472 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



tlie winos underneath, with the axillaries, white ; quills and tail 

 black, edged with blue externally. 



Bill black ; feet brown ; iiides dark brown. Length 4| inches ; 

 wing 2h ; tail 1| ; bill at front 9 mill. ; tarsus -^-^. 



The female has the head, neck, and interscapulars, plain olive- 

 brown ; forehead, lores, and round the eyes, ferruginous ; wings, 

 rump, and tail, deep blue ; throat, fore-neck and breast, bright 

 ferruginous, much broader than in the male ; belly and lower tail- 

 coverts bluish-white. 



This beautiful Flycatcher has only been found in Nepal and 

 Sikhim, where first discovered by Captain Tickell. It is somewhat 

 rare at Darjeeling ; for I only obtained one female there, which I 

 shot at about 6,500 feet of elevation, in open forest, perching 

 high up, and capturing insects on the wing. 



Gen. NiTiDULA, Blyth. 



Char. — Bill much less wide than in Muscicapula, straight, moder- 

 ately depressed, compressed at the tip, which is slightly deflected ; 

 nareal and rictal bristles much as in M^iscicapula ; wings rounded, 

 the 3rd quill shorter than the 4th, which is longest ; tarsus as in 

 Muscicapula. 



This genus may be looked on as a Muscicapula, with a more 

 slender bill, and the wings slightly more rounded. It is the most 

 minute form in this family. 



313. Nitidula Hodgsoni, Moore. 



Nemura apud Mooee, P. Z. S., 1854, p. 3, pi. 62. N., Camp- 

 belH, Jerd. and Blyth, P. Z. S., 1861, 201. 



The Pigmy Blue Flycatcher. 



Descr. — Above, rich dark blue, bright ultramarine on the head ; 

 wings and tail black, the latter edged blue ; lores and ears black ; 

 beneath, light ferruginous, paling on the belly, and white on the 

 under tail-coverts ; wings white within. 



Bill black ; legs pale reddish ; iridcs dark brown. Length 3| 

 inches; wing 1|; tail 1^; extent 5\\ bill at front 8 mill.; 

 tarsus ^. 



