ERITHACUS. 315 



389. Erithacus cyaneus, (Pail.) Sccbohm, Cat. n. Br. Kins. v. 



p. 303; Oatcs, B. Br. Burm., i. p. 13. Motacilla cyanc, Pall, Reis RUSH. 

 Reichs, iii. p. 697. Larvivora cyanc, Wald. in BL B. Burm. p. 101. Hume 

 and Dtiv., S/r. F. vi. p. 335 ; Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. loo. The SIBERIAN 

 ROBIN. 



Base of the bill, lores, and a line under the cheeks black ; cheeks, ear 

 coverts, and the whole upper plumage blue ; wings and tail brown, washed 

 with blue on the outer webs ; whole under plumage white, the flanks washed 

 with brown ; axillaries and under wing coverts grey, more or less suffused with 

 blue. 



Thz female has the whole lower surface white, washed with fulvous on the 

 flanks and breast, the feathers of the latter also tipped slightly with brown ; 

 lores, cheeks r and ear coverts mingled fulvous and brown ; the whole upper 

 plumage, including the wings and tail, brown. The young are like the female, 

 and have the upper tail coverts washed with blue ; bill from pale to dark 

 horny brown ; lower mandible fleshy white j legs and feet fleshy white ; irides 

 deep brown. 



Length. 5-5 to 5-6; wing 2*6 to 2'8 ; tail rS ; tarsus ri ; bill from gape 



0-7. 



Ilab. The Siberian Blue Robin breeds in Eastern Siberia 'and winters in 

 North India, China, S.-K Mongolia, and British Burmah r ranging through the 

 Malayan Peninsula. Davison says it occxirs in Tenasserim in the better- 

 wooded parts. Dates procured a specimen in Pegu. It keeps entirely to the 

 ground, searching among dead leaves for its food, which is chiefly insects. 



390. ErithaCUS Calliope, (Pall,) Seebohm, Cat. B. Br. Mus. v. 

 p. 305 ; Oafes, B. Br. Burm. i. p. 14. Motacilla calliope, Pall. Reis. Russ. 

 Rclchs, iii. p. 697. Turdus kamtschatkensis, GmeL, Syst. Nat. i. p. 817. 

 Calliope kamschatkensis, Jtrd., B. Ind. ii. p. 150, No, 512; Blyth, B. 

 Jlttrm. p. 101 ; Dresser, B. Eur. ii. p. 34!; Hume and Dav.> Str. F. vi. 

 P- 337; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 100; Oatcs, Str. .F. x. p, 213. The SIBERIAN 

 RUBY-THROATED ROBIN. 



Whole upper plumage olive brown, slightly darker on the head and ear 

 coverts ; lores black ; supercilium white, meeting in a narrow line over the 

 forehead ; cheeks white, separated by a narrow dark brown moustachial line 

 from the chin and throat, which are brilliant glossy scarlet ; breast ashy grey, 

 shading into nearly white on the centre of the belly and into brown on the 

 flanks and thighs ; under tail coverts, axillaries, and under wing coverts very 

 pale buff ; bill black ; legs, feet, and claws brown ; irides brown. 



Theft>male has the superciliary streak huffy white; lores and in front of 

 the eye dusky brown ; no scarlet throat patch, which is replaced by pale 

 brown. 



