to ' The Birds of India.' 127 



Blyth has indicated another blue Flycatcher from Hodgson's 

 drawings as 



311 bis. MusciCAPULA ciltaris, Hodgson, apud Blyth. 



It very closely resembles the last, having no white on the tail ; 

 the white on the throat appears to be more contracted ; and there 

 is a distinct white supercilium from the front of the eye to the 

 nape. No particular locality is given on the plate. 



The other species of blue Flycatclier, noted by Blyth, I. c, as 

 M. leucoschista, is founded on a bad drawing of Erythrosterna 

 maculata, of which, indeed, M. leucoschista, Hodgson, is given as 

 one of the synonyms. 



314. NiLTAVA SUNDARA. 



Figured by Gould, B. Asia, pt. ii. pi. 5. I procured this bird 

 on the Khasia hills; Godwin- Austen got it still further east; 

 and it also extends southwards. 



315. NiLTAVA MACGREGORIvE. 



Figured by Gould, /. c, pt. ii. pi. 6. Extent of wing 7| inches, 

 tarsus y^. The nest is figured by Hodgson in a slight hollow 

 of a tree, and the eggs pinkish white. 



316. NiLTAVA GRANDIS, 



Figured by Gould, /. c. pi. 4. A female measured in the flesh 

 8|, extent 12|, wing 4, tail 3^. 



The Niltmm leucotis described by Hume (Ibis, 1870, p. 144) 

 is a made-up bird, compounded of the head of a Parus and the 

 body of Niltava sundara. This was only made known to the 

 readers of ' The Ibis ' in October 1871, though I understand 

 that Mr. Hume wrote himself about it more than a year ago. 



Gen. Anthipes, p. 477. 



Blyth states that Muscicapa solitaria, S. Miiller, from Timor, 

 appears to belong to this genus. 



318. SiPHIA TRICOLOR. 



Major Godwin-Austen procured at Chattuk, in the Sylhet 

 district, specimens of a bird which I conclude to be Hodgson's 

 species named above. It was found frequenting high grass and 

 reeds near water. Hodgson's figure, amongst his drawings, is 

 very much too brightly coloured. 



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