68. XILTAVA. 463 



1. Niltava sundara. 



Niltava sundara, Hodgs. Tnd. Rev. i. p. 650 ; Graif, Cat. Mamm. l^-c. 



Nepal Coll. Hudt/.s. p. 02 ; id. Gen. B. i. p. 264 ; Bhjth, Cat. B. 



Mas. A. S. B. p. 174 ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 319; Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. 



B. Mus. E.I. Co. i. p. 288 ; Jerd. B. Lid. i. p. 473 ; Gra>/, Hand-l 



B. i. p. 325, no. 4875 : Godu-.-Amten, J. A. S. B. 1870, p. 101 ; 



Hume, Nests and E(j(js Ltd. B. i. p. 213 ; Bli/t/i ^- Wald. B. Biirm. 



p. 102; David i^- Oustal. Ois. Chine, p. 117; Hume (§• Davison, Sir. 



F. 1878, p. 231. 

 Chaitaris sundara, Hodgs. Icon. ined.,Passeres, App. pi. 107 {Hodgs. 



no. 142) ; id. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 84 ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xi. 



p. 189, xii. p. 940. 

 Chaitaris sordidus, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 84. 

 Cyanecula fastuosa, Less. Rev. Zool. 1840, p. 226. 



Adult male. General colour above blue-black : crown of head and 

 nape, lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts, as well as the least 

 wing-coverts, rich smalt-blue, the remainder of the wing-coverts 

 black, externally washed with deep blue : quills black, the secon- 

 daries washed ^vith blue on the outer web ; centre tail-feathers deep 

 blue, the others black, blue on the outer web ; forehead, lores, feathers 

 above the eye, ear-coverts, sides of face, and throat deep blue-black ; 

 on the side of the neck a line of glistening smalt-blue feathers ; 

 remainder of under surface of body orange-ferruginous, including 

 the under wing-coverts ; edge of wing blue-black, as well as the 

 adjoining small coverts ; thighs sooty black; " bill black ; legs brown ; 

 iris dark brown" (Jerdon). Total length 6-5 inches, culmen 0-45, 

 wing 3'1, tail 2-8, tarsus 0'85. 



Adult female. Dififerent from the male. Ohvaceous brown above, 

 slightly more ashy on the head and back ; primary-coverts, greater 

 coverts, and quiUs dark brown, externally edged with dull ochre, 

 the inner secondaries washed entirely mth this colour ; upper tail- 

 coverts also washed with ochraceous ; tail rufous, browner on the 

 inner webs of the feathers ; lores and a ring of feathers round the 

 ej'e ochraceous buff ; sides of face and ear-coverts dull ashy brown, 

 with a narrow line of cobalt-bluo feathers traversing the sides of the 

 neck ; under surface of body olivaceous ash-colour, greyish in the 

 centre of the belly ; on the fore neck a large spot of white ; under 

 wing-coverts light ochraceous. Total length 6 inches, culmen 0-45, 

 wing 3-1, tail 2-6, tarsus 0-85. 



Hah. Himalaya Mountains, extending into the Burmese countries 

 and Western China. 



a-€. cS ad. ■,f-k. $ ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



l-o. Juv. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson. Esq. [P.]. 



p. S ad. sk. Kalsi, Feb. 0, 1808 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. rP.l 



{G.F.L. Marshall). 



2. Niltava vivida. 



Cvornis vivida, Stcink. Ibi.<, 1864, p. .".03, et 1866, p. 393, pi. 11 ; id. 

 "p. Z. S. 1871, p. 380 ; David ^- Oustal. Ois. Chine, p. 116: Hume 

 (S- Davison, Str. F. 1878, p. 229. 

 Niltava vivida, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 326, no. 4889. 



