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of moss, fur, and wool placed in a hollow at the side of the trunk of 

 a tree. Brooks found the nest in Kashmir at the commencement 

 of June. The eggs, four in number, are pale buff clouded with 

 rufous, and measure about -62 by "48. Many males of this species 

 breed while still in immature plumage, that is in the plumage of 

 the female. 



568. Cyornis superciliaris. The White-browed Blue 

 Flycatcher. 



Muscicapa superciliaris, Jerd. Madr. Journ. L. 8. xi, p. 16 (1840). 



Dimorpha albogularis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xi, p. 190 (1842). 



Muscicapa ciliaris, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool, 3Jisc. p. 84 (1844). 



Muscicapa hemileucura, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 84 (1844). 



Muscicapula acornaus, Hodgs., Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi, p. 127 (1847). 



Erythrosterna acornaus (Hodgs.), Blyth, Cat. p. 171 ; Jerd. B. 1. i, 

 p. 483 ; Hume, Cat. no. 325. 



Muscicapula hemileucura (Hodgs.), Horsf. 8f M. Cat. i. p. 296. 



Muscicapula albogularis (BL), Horsf. fy 31. Cat. i, p. 297. 



Muscicapula superciliaris (Jerd.), Blyth, Cat. p. 172 ; Horsf. fy M. 

 Cat. i, p. 296; Jerd. B. I. i, p. 470 ; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, 

 pt. ii, p. 30 ; Hume, N. 8f E. p. 213 ; Ball, S. F. v, p. 415; Hume, 

 Cat. no. 310 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iv, p. 204 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. 

 p. 166. 



Muscicapula ciliaris (Hodgs.), Hume, Cat. no. 311 bis. 



Cyornis superciliaris (Jerd.), Oates in Hume's N. 8f E. 2nd ed. ii, 

 P- 4- 

 The White-browed Blue Flycatcher, Tlie Brown Flycatcher, Jerd. 



Coloration. Male. The whole upper plumage, lesser and median 

 wing-coverts, ear-coverts, cheeks, and sides of the neck dull blue ; 

 greater coverts and quills dark brown, edged with pale blue ; tail 

 black, edged with blue, the basal half of all the feathers except the 

 median pair white ; lores black ; a broad supercilium from the eye 

 to the nape white ; a broad collar across the breast, interrupted in 

 the middle, dull blue like the back; the whole lower plumage 

 white. 



Female. After the autumnal moult the upper plumage is olive 

 brown, the forehead tinged with fulvous, the crown with minute 

 dark spots ; the upper tail-coverts tinged with blue ; wing-coverts 

 and tertiaries edged and tipped with fulvous; the other quills more 

 narrowly edged with the same ; tail brown, with a tinge of blue on 

 the outer webs ; lores and sides of the head fulvescent ; lower 

 plumage pale buff, turning to white on the lower part of the 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts. 



When the plumage becomes worn, the female is frequently found 

 •with the back and rump suffused with blue. 



The nestling is ashy brown above, with numerous buff spots, and 

 the wing-coverts tipped with the same ; lower plumage pale buff, 

 closely mottled with brown ; the outer webs of the tail-feathers 

 suffused with blue. In the young male the white on the tail is 

 present from the earliest age. The spotted plumage is soon lost, 

 and the adult plumage quickly acquired. 



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