480 RIUDS OF INDIA. 



Bill dusky; feet brown; irides dark brown. Length 5 inches; 

 wing 2|; tail 2^ ; bill at front 8 mill.; tarsus }^. 



The Slaty Flycatcher is known throughout the Himalayas, but 

 is rare; and I procured one specimen only whilst at Darjeeling. 

 I shot it in open forest. 



This species, by its coloring, recalls some of the Muscicapulce. 



321. Siphia superciliaris, Blyth. 



Dimorpha apud Blyth, J. A. S., XL, 190— Blyth, Cat. 1009 

 — HoKSF, Cat. 453 — Muse, hyperythra, Blyth, L A. S., XL, 885, 

 and, by oversight, M. rubecula. Blyth — Dimorpha rubro-cyanea. 

 HoDGS — D. leucocyanea, HoDGS. 



The rufous-breasted Flycatcher. 



Descr. — Above, with the lores, cheeks, and sides of the neck, 

 uniform dusky-cyaneous ; the lateral feathers of the forehead white- 

 tipped, forming a white supercilium ; the bases of the primaries 

 and secondaries rufous-brown, contrasting with the cyaneous hue 

 of their coverts ; beneath, the throat and breast are light ferru- 

 ginous, paling on the belly, and passing into white on the vent 

 and lower tail-coverts. 



Bill black ; legs plumbeous ; irides brown. Length 4^ inches ; 

 wing 2^ ; tall 1| ; bill at front 7 mill. ; tarsus \^. 



This species, as far as known, is peculiar to the S, E. Himalay- 

 as. It has only been procured in Nepal and Sikhini. Its colors 

 approximate it to some of the Cyornis group, as well as to Nemura 

 among the Redstart series. 



322. Siphia erythaca, Blyth and Jerdon. 



P. Z. S., 1861, p. 201. 



The Rusty-breasted Flycatcher. 



Descr. — Above dusky slate colour, sides of the throat and neck 

 the same ; wings and tail dusky, the quills edged with brown, and 

 the base of all but the middle pair of tail-feathers white ; middle 

 of the throat, breast, and flanks, bright ferruginous ; vent and lower 

 tail-coverts white. 



Bill blackish ; legs fleshy brown ; irides brown. Length 5 inches ; 

 wing 2f ; tail 2 ; bill at front 7 mill ; tarsus \^. 



I procured a single specimen of this bird at Darjeeling. 



