A IJ RENO A. 



iv, p. 250; Daciilxon $ }\\-n(kn, #. 1<\ vii, p. 83; Z>V///, & F. vii, 

 p. 216 ; Jfwme, CW. no. 507 ; Brooks, S. F. viii, p. 474 ; Vidal, S. 

 F. ix, p. 06 ; L'utler, S. F. ix, p. 405; Davison, S. F. x, p. 389 ; 



Humes, Hint* lltnn. p. 208 ; 7/ume, & -F. xi, p. 197. 

 Krithacus brunneus (Hodgs.), Scebohm, Cat. B. M. v, p. 302. 



Tins, Blue, Wood- Chat, Jerd. ; Manzhil-pho, Lepch. 



Coloration. Male. The lores, cheeks, and ear-coverts black, 

 produced as a band down the sides of the neck ; a distinct white 

 supercilium to the nape ; the whole upper plumage, wing-coverts, 

 and the exposed parts of the wings and tail dull blue ; point of 

 the chin and a narrow line bordering the black cheeks white ; 

 throat, breast, and sides of the body bright chestnut ; under wing- 

 coverts blue; remainder of the lower plumage white. 



Female. Very similar to the female of L. cyanea, differing merely 

 by the greater intensity of the fulvous on the breast. 



The young resemble the adult female. 



Bill black ; legs and feet fleshy ; iris very dark brown (Davison). 



Of about the same size as L. cyanea. 



Distribution. Every suitable portion of India proper from Murree 

 to Shillong and down to Travancore and Ceylon. In many parts 

 of the Himalayas and on the Kilgiris this bird is a permanent resi- 

 dent, but in the plains it appears to be merely a winter visitor. Its 

 migrations, however, are very limited in extent, resolving them- 

 selves chiefly to movements from one elevation to another according 

 to season and not extending far horizontally. 



Habits, fyc. This species is found in forests and thick jungle. 

 It appears to feed entirely on the ground and to be of a shy nature. 

 It breeds on the higher portions of its range, constructing a small 

 nest of moss and leaves in a hole in a tree. The eggs are pale 

 brownish or greenish, speckled with brownish red, and measure 

 about -98 by -67. 



G-enus AERENGA, Lesson, 1831. 



The genus Arrenga is represented within our limits by one 

 species, an inhabitant of Ceylon. The history of the genus is very 

 incomplete owing to its rarity, but there can be little doubt that its 

 position is in this subfamily. 



In general appearance Arrenga resembles Myiophoneus, but the 

 two genera differ in the shape of the wing. In Arrenga the bill is 

 stout, half as long as the head, and well bent down at the tip ; the 

 rictal bristles are long and the nostrils rounded. The wing is very 

 rounded and blunt, the tarsus long and thick, and the tail short 

 and nearly square. 



192. Arrenga blighi. The Ceylon Arrenga. 



Arrenga blighi, Holdsworth, P. Z. S, 1872, p. 444, pi. 19; Hume, S. F. 

 vii, p. 378 ; id. Cat. no. 343 ter. 



