230 MUSCICAPID/E. 



Length. 4'6 inches ; wing 2*45 ; tail 2-2 ; tarsus 075 ; oilmen 0-4. 



The female is olive brown, rather more rufous on the forehead, and inclin- 

 ing to fulvescent brown on the rump ; upper tail coverts and tail chestnut, the 

 latter brown at the tip and having indistinct transverse lines under certain 

 lights ; lesser wing coverts olive brown like the back, the median and greater 

 series dark brown, edged with rufous and tipped with a light rufous spot on 

 each ; quills dark brown, externally edged with rufous, more broadly on the 

 secondaries ; in front of the eye a dull whitish spot ; sides of face olive brown, 

 darker on the ear coverts ; the feathers round the eye fulvescent, the cheeks 

 and fore part of the ear coverts mottled with spots of ochraceous buff ; throat 

 light ochraceous brown, lighter in the centre ; breast, sides of body, and 

 under tail coverts light ochraceous brown, washed with olive on the sides of the 

 upper breast ; the centre of the abdomen whitish ; thighs brown ; under wing 

 coverts and axillaries light ochraceous buff ; quills sepia brown below, rufescent 

 along the edge of the inner webs. 



Length. 4/5 inches ; wing 2-35 ; tail 2 ; tarsus 07 ; culmen 0-4. 



Hab. The Himalayas from Nepaul to Sikkim. Has been recorded from 

 Mussoorie and Darjeeling. Breeds throughout the Himalayas, from Nepaul to 

 Cashmere, during June, laying 4 eggs of a pale buff colour, clouded with dull 

 rufous towards the larger end ; size 0-62 x 0*48. 



267. Digenea cerviniventris, Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. iv. p. 460 ; 



Siphia tricolor, Godw.- Austen, J. A. S. B. 1872, p. 142 (nee. Hodgs). Siphia 

 leucomelanura, Godiv.- Austen, J. A. S. B. 1878, p. 15 (nee. Blyth). The 

 FAWN-BELLIED FLY-CATCHER. 



" Similar to D. leucomelanura, but deep fawn-coloured underneath instead 

 of white." 



Length. 4 inches; wing 2-2 ; tail 1-9; culmen 0*35. 



Hab. Khasia and neighboring range of hills (Munipoor). (Sharpe.) 



268. Digenea moniliger, (Hodgs) Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. iv. p. 



460 ; Oates, B. Br. Burm. i. p. 300. Dimorpha ? moniliger, Hodgs. P. Z. S., 

 1845, p. 26. Anthipes moniliger, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 172 ; Jerd. 

 B. Ind. i. p. 477, No. 317; Hume, Sir. F. 1877, P- 113. The WHITE 

 GORGETED FLY-CATCHER. 



PLATE, Fig. 2. 



Forehead and a broad but short superciliary band fulvous ; upper plumage 

 olive brown, tinged with rufous on the rump ; upper tail coverts and tail reddish 

 brown ; wirig coverts and wings brown, edged with rufous ; sides of the head 

 olive brown ; chin and throat white, surrounded by a distinct line of black ; 

 lower plumage brown, becoming albecent on the abdomen ; bill black ; legs 

 pale fleshy ; irides dark brown. 



