MUSCICAPIDJE. 



560. Siphia strophiata. Tin Orange-gorgeted Flycatcher. 



Siphia strophiata, Modg9. Ind. Rev. i, p. 651 (1837); Blyth, Cat. 

 p. 171 : Borsf. $ M. Cat. i. p. 293; Jerd. II. I. i, p. 479; Stoliczka, 

 J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. ii, p. 32 ; Blanf. J. A. 8. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 47 ; 

 Godw.-Aust. J. A. 8. 11. xlv, pt. ii, p. 72 ; Anders. Yunnan Exped., 

 Ares, p. 620; fliwne # Daw. « 7''. vi, p. 232 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. 

 iv, p. 4o."J; Hume, Cat. no. 319; Scully, S. F. viii, p. 278; 0«te.--, 

 /,'. B. i. p. 290. 



Siphia rufigularis, Scully, S. F. viii, p. 279 (1879). 



Siphya, Nep. ; Phatt-tay?'ak-pho, Lepch. 



Fig. 4.— Bill of 8. strophiata. 



Coloration. Male. Upper plumage olive-brown, tinged with 

 fulvous on the back and rump; upper tail-coverts black; lores, 

 cheeks, chin, and throat black ; forehead and a short eyebrow 

 white; ear-coverts and feathers above the eye deep slaty; a large 

 oval patch below the throat bright chestnut ; breast and sides of 

 the neck slaty; abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts white; 

 Hanks olive-brown ; lesser wing-coverts slaty ; the other coverts 

 and all the quills brown, edged with fulvous; tail blackish; the 

 pair next the middle pair with a patch of white on the outer web ; 

 the others with a larger white patch on both webs ; under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries light buff. 



Female. Similar in style of coloration to the male, but the orange 

 gular patch paler and smaller, the white on the forehead of less 

 extent; and the black of the face and throat replaced by slaty. 



The young bird is brown all over, closely streaked and mottled 

 with fulvous ; the tail is marked with white as in the adult, but 

 there is no indication of the gular patch. 



Bill black; gape fleshy-whitish; iris dark brown; feet dark 

 horny-brown; claws black (Scully). 



Length nearly o - 5 ; tail 2-'3 ; wing 3 ; tarsus "8 ; bill from 

 gape *65. 



It is not unusual for the female to have the throat to some 

 extent orange-rufous, and it was to a specimen exhibiting this 

 peculiarity that Scully assigned the name of Siphia rufigularis. 



Distribution. The Himalayas from Eastern Kashmir to the 

 Daphla hills in Assam up to 12,000 feet in summer, and descend- 

 ing to the lower valleys in winter ; the Kbasi and Naga hills ; 

 Manipur; the neighbourhood of Bhamo ; Arrakan ; Muleyit moun- 

 tain in Tenasserim. This species extends into China. 



Habits^ Sfc. Nothing is known of the nidification of this Ely- 

 catcher. According to Jerdou it frequently alights on the ground 



