Ml/I \V \. 41 



about. *" ; tail >>'<> ; \vin<; -I'J ; tarsus t( j ; Mil from 



'/:.(,. "I. 



,-il,nt'i,ni. The Himalaya^ from Nepal to tin- Daphla hills in 

 \ i from IOIID to 7""H'e-e| elevation; the Kha-i ami Na"ga 

 hills; Manipur; Mule\ -it mountain in Toiiass.-rim. 



/A/A/'/x, ifv. IJn-eds iVom April to .June, con>t met \i\tr a ne.st of 

 in a deft of a rock or of a t ivr-tnuik, and laying four -^s, 

 which arc pair bull' freckled with pinkish bnnvn, and IIHMMII" 

 about !> by -7. 



r>0 I. Niltava sundara. 77<e Jtufous-lellied Niltava. 



Mit;i\!i nadava. n<i;/*. 7//>/. ///-, . i, p. < : ntyth, Cat. 



p. 171: H / Cat i. p. 388; Ml, //. /. i, p. 47:i ; //////.-, 



A'. ^ A', p. L'i:J ; A'//////, ////v/^ A'///-,//, p. H)J; ////////-, <V//. DO, :il 1 ; 



v//. /;. .17. iv, p. n;;; ; r >,///-.<, /;. /;. i, p. 295* /,/. ln 77-<///.-\- 

 jv.4- /;. 2nd ...i. ii, p. 20. 



'/'// /,'///'///.-,-/y<V///,/ /'////// I Hue- Chut, J:rd.; \ilfau, Nep. ; Mf/ri/ni/ t 

 Lepcb. 



Cutifi-iition. Male. l''on-licad, Ion--, -id-^ of the head, chin, and 

 tliroat dfcj) black; crown of tin- In-ad, najx-, rump, upper tail- 

 coverts, a spot on either sidj of tlie neck, and the leaser \\ iur- 

 covert> ^listeuiii^ blue; the remaining coverts and quills dark 

 brown, cd^cd with purplish blip-; bad, and scapulars purpli>h 

 black; tail Mark, tin; outer \\eb> e d^-d with bright blue; the 

 \vliole lower plumage and the under win^-coverN chestnut. 



Female. Upp(;r ])lumago olivr-brou n, tinned witfi fulvous on the 

 rump; uppor tail-cos erts and tail client nut ; win^s lirowu, 

 with rufou- ; tide* of the bead Mid lore-, mixed fulvous and broun, 

 \\ith paler shafts; lower plumage rich olive-brown, tinned with 

 ochraceous ; tlie chin and thr> P rufous, the abdom-n 



xvhiti-h ; a lar^'e oval patch of white on the fore neck, and a 

 patch of brilliant blue on ea--h >ide of it ; under t;iil-co\erl s pale 

 buff ; under \s in t^'-co \ert-. and axillarie-, buff. 



n^' birds arc dark brown streake<l \\itfi fulvous both above 

 nnd below. In males some trace of blue, and in females an indi- 

 cation of the white neck-patch, make their appearance at an early 

 ge. 



Bill black ; Iff^s brown ; iris dark brown (Jerdori). 



about '-.">; tail U'7 ; \\in^ '.'>"2 ; tar.-us -S ; bill from 

 -7. 



ribuium. r l'he Himalayas from Simla to Assam from 

 "'I 1',-,-t cle\ation ; tliel\h;i^i hill> ; Kan-une- 'fe,-t. 



Jilyth records t hi- -m Arrakan and Tenass(;rim. I have 



not been able to examine sperimen-, from fhe-i- localities. It 

 (.-.xtencU into Western China. 



llnlxt.-;. t y<-. lin-eds in April and May, constructing a nest of 



amon^ the i cre\ ice of a trunk of a t: 



-ometime- a^ain~1 a rock. i pale bull' frerklird uith 



pink, and meainm about -'.)'.', by -71. 



