40 IfUBCI' .M-JF..K 



Key to the X 



a. Winy 4 inches Of lony'T ................ A', yra-ndi*, p. 40. 



/y. Wing not much exceediny .'{ jnch> 



a 7 . Uridor winy-covert:-; ;ind ftlillfriei chost- 



nut or buff ........................ A. wriilti.ru, ],. 41 . 



5. Under win^-covcrte and axillarieH white 



or ashy indtfl ...................... A', macgrifforue, p. 



. Niltava grandis. The Largt NUtova* 



Chaitaria grandis, /////<//, ./. /I. -V. //. xi, p. l^> (1842), 

 Niltava grandin r/;//////;, ////////, <"'//. p. 174; /A,y*/*. (^ ^/. Ca. 

 p. 288; ,7m/. //. '/. i, p. 470; ///////', A'. V /- p- ^l r >; //'* 

 Z>y. fi. F. vi, p. 2. ( }i;; Mr/,-/,". Cat, H. M. iv, p. 4<:i : //"//"-, r 



no. .'{!; ? VA -V. /'. xi, p. I l-'J ; O/^, //. //. i, p. 207 : /'/. in Hume's 

 N. $ E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 1H. 



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Fig. 17. "Bill of N. grandis. 



Coloration. Male. Forehead, crown, rump, iipp<:r 

 lesser and median wing-coverts, and a large patch on osi'-li ~i<l<- ot 

 tlie neck brilliant cobalt-blue ; l^-i'-k arid scapulars purplish blue; 

 middle tail-feathers purplish blu<-, Hi" otliors brown on th< innf.r 

 web and blue on the outer; greater coverts and (juills black, 

 narrowly edged with blue; leathers at ba.s", of \\\)\t<:\- rnan'lihl'-, 

 lor<:H, sides of the h-ad, chin, throat, and upj>';r br'-ast black ; 

 lower breast dull blu-; abrlornen bluish ashy, the under taiU-overtH 

 fringed with wliitish. 



Female, \ head, lorea, round the eye, ear-corerf, and rhe<-,kH 



fulvous, with pale .shafts ; crown and nape ashy brown ; a pjitr-h on 

 each side of the wch bright blue; bfiek find rump fulvous-brown ; 

 tail and wings dark brown, with the outer web.s sufTus'-d \\ith d"-|> 

 rufous; the whole lower plumage rich olive-brown, tin- fi-ath- 

 the throat and breast with whitish shafts; the middle of the chin 

 and throat clear buff, and of the abdomen ashy ; under wing-coverls 

 and axillaries buff. 



The young nestling is darl: bro-.vn, s ( r. -ak-d willi fulvous; wings 

 and tail as in th- fi-.male. 



Iris d'-'.p browji ; in the male flu- bill is blax-k, the h-^ s ., M ,| \',.,. ] 

 bbu-k or very dark pliimbfous ; in the f-inale \\n- bill is brf*wnish 

 black, the J-gs, feel, nnd claw.s fleshy-pink (/fume <Sf Davison). 



