimorpba strophiata, Hodgs. P. Z. S. 1845, p. 26 ; id. in Grau's 

 Zool. Misc. p. 83 ; Bp. Cotisp. i. p. 319. 



