222 MUSCICAPID/E. 



253. Cryptolopha flavigularis, Godw.- Austen, 7. A. S. B. 



xlvii. p. 19, 1878 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. J3r. Mus. iv. p. 474, App. The YELLOW- 



THROATED WARBLER. 



Above ashy grey, purer grey on rump, rather darker on the head ; wings 

 pale amber brown ; tail ash brown ; the two outer feathers white on the 

 inner web, the next with a narrow edging of white ; lores white ; ear coverts 

 white and grey ; chin pure yellow, fading on the throat ; breast, nape, flanks 

 and thighs greyish white ; whitish on the breast ; a very faint yellow tinge on 

 the abdomen ; under tail coverts white ; a small patch of white on the inner 

 shoulder of the wing ; bill dark brown, buff below. 



Length. 3-6 to 3-8 inches; wing 1*84; tail r8 ; tarsus 0-67; bill from 

 front 0*3. (Godwin-Austen and Sharpe.) 



Hab. Sadiya near Brahmakhund, and hills of Eastern Bengal. 



Gen. StOparola. Blyth. 



Bill short, depressed ; the culm en not equal to twice its breadth at the gape ; 

 tip-hooked; rictal bristles numerous; wing rather long; 3rd, 4th and 5th 

 quills subequal ; tail moderate ; tarsus short. 



254- StOparola albicaudata, Jerd. Madras, Journ. xi. p. 16 ; 

 id. Illust. Ind. Orn. pi. 14 ; Myth, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 125 ; id. Cat. B. Mus. 

 A. S. B. p. 175 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, Indian B. p. 210; Fairbank, Sir. 

 F. 1877, P' 4 O2> Eumyias albicaudata, (Horsf. & Moore] Jerd. B. Ind., 

 i p. 464, No. 302 ; Hume> Sir. F. 1876, p. 396. The NEILGHERRY BLUE FLY- 

 CATCHER. 



Above deep indigo blue, with a slight lazuline blue eyebrow ; forehead and 

 head also inclining to lazuline blue ; wing coverts and quills dusky black, exter- 

 nally edged with lazuline blue ; primary coverts dark brown, edged externally 

 with blue ; tail the same, the base of all the feathers, except the two centre 

 ones, white ; central tail feathers white-shafted ; under surface of body indigo 

 blue, rather greyish on the lower flanks and abdomen ; the lower abdomen and 

 vent slightly whitish ; under tails coverts dusky, with whitish edges to the fea- 

 thers ; bill and legs black ; irides dark brown. 



Length. -6 to 6-5 inches ; wing 3-05 to 3*2 ; tail 2*3 to 2*10; tarsus 075 ; 

 culmen o'45. 



Hal. South India. 



This species is confined to Southern India, nearly throughout the high 

 mountain ranges of which it is found. The Neilgherries and Travancore, also 

 Madras, are noted as localities. 



In Travancore, Mr. Bourdillon says it is common, though not abundant, up 

 to 2,000 feet elevation, and is frequently observed in the forest wherever there 

 are heaps of unburnt brushwood lying about. It is a winter visitor there from 

 December to March. In the Neilgherries Jerdon says it is very common, 



