to ' The Birds of India.' 125 



1869 — but did not notice it when fresh, from its close resem- 

 blance to Eumyias melanops. 



304. Cyornis rubeculoides. 



Blyth notices that this bird is very near to C elegans, Temm. 

 PI. Col. 596. 1, and suggests their identity. A specimen from 

 Tayboo (Burmah), and another from Ceylon, both in Lord 

 Walden's collection, differ from C. rubeculoides in the deep blue 

 of the throat being divided in the centre by a somewhat conver- 

 ging streak of rufous. 



305. Cyornis banyumas. 



This will now stand as C. jerdoni, Gray and Blyth, having 

 been found to differ from its Javan prototype, confirming my 

 expressed doubts on the subject. 



306. Cyornis tickelli^e. 



Blauford found this Flycatcher near Nagpore ; and Hume has 

 it in abundance from Jubbulpore. It appears that the females 

 do not differ from males. Hume has the nest also. 



307. Cyornis ruficauda. 



The lores and eyelids are whitish. The breast is more albescent 

 in the female than in the male. The extent of wing of one 

 measured in the flesh was 9j inches. I have long since given 

 up the belief in my rufous-breasted Neelgherry bird being this 

 species, and refer it to a young male C. jerdoni, or very old 

 female beginning to assume a blue plumage. 



308. Cyornis magnirostris. 



Major Godwin-Austen procured a male of this species in the 

 North Cachar hills. It is darkish blue above, brighter over the 

 forehead and eyes ; beneath from chin to breast ferruginous, 

 white on the belly and under tail-coverts. Irides dark brown. 

 Legs pale fleshy. Length 6 inches, wing 3-3, tail 2|, tarsi ^, 

 bill at front |. 



tion, tliis appears identical with Miiscicapa cyanopoUa, Boie, from Sumatra, 

 Java, and Borneo. If this be correct, the female, which is Musdcapa in- 

 fwicata, Miiller, is rufous brown above, darker on the crown, and brighter on 

 the tail ; lower parts pure white, except the sides of the breast, which 

 are coloured like the back. 



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