34 MUSCICAPID^E. 



Iris brown; bill black; edges of the eyelids yellowish ; legs pale 

 greyish pink, pale silvery fleshy, pale silvery purplish (Hume). 



Length about 6 ; tail 2'4 ; wing 2-8 ; tarsus '75 ; bill from 

 gape '8. 



This bird resembles the female of Cyornis rubeculoides, but may 

 be recognized at a glance by the size of its first primary, which is 

 equal to half the length of the second, whereas in G. rubeculoides 

 the first primary is much less than half the second. 



Distribution. The Bhutan Doars ; Dibrugarh in Assam ; Shil- 

 long ; Cachar ; Tipperah ; Manipur. Hume records this species 

 from the Sikhim Terai. 



587. Anthipes olivaceus. Hume's Flycatcher. 



Cyornis olivacea, Hume, S. F. v, p. 338 (1877) ; Hume $ Dav. S. F. 



vi, p. 229 ; Hume, Cat. no. 307 ter. 

 Siphia olivacea (Hume), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iv, p. 457 ; Oates, B. B. 



i, p. 292. 



Coloration. Upper plumage greyish brown, tinged with fulvous 

 on the back and rump ; lores and the sides of the head ashy, the 

 shafts of the ear-coverts whitish ; lower plumage whitish, the breast 

 and the sides of the body suffused with ochraceous ; tail reddish 

 brown edged with ferruginous ; wing-coverts and quills brown 

 edged with rufous-brown. 



Bill black in the male, brown in the female ; iris brown ; legs, 

 feet, and claws pinkish white (Hume <Sf Davison). 



Length 5-8 ; tail 2-5 ; wing 3; tarsus '75; bill from gape '8. 



The young bird, which Hume identified with some doubt with 

 Hemichelidonferruyinea (S. F. vi, p. 227), is in my opinion the young 

 of the present species. It resembles very closely the young of 

 Cyornis rubeculoides at the same age. 



Distribution. The extreme southern part of Tenasserim at Ban- 

 kasun and Malawun. This species also occurs in Java and Borneo. 

 It appears to be a resident in Tenasserim, Hume's specimens having 

 been obtained in March, June, and December. 



Genus ALSEONAX, Cabanis, 1850. 



The genus Alseonaw contains three Indian Flycatchers which are 

 allied to Cyornis. In Alseonax, however, the sexes are alike and 

 the plumage is brown or rufous as in Anthipes. The first primary 

 is very small and all the three species are wide migrants. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Upper plumage and tail ashy brown with no 



tinge of rufous A. latirostris, p. 35. 



b. Upper plumage olive-brown ; upper tail- 



coverts and the whole tail chestnut A. ruficaudus, p. 36. 



c. Upper plumage ruddy brown; upper tail- 



coverts ferruginous; tail brown, suffused with 



rufous on the puter webs of the feathers only. A. muttui, p. 36, 



