MUSOICAPIN &. 165 
306 9 .—Cyornis tickellic, Blyth—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. I, 
pp. 466 and 467; Butler, Guzerat ; Stray Feathers, Vol. ITI, 
p. 468; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 397; Siphia 
tickelle, Bly. ; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, 1885, 
p. 66. 
TICKELL’S BLUE RED-BREAST. 
Length, 5°75 to 6; expanse, 9; wing, 2°75; tail, 2°5 ; tarsus, 
0°75; bill at front, 0°3. 
Bill black ; irides deep-brown ; legs brownish. 
Male.—Above rather dark-blue ; forehead, and streak over eye, 
pale bright-blue ; lores and ear-coverts black ; beneath, the chin, 
throat, and breast, yellow-ferruginous, passing to white on the 
middle of the abdomen, and the under tail-coverts pure white ; 
flanks slightly fulvescent. 
Female.—Above dull greyish-blue, brighter on the forehead, 
shoulders of the wings, and upper tail-coverts ; chin white, tinged 
with fulvescent; throat and breast light ferruginous ; belly 
albescent ; under tail-coverts pure white; bill blackish ; legs 
ale. 
Tickell’s Blue Red-breast does not occur in Sind, but it has 
been recorded as more or less rare from all other portions of our 
district. It is probably a permanent resident in the hilly and 
forest districts, but elsewhere appears to be a seasonal visitant 
only. 
Jerdon in his Birds of India has described the male and female 
as different species. 
Cyornis ruficaudus, Swazns. 
307.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 468 ; Butler, Deccan ; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 469; Guzerat, Stray Feathers, 
Vol. III, p. 397. 
THE RUFOUS-TAILED FLY-CATCHER. 
Length, 5°5; wing, 2°8; tail, 2°25; tarsus, 0°6. 
Bill dusky ; irides deep-brown. 
Above, olivaceous-brown ; rump and upper tail-coverts ferru- 
ginous, and the tail bright dark-ferruginous, the middle pair 
suffused with dusky, and the outer webs of the other also sullied 
with fuscous ; beneath, the chin whitish, the rest of the plumage 
below pale greyish-brown, passing to white on the abdomen and 
under tail-coverts, which last are faintly tinged with ferruginous. 
The Rufous-tailed Fly-catcher has been recorded as a very rare 
cold weather visitant both from Ahmednagar and Sholapur, and 
also from Mount Aboo. These are the only instances of its occur- 
rence within our limits, 
Cyornis pallipes, Jerd. 
309.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 469; Butler, Deccan ; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 397. ; 
