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319. Siphia strophiata, Hodgson. 



Ind. Rev. 1, 651— Blyth, Cat. 1008— Horsf., Cat. 452— 

 Siphj/a in Nepal — Phatt-tagrak-j^ho, Lepcli. 



The Orange-gorgeted Flycatcher. 



Descr. — Above, dusky-olive, tinged witli cinereous, all the fea- 

 thers being ashy at the base ; stripe from the forehead to the eye 

 white ; lores and cheeks black ; quills dusky, edged with olive- 

 brown ; tail with the two central feathers black ; the rest white at 

 the base for more than half their length (increasing in extent to 

 the outermost feather), black at the terminal end ; beneath, chin and 

 throat black, passing to dusky-ashy on the breast and abdomen, 

 with a bright ferruginous breast-spot or gorget ; lower abdomen and 

 under tail-coverts white ; flanks olive-brown. 



Bill black ; legs brown ; irides dark brown. Length 5|- inches ; 

 extent 9 ; wing 3 ; tail 2| ; bill at front 9 mill. ; tarsus -[-i. 



The Orange-throated Flycatcher is found throughout the Eastern 

 Himalayas at an elevation of from 6,000 to 8,000 feet and upwards 

 It is very common about Darjeeling, and may often be seen on the 

 roadside, seated on a fallen tree or stone, frequently alighting on 

 the ground to pick up an insect, occasionally making a dart at 

 one in the air, and returning to its perch. The white at the base 

 of the tail shews very conspicuously when the bird is on the wing. 



This bird is the t\-pe of Siphia, as restricted by Hodgson ; and 

 by the white on the tail, and the red on the breast, evinces an 

 affinity for Eri/throstema. 



320. Siphia leucomelanura, Hodgson. 



Digenea apud Hodgson, P. Z. S., 1845 — Blyth, Cat. 1011 — 

 HoKSF. Cat. 455. 



The Slaty Flycatcher. 



Descr. — Above, dark slaty blue, or dull cyaneous ; forehead and 

 eye-streak vivid greyish-blue ; lores, ear-coverts, and sides of the 

 neck, black ; tail black, its basal half white, except the two central 

 feathers which are pure black; beneatli, the chin, middle of the 

 throat and fore-neck white; the rest of the under parts light pur- 

 plish-grey ; vent and under tail-coverts white. 



