128 Dr. T. C. Jerdon's Supplementary Notes 



319. SiPHIA STROPHIATA. 



By a lapsus penna I have made the white of the tail increasing 

 in extent to the outermost feathers, instead oifrom the outermost. 

 StoHczka found this bird in the N.W. Himalayas, in Rupshu, 

 on the banks of the Indus in summer, near Simla only in winter. 



320. SiPHIA LEUCOMELANURA. 



This is the bird figured in Jardine's ' Contributions '' as Muse, 

 hemileucura, though the eyebrow is given in some of the copies as 

 white in place of " greyish blue." It is much more common in 

 the N.W. Himalayas than at Darjeeling, frequenting open forest 

 at from 5000 to at least 8000 feet. One killed at Mussooree 

 measured in the flesh 4| inches, extent 7\, wing 2|, tail 2g, 

 tarsus |, foot \\. Another had the wing 2^, tail 2j. Stoliczka 

 describes the female, which I have not seen, as olivaceous brown 

 above, tail ferruginous, especially at the base ; chin, throat, and 

 vent white ; breast and abdomen pale olive-brown j under tail- 

 coverts slightly ferruginous. 



321. SiPHIA SUPERCILIARIS. 



Muscicapa tricolor and M, rupestris, of S. Miiller, are stated 

 by Blyth to be respectively the male and female of this bird. 



The female is ashy olive above, rufous beneath, paler on the 

 breast and vent ; superciliaries pale rufous ; wings and tail pale 

 brown, edged with pale rufous. Dimensions of one in the flesh, 

 killed at Darjeeling, length 4| inches, extent 7|, wing 2f, tail 

 If, tarsus I, foot I5. 



323. Erythrosterna leucura. 



The true E.leucurais the Eastern representative ofE.parva, and 

 difi'ers in the rufous of the under plumage being confined to the 

 chin and throat ; in the next species it spreads over the breast. 



One shot on the Khasia hills measured in the flesh — length 

 5$ inches, extent 8|, wing 2|, tail 2^, tars. |^; bill black, legs 

 dark reddish bi'own. It has hitherto only occurred in India in 

 Bengal and the neighbouring hills. 



323 his. Erythrosterna parva. 



Saxicola ruheculoides, Sykes, fide Blyth. 



This European white-tailed Flycatcher occurs all through 



