to ' The Birds of India.' 123 



in number, white, with minute yellowish-brown specks, and 

 few spots of a pale inky hue. 



293. Leucocerca pectoralis. 



This must stand as L. leucogaster, Cuvier. It is, as I sus- 

 pected, Sykes and Adams's i^AipiWM/'fl /MScoi;e?i/m (vel albicoUis), 

 which does not extend to the west of India. Blanford has 

 lately found this species as far east as Chanda. 



294. Chelidorhynx hypoxantha. 



One measured in the flesh 4| inches, extent 6|, wing 2\, 

 tail 2|. Bill black above, j^ellow at the base below. The nest 

 and eggs are figured in one of Hodgson's drawings — the latter 

 white, faintly speckled. I am not aware of having anywhere 

 expressed my opinion of the rarity of this bird, as Mr. Hume 

 asserts I have. It is certainly quite common at Darjeeling. 



295. Cryptolopha cinereo-capilla. 



Swainson's genus Cryptolopha having been founded on his C. 

 auricapiUa = Culicipeta hurkii, this group of Flycatchers must be 

 referred to another genus, which Mr. Swinhoe names Culici- 

 capa^ ; but if Mr. Gray is correct, this term must give place to 

 Myialestes, Cabanis. It has been found recently in China. 

 One measured in the flesh 5 inches in length, extent 8, wing 2|, 

 tail 2i, foot 13. 



296. Hemichelidon fuliginosa. 



One killed in Kashmir measured in the flesh 4| inches in 

 length, extent 9, wing 2|, tail 2, foot ||. The eyelids and lores 

 are whitish, and the chin and throat are also white, rather than 

 "slightly albescent," with indications of pale mesial stripes, and 

 a streak from the lower mandible. Two thirds and more of the 

 inner webs of all the quills rufescent at the margin, showing 

 conspicuously when in flight. The under wing-coverts also are 

 somewhat rufescent. Stoliczka says that the female is somewhat 

 larger than the male, somewhat rufescent on the chin, and with 

 the tertiaries and larger wing-coverts also tipped with rufescent. 

 He states that he found it more common in the eastward than 

 towards the more western parts of the Himalayas ; but I nowhere 



* P. Z. S, 1871, p. 381. 



