Himalayan and Kashmiri Birds 



Upper plumage brown, with dark spots on 

 the head. Ring of w^hite feathers round eye. 

 Tail brown. Lower plumage smoky-brown with 

 greyish patches. Small white patch on throat, 

 indistinct in some specimens. 



Common at Darjeeling and Dharmsala, 

 but rare at intermediate hill stations. It 

 occurs abundantly on the pine-covered hills 

 of Kashmir. 



65. Hemichelidon ferruginea : The Ferru- 

 ginous Flycatcher. F. 559, J. 299, —I. E. 



A brown bird in which the greater part 

 of the plumage is tinted with red. The red 

 on the rump almost entirely obscures the brown, 

 so that this part of the bird appears chestnut. 

 A ring of cream-coloured feathers round the 

 eye. 



Common at Darjeehng. It usually makes 

 its flights after insect quarry from a low 

 branch or the stump of a tree. 



66. Cyornis superciliaris : The White- 

 browed Blue Flycatcher. F. 568, J. 310, —I. 

 E. W. 



Cock : Upper plumage dull Prussian blue, 

 with some brown in the wings. A conspicuous 

 white eyebrow. Tail black, edged with blue ; 

 all feathers, except middle pair, tipped with 



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