68. NILTAVA. 465 



neck black ; doTrn the side of the neck a transverse line of bright 

 smalt-blue feathers ; rest of inider surface of bodj- duskj- blackish, 

 somewhat shaded ^^-ith purple and with more or less of an ashy hue ; 

 under wiug-coverts also ashy blackish, the edge of the wiug purplish 

 blue; quills blackish below, browner along the inner web; "bill 

 black ; legs reddish black : iris dark brown." Total length 8 inches, 

 culmen 0*7, wing 3'95, tail 36, tarsus 1. 



Adult female. Different from the male. Above reddish olivaceous 

 brown, greyer on the head and neck ; wings reddish, the quills 

 internally dark brown ; upper tail-coverts rufescent ; tail deep 

 rufous ; forehead and eyebrow rufous ochre ; ear-coverts dull brown, 

 with ochraceous shaft-streaks ; on the sides of the neck a streak of 

 bright cobalt ; throat ochre ; rest of under surface rufous-ochre, 

 rather greyer on the abdomen, as also the under wing-coverts ; 

 quills dark brown, rufous along the edge of the inner web ; thighs 

 deep brown. Total length 7'5 inches, wing 3'9, tail 3'4, tarsus 1. 



Nestlinr/. Rufous above and below, mottled all over, like a young 

 Robin or Blackbird, with spots of deep ochre, edged with black, the 

 spots lighter on the head ; under surface mottled with blackish 

 edgings to the feathers. 



Bab. Himalaya Mountains, extending into the Burmese countries. 



a. cf ad. ; b. c? juv. st. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



c-f- d ; ff-f^- 2 ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



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



p. S jnv. sk. Darjiling. Sec. of State for India [P.]. 



4. Niltava macgrigoriae. 



Pbcenicura margi-igorife, Bwion, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 152. 



Niltava fuligiuiveuter, Iloch/s. Ltd. Hev. i. p. 650. 



Chaitaris fuliginiventer, Hodgs. Icon, iiied., Passeres, A})}), pi. lOG 

 (Hodffs. no. 14-3). 



Leiothrix signata, M'CleU. P. Z. S. 1839, p. 162. 



Cliaitaris macgrigorife, Bh/th, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 940. 



Dimorpha auricularis, Jlodys. J. A. S. B. \n. p. 940. 



Kiltava macgrigorise, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 264; id. Cat. Mainm. %c. 

 Nepal Coll. Hodys. p. 91 ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi. pp. 124, 473 ; 

 id. Cat. B. Mas. A. S. B. p. 174; Bp. Consp. i. p. 319; Horsf. <^ 

 Moore, Cat. B. Mas. £.1. Co. i. p. 289; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 474; 

 Grai/, Ila/id-l. B. i. p. J25, no. 4876; Godic- Austen, J. A. S. B. 

 1870, p. 101; Iltimv, Str. F. 1874, p. 475; /(/. Nests and Eygs 

 Ind. B. p. 214 ; Bli/th i^- Wald. B. Barm. p. 102; mime ^- Davi- 

 son, Str. F. 1878, p.' 231. 



Niltava vivida, Hume, Str. F. 1874, p. 475 (nee Swinhoe). 



Adult male. General colour above rich purjdish blue, tlie forehead, 

 eyebrow, rump, and upper tail-coverts very brilliant and rich cobalt; 

 down the sides of the neck a transverse streak of bright cobalt ; 

 least wing-covcrts purplish blue, like the back, rest of the coverts 

 and quills lilack, edged externally with pur]ilish blue ; tail-feathers 

 deep purplish blue, all but the centre feathers black on the inner 

 Tveb : lores, feathers above the eye, sides of face, and entire throat 



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