NOTODELA. Ill 



G58. Grandala coelicolor. Hodgson's Grandala. 



Grandala coelicolor, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. xii, p. 447 (1843) ; Bluth, 

 Cat. p. 166 ; Horsf. Sf M. Cat. i, p. 281 ; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 119 ; 

 Blanf. J. A. S. B. xii, pt. ii, p. 49 ; Hume, Cat. no. 478. 



Grandala schistacea, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. xii, plate illustrating p. 447 

 (1843). 



Sialia coelicolor (Hodgs.), Seebohm, Cat. B. M. v, p. 328. 



The Long-winged Bine Chat, Jerd. 



Coloration. Male. Wing, tail, greater wing-coverts, priinary- 

 coverts, and winglefc black ; remainder of plumage bright smalt- 

 blue, most brilliant on the rump and upper tail-coverts. 



Female. The whole plumage brown with a bluish tinge, the 

 rump and upper tail-coverts decidedly blue ; the head, back, sides 

 of head and neck, and the whole lower plumage except the flanks 

 streaked with fulvous-white ; wings and tail brown ; the quills 

 with a patch of white near the base, forming a wing-spot; some 

 of the secondaries tipped white ; under tail-coverts broadly edged 

 with white. 



The young resemble the female closely, but they have the streaks 

 broader and extending on to the flanks. The young male pro- 

 bably assumes the adult plumage at the first autumn moult ; before 

 finally acquiring it some of the feathers of the head and neck are 

 fringed with brown. 



Bill and feet jet-black ; iris dark brown (Jerdon). 



Length about 9 ; tail 3 - 6 ; wing 5*8 ; tarsus 1-15 ; bill from 

 gape - 9. 



Distribution. The highest parts of the Himalayas from Garhwal 

 to Sikhim. Blanford did not meet with this species below 15,000 

 feet in Sikhim, and he observed it as high as 17,000 feet. It ex- 

 tends into the mountains of Tibet and Western China. 



Habits, Sfc. Probably found in pairs in the summer, but in flocks 

 iu the winter ; described as having the flight of a Starling, and 

 feeding on the ground on insects. 



Genus N0T0DELA, Lesson, 1831. 



The genus Notodela contains one species, which is largely dis- 

 tributed from Nepal to Tenasserim. The sexes are very different, 



Fig. 34. — Head of N. leucura. 



the male being blue and the female rufous, but both sexes have a 

 large amount of white on the tail, which is considerably longer 

 than twice the tarsus. 



