226 MUSCICAPIDvE. 



coverts cobalt blue ; quills and tail light blue externally and dusky brown on 

 the inner webs; two centre feathers and inner secondaries nearly entirely blue ; 

 entire throat and breast orange rufous ; under wing coverts and axillaries, the 

 lower abdomen and under tail coverts, white ; sides of the breast, edge of the 

 wing and thighs blue. 



Length. 5-3 to 5*8 inches; wing 2'8 to 2*9; tail 2*3 to 2*5 ; tarsus 07; 

 bill from gape 075. 



The female is similar to the male, but paler, and has no black on the chin 

 and face ; the frontal line and lores are dull white ; the ear coverts greyish blue, 

 with whitish shaft streaks. 



Hab. India and Ceylon, ranging to British Burmah. 



Tickell's Redbreast is recorded from the N. W. Provinces and Oudh, also 

 Bengal, Kattiawar, Raj putana, Central India, the Central Provinces, the Carnatic, 

 Malabar Coast, Guzerat, Concan, Deccan, South India and British Burmah. 

 It breeds during May and June throughout Central India, the Neilgherries, and 

 the Western Ghauts, nesting in the hole of a tree or wall. The nest is made 

 of moss and dry leaves. The eggs are greyish white (dull brownish pink ? Hume), 

 speckled with dull reddish brown ; size O'6 1 x 0*48. It affects open forests, 

 groves, and gardens. 



260. Siphia magnirOStriS, (Blyth*), Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. iv. 

 p. 453 ; Oates, B. Br. Burmah, i. p. 290. Cyornis magnirostris, Blyth, 

 J. A. S. B. xviii. p. 814; Jerd. B. Lid. i. p. 469, No. 308 ; Godw.- Austen, 

 J. A. S. B. xxxix. p. 100; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 92; 1876, p. 223 ; 18/7, 

 pp. 339, 489 ; id., Hume andDav., Str. F. 1878, p. 229. The LARGE-BILLED 

 REDBREAST. 



Whole upper plumage, cheeks, ear coverts, sides of the neck and wing 

 coverts dull deep blue ; brilliant on the forehead and over the lores and eyes ; 

 base of lower mandible and lores black ; chin, throat and breast chestnut ; sides 

 of the breast blue ; sides of the abdomen and flanks fulvous ; centre of abdo- 

 men and under tail coverts white; under wing coverts and axillaries buff ; tail, 

 quills and greater wing coverts dark brown, externally edged with blue ; bill 

 dusky ; legs pale whitish ; irides dark brown. 



Length. 6 inches ; wing 3-1 to 3-2 ; tail 2-5 ; tarsus 07 ; culmen 0*55. 



The female is ashy above, tinged with fulvous ; lores, a ring of feathers round 

 the eye, chin, throat and under tail coverts white ; rest of the under surface pale 

 buff ; quills dusky brown, edged with fulvous ; tail fulvous. 



Length. 5-5 inches; wing 2*75 ; tail 2-3 ; tarsus; 07. 



Hab. Eastern Bengal, on the Hills ; Cachar and throughout the Eastern 

 Himalayas, ranging to South Tenasserim, also Darjeeling and in Sikkim. 



Oates says it is rare in South Tenasserim, and that it will be found generally 

 distributed throughout British Burmah. 



