370 Mr. Blyth's Commentary 



Expedition ; but I cannot understand its being termed " a bird of 

 solitary habits ^^ ! This is Mr. Heine's observation, as quoted*; 

 but he also states that Lorius domicella had been " frequently 

 observed in the woods of the island of Singapore " ! Of the 

 great number of Lories brought to Singapore, probably now 

 and then one manages to escape, and may be seen flying about 

 loose, as Melopsittacus undulatus is occasionally now seen in 

 England. 



288 and 289. Tchitrea paradisi and T. affinis. 



In these birds the crest never appears as represented in Mr. 

 Gould's figures (B. As. pt. iv.), but rises abruptly and straight 

 up from the vertex, as in Otocompsa emeria (no. 460) and 

 Rubigula flaviventris (no. 456) ; hence the names Shah Bulbul, 

 Sultana Bulbul, and Hosseini Bulbul, applied by the natives, 

 who associate the TchitrecB with the common Crimson-eared 

 Bulbul more especially. The nest is like that of a Bulbul, and 

 the eggs (as figured in one of Mr. Hodgson's drawings) are reddish- 

 white, with some crimson spots at the larger end. 



290. Myiagra azurea. 



I have known a bird of this species take up its abode for 

 many days together in a spacious verandah attached to a dwell- 

 ing-house, preying on the house-flies and mosquitos. Occasion- 

 ally I have met with it very numerously in Lower Bengal. The 

 cobalt-blue bill and erect occipital rudimentary crest, however 

 short, indicate its near affinity to the Tchitrea, which is very 

 obvious in living or freshly killed specimens. 



291. Leucocerca fuscoventris (Lesson); " Muscicapa 

 albogularis et Platijrhynchus albicollis, Vieillot,*' Pucheran, 

 Arch, du Mus. vii. p. 372. 



The nest and eggs are figured in Sir W. Jardine's ' Contribu- 

 tions to Ornithology' (pi. 92). 



292. Leucocerca aureola (Vieillot) ; '' Rhipidura aureola, 

 Vieillot," Pucheran [op. cit. p. 373) ; R, albofrontata, Franklin. 



I much suspect that my L. compressirosiris, from Ceylon, was 

 founded on a mere individual variety. 

 * Mr. Swinhoe doubts its being foiuitl about Macao (Il)is, 1862, p. .30()). 



