460 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



The bird from Southern India is larger, much more grey in its 

 tints and having hardly any rufescent , and whiter beneath ; the 

 eyelids too ate more prominently white, and the yellow of the 

 bill is more marked. 



It is found throughout Southern India and Ceylon, perhaps also 

 extending to the North. It is enumerated as from China, J. A. S. 

 1859, p. 280. It frequents alike thin forest-jungles, and groves and 

 gardens. It is very sedentary, sitting motionless on a branch, and 

 darting out occasionally to capture an insect on the wing. It is 

 said only to be a winter visitant in Ceylon, but I cannot say 

 for certain if it remains and breeds in Southern India or not. 



298. Alseonax terricolor, Hodgson. 



Butalis apud Hodgson and Bonap., Consp. 



The Rufescent-brown Flycatcher. 



Descr. — Above greyish-brown, tinged more or less with rufescent, 

 and the wing-coverts and tertiaries margined with the same co- 

 lour ; beneath white ; the breast, sides, throat, and flanks, tinged 

 with greyish-brown. 



Bill dusky-yellowish at the base ; irides dark brown ; legs 

 dusky-brown. Length about 5 inches ; wing 2| ; tail 2 ; bill at 

 front 10 mill. ; tarsus ^. 



This Flycatcher is found in the Himalayas, at no great eleva- 

 tion, extending into the plains in the cold weather. I believe 

 that it extends into Central India, but I am not certain if it is 

 found in the South or not. Blyth has obtained it in the neighbour- 

 hood of Calcutta, 



299. Alseonax ferrugineus, Hodgs. 



Hemichelidon apud Hodgson — Blyth, Cat. 1035 — Horsf., 

 Cat. 175 — Butahs rufescens, Jerdon, Blyth, J. A. S., XVL, 

 120 — Butalis Mutui, Layard — Dang chim-pa-pJio, Lepch. 

 The Ferruginous Flycatcher. 



"Descr. — Above rusty-brown, passing to olivaceous on the head and 

 neck, deeper ferruginous on the upper tail-coverts and edges of 

 the tail-feathers ; wing-coverts and tertiaries edged with pale rufous ; 



