184 CEATEROPODID^. 



Myiophoneus bliglri (Holdsw.), Legcje, Birds Cei/L p. 463, pi. 20, 

 tigs. 1, 2 ; Sharpe, Cat. J5. M. vii, p. 13. 



Coloration. The adult male has entire head and neck black ; back, 

 scapulars, breast, and abdomen dull blue ; region of the vent brown ; 

 rump and upper tail-coverts russet-brown ; tail brown, edged on 

 the outer webs with rufous ; lesser wing-coverts cobalt-blue ; the 

 other coverts and the quills dark brown, narrowly edged with bluish. 



A younger male has the whole plumage ferruginous, lighter below, 

 and the back and scapulars suffused with a tinge of blue ; the 

 upper tail-coverts brighter ferruginous ; tail brown, edged with 

 ferruginous ; lesser wing-coverts cobalt-blue as in the adult the 

 other coverts and the quills brown, edged with ferruginous. 



The nestling, according to Holdsworth, is brown, darker on the 

 upper surface and more rufous below ; the feathers of the fore- 

 head, throat, and breast centred with yellow-brown ; an indication 

 of blue on the carpal joint. 



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 Fig. 54. Head of A. Uighi. 



According to Legge the adult female is similar to the adult male, 

 but has the wing-spot lighter in colour, and at the same time of a 

 brighter tint than in the male. 



Iris brown ; bill, legs, and feet black (Legge). 



Length about 8 ; tail 3'1; wing 4-1; tarsus 1/4; bill from 

 gape 1/2. 



There are only two skins of this rare bird in the British Museum. 

 One is evidently an adult male, and the other apparently a young 

 male with traces of blue appearing on the back and scapulars. 

 Both birds are described above. 



Distribution. Ceylon, where this bird is found in dense vegetation 

 on the hills. 



Genus BRACK YPTERYX, Horsf., 1821. 



The two Indian birds which I place in this genus are absolutely 

 congeneric with Brachypteryx montana, 'the type of the genus. 

 They have hitherto been placed in Callene, the type of which is C. 

 frontalis; but they are not only not congeneric with this bird, 

 but they belong, in my opinion, to quite another family. Callene 

 is a true Thrush with the young mottled ; Brachypteryx^ according 



