116 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 



Young birds are brownish, streaked and mottled with 

 fulvous ; the lower parts are grayish in front, whitish behind, 

 the chestnut tint appears in dull mottled patches which 

 spread and brighten, at the same time in males the black 

 border begins to appear. 



Bill brown above, paler near the forehead, the lower mandible 

 and gape fleshy-yellow, the tip dusky ; iris hazel brown ; legs 

 and feet deep brown. 



Length about 4-8; wing 2*75; tail 2; tarsus '75; bill 

 from gape * 6. 



Distribution. — A nortli-east monsoon migrant, found in the 

 central Hill ranges over about 2,500 feet. The species breeds 

 in Kashmir, and winters apparently only in Ceylon. It has 

 been observed on migration in October in the Deccan, so 

 would seem to migrate down the centre of the Indian Peninsula. 



Habits. — Generally frequents the edges of forest, trees by 

 the side of jungle jJaths, the strips of wood which line the 

 streams in patana country, &c. It is irregular in its visits, 

 being plentiful in certain localities one year and absent the 

 next. The note according to Legge is a monosyllabic whistle, 

 followed by a sharpe little trUl, recalling somewhat the note 

 of the Wheatear. It is restless and active in its movements, 

 and is generally found solitary. 



Cyornis rtjbeculoides bubeculoides. 

 The Blue-throated Flycatcher. 



Cyornis rubeculoides (Oates, Vol. II., p. 23) ; Siphia rubecu- 

 loides (Legge, ji. 424). 



Description. — Male : Closely resembles that of the next 

 sub-species, but is a little smaller and brighter. The distin- 

 guishing features are the throat and chin, which are dusky- 

 blue. 



Female : Upper plumage brownish -olive with a rusty tinge 

 on the forehead, round the eye, and on the tail -co verts ; wings 

 and tail brown with paler margins to the quills ; chin, throat, 

 and chest dull rufous ; flanks paler ; abdomen and lower 

 tail coverts white. 



