22 MUSCICAPIDJE. 



it appears to be the same as a specimen noticed by Count Salvadori 

 (Aim. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) vii. p. 385, 1889) under the generic name 

 of Niltava. Mr. Fea procured this specimen in Karennee, and 

 Count Salvadori, with his usual courtesy, forwarded it to me for 

 examination. Being a female specimen, and, as such, difficult to 

 deal with till the male is known, the Count has prudently 

 refrained from naming it*. 

 Distribution. Muleyit mountain in Tenasserim ; Manipur. 



573. Cyomis pallidipes. The White-bellied Blue Flycatcher. 



Muscicapa pallipes, Jerri. Madr. Journ. L. S. xi, p. 15 (1840). 

 Cyornis pallipes (Jerri.), Blyth, Cat. p. 338; Jerri. B. 1. i, p. 469 ; 

 ' Hume, S. F. iv, p. 397 ; id. Cat. no. 309 ; Butler, S. F. ix, p. 397 ; 

 Davison, S. F. x, p. 371 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 165. 

 Siphia pallidipes (Jerri.), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iv, p. 444. 



Coloration. Male. Forehead and a supercilium ultramarine- 

 blue ; lores and a space in front of the eye black ; feathers round 

 the eye bluish black ; whole upper plumage, sides of the head and 

 neck, chin, throat, breast, and the margins of the wings and tail 

 indigo-blue; the lesser wing-coverts brighter; abdomen, vent, and 

 under wing-coverts white. 



Female. Lores, in front of the eye, and the point of the chin 

 white ; an indistinct supercilium grey ; ear-coverts greyish brown : 

 forehead, crown, and nape ashy brown ; upper plumage and the 

 sides of the neck rufescent olive-brown, the upper tail-coverts and 

 the outer webs of the tail-feathers chestnut; wings brown, mar- 

 gined with pale rufous ; throat and breast orange-chestnut 

 remainder of the lower plumage white. 



Legs and feet fleshy tinged purple ; bill black ; iris dark wood- 

 brown (Davison). 



Length about 6-5; tail 2*6; wing 3; tarsus '75; bill from 

 gape "75. 



Distribution. A permanent resident in the South of India on the 

 Western Grhats, from about the latitude of Belgaum to Mynall 

 in Travancore. This species appears to be found up to about 6000 

 feet. 



Habits, Sfc. Davison calls this Flycatcher a magnificent songster. 



574. Cyornis unicolor. The Pale Blue Flycatcher. 



Cyornis unicolor, Blyih, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 1007 (1843); id. Cat. 

 p. 173; Jerd. B. I. i, p. 405; Wald. Ibis, 1876, p. 353; Godic- 

 Aust. J. A. S. B. xlv, pt. ii, pp. 71, 105, xlvii, pt. ii, p. 15 ; Hume, 



* Count Salvadori thus describes the specimen : — 



" $. Supra olivacca,]yileoet cerviee griscis ; urom/gio et supracaudalibus 

 hrunneo-rufescentibus ; f route, lateribus capitis et gu'laritjo f metis, quia ima 

 albicante ; gastrreo reliquo griseo-olivaceo, pectore magis olivasente sub- 

 caudalibus el mibalaribus fulvescente-albidis ; alls fascis, ex-ternis brunneo- 

 olivaceo marqiiiatis ; cauda brimneo-rufesccnte ; rostro nigra; pedibus 

 fuseis. Long, tota m ,200 ; al. m ,096; caud. O m ,077 ; rostri culm 

 n '.010; tarei m ,02Q." ■ 



