BIRDS OF BANGKOK. 209 
aries brown, edged with chestnut; tertiaries wholly chestnut, with 
black shafts. Lower plumage, from breast to middle of abdomen, grey, 
paling to whitish on lower abdomen; lower tail-coverts white, with 
rufous tinge. Female. Somewhat similar to male, but smaller in size 
(190 mm. or 7.5 in.), the chestnut of the upper plumage paler and the 
grey of the lower plumage darker. 
Distribution. There appears to be no previous record of this 
species in Siam. I obtained two specimens in my garden, one in 1918 
(? July or September) and other in Saptember 1914, and both have 
been identified by Mr. H. C. Robinson. 1. incii is a Chinese form 
which extends into the Malay Peninsula as a winter visitor (Robinson, 
A Handlist of the Birds of the Malay Peninsula, South of the Isthmus 
of Kra, 1910, p. 13), so it would appear that the birds procured here by 
me were on migration. If this be the case, individuals ought also to 
be obtained at the end of the cold weather, on their return journey 
eastwards. 
38 (601). Hypothymis azurea. The Indian Black- 
naped Flycatcher. 
Description. Length about 165 mm. (6.5 in.), Male. Head and 
neck all round azure blue, except a patch on the nape, the extreme 
edge of the forehead and a narrow cresentic bar across the base of the 
neck below, which are black; remainder of upper plumage duller blue; 
wings dark brown, edged with blue; tail brown, suffused with blue on 
the median pair of feathers and on the outer webs of the others. 
Breast blue, shading off into white on abdomen and under tail-coverts. 
Female. Uead and neck all round dull blue; back, wings, rump, 
upper tail-coverts and tail brown, the outer webs of the quills 
and the middle tail-feathers faintly washed with blue. Breast ashy 
blue; abdomen and under tail-coverts dull white, the flanks grey. 
Iris dark brown. Bill very dark blue. Mouth greenish yellow. 
Legs bluish plumbeous to dark blue. 
Habits, etc. A cold weather visitor to Bangkok, where it ap- 
pears to occur from October to February, though it is not common. 
Its habits are similar to those of the other flycatchers, 7. e., it feeds on 
small insects which it takes in the air by a sudden dart from a_ perch. 
As far as my experience goes, the bird is a frequenter of dark under- 
growth in well-wooded tracts, and avoids open country and high trees. 
