NILTAVA. 23-1 



Length. 4*2 to 5 inches ; wing 2-3 to 2-4 ; tail 2 ; tarsus o'8 ; culmcn O'S 

 to 0*6. 



Himalayas, Arrakan, Naga Hills, and Karin Hills in 

 Burmah, also Nepaul. 



Jerdon says this species is common in the hilly regions of Arrakan and 

 Tenasserim, and probably occurs also in Assam. It is not uncommon about 

 Darjeeling, frequenting open forests, and may be often seen seated on a low 

 branch or the stump of a tree, sometimes catching insects in the air or de- 

 scending to the ground to pick one up. 



269. Digenea SUbmoniliger, (Hume) Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. 

 iv. p. 461. Anthipes moniliger, Hume, Sir. F. 1874, p. 475 (nee. Hodgs.). 

 Anthipes submoniliger, Hume, Sir. F. 1877, p. 105; id. Dav., Sir. F. 1878, 

 p. 232. HUME'S WHITE GORGETED FLY-CATCHER. 



Upper plumage fulvous brown ; forehead, lores, a broad supercilium and a 

 circle of feathers round the eye rich golden fulvous ; chin and throat white, with 

 a few black feathers on the sides of the chin ; a narrow, scarcely noticeable 

 brown line bounds the white on the throat ; lower breast and flanks olive brown ; 

 abdomen, vent and under tail coverts white; wings and coverts brown, edged 

 with rufous ; tail ferruginous ; bill black, yellowish on lower mandible ; legs 

 and feet pale fleshy white. 



Length. $-2 inches ; wing 2*45 ; tail 2 ; tarsus 0*87 ; culmen O*6. 



Had. Tenasserim, where Mr. Davison met with it, about Mooleyit and its 

 spurs. 



Gen. Niltava. Hodgs. 



Bill rather short and stout, slightly depressed at base ; tip deflected and 

 strongly notched ; nostrils hidden by frontal plumes ; rictal bristles feeble ; 

 wings very short, the distance between wings and tail more than twice the 

 length of the tarsus ; quills unequally graduated ; 5th longest ; tail moderate. 



270. Niltava SUndara, Hodgs., Ind. Rev. \. 658 ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. 

 p. 473, No. 314; Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B.^. 213; Bl. B. Burm. 

 p. 102 ; Hume and Dav., Sir. F. p. 231 ; Hume, Sir. F. vii. p. 93 ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. Br. Mus. iv. p. 463; Hume, Sir. ix. p. 234; Oates, B. Br. 

 Burm. i. p. 295. The RUFOUS-BELLIED FAIRY BLUE-CHAT. 



Forehead, lores, sides of the head, chin, and throat deep black ; crown of 

 head, nape, rump, upper tail coverts and a spot on either side of the neck 

 glistening blue ; lesser wing coverts the same ; median and greater coverts and 

 quills dark brown, edged with purplish blue ; back and scapulars purplish 

 black ; tail black, the outer webs tinged with bright blue ; lower plumage and 

 under wing coverts chestnut; edge of wing blue black; bill black; legs 

 brown ; iris dark brown. 



Length. 6-5 inches ; wing 31 ; tail 2-8; tarsus o'S$ ; culmen 0-45. 



