224 MUSCICAPID/E. 



Above dull blue, the forehead and eyebrow inclining to cobalt ; lores and 

 feathers in front of the eye black ; sides of face, throat and breast deep blue ; 

 wing coverts blue, the least series brighter and more cobalt ; quills blackish, 

 externally dull blue ; tail blue, the feathers dusky on their inner webs ; 

 under surface of body pure white, shaded with ashy on the upper breast and 

 bluish grey on the flanks ; thighs dull blue ; under wing coverts and axillaries 

 white ; edge of wing blue ; bill black ; legs and feet flesh colour ; iris brown. 



Length. 57 to 6*5 inches > wing 2-9 to 3; tail 2-5 j culmen o'6 j tarsus 

 075- 



Hab. Southern India and the Concan. It is recorded from Coorg in 

 Mysore, Sirci above Honore and the Coonoor Pass of the Neilgherries, and 

 Dr. Fairbank got it in deep ravines near (Parwar ?) Carwar on the Goa 

 frontier. Jerdon says it is probably an inhabitant of the upland forests of the 

 Western Ghauts ; he observed it on the Neilgherries darting on insects from 

 its perch on a low branch. Mr. Bourdillon also records it from the Travan- 

 core Hills. 



257. Siphia UniCOlor, (Blyth) Sharpe, Cat. B Br. Mm. iv. p. 444- 

 Cyornis unicolor, Blyth. J. A. S. B- xii. pp. 941, 1007 ; id., Cat. B. Mus. t 

 A. S. B.p. 173; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 465, No. 303; Hume, Sir. F. 1875, 

 p. 401; 1876, p. 398; 1877, p. 489; Sharpe, Ibis, 1878, p. 418; Godw.- 

 Austen, J. A. S. B. 1878, p. 15. The PALE BLUE FLY-CATCHER. 



Above light blue, inclining to cobalt on the rump ; forehead, over the eye, 

 as also the feathers round the eye, cobalt; sides of the face deep blue, 

 paler under the eye and fore part of the cheeks ; lores blue black ; wing 

 coverts bright blue ; the greater series and quills blackish, edged externally 

 with bright blue ; tail deep blue, all, except the two centre feathers, blackish 

 on the inner webs ; throat and breast light greyish blue, centre of abdomen and 

 under tail coverts whitish ; rest of the under surface of body very pale blue ; 

 under wing coverts fulvous or yellowish fawn ; edge of the wing blue ; bill 

 and legs black. 



Length. 6 to 675 inches ; wing 3-2 ; tail 2'8 ; tarsus 07 ; culmen 0-5. 



The female is dark ashy brown above, all the parts which are blue in the 

 male are rufous brown ; lores fulvescent ; ear coverts and sides of face and 

 neck dark ashy brown, with hair-like shaft streaks ; chin and throat pale rufous ; 

 fore neck and breast ashy brown ; abdomen dull white ; flanks and under tail 

 coverts fulvous ; under wing coverts buffy brown. 



Length. 6'2 inches ; wing 3* I ; tail 2 - 6 ; tarsus 0*65. 

 The young are mottled all over with ochraceous spots. 



Hab. The Eastern Himalayas, extending to the Malay Peninsula, Java 

 and Borneo. (Sharpe.) Recorded from Darjeeling and Sikkiin. 



