164 MUSCICAPIN.E. 



third, fourth, and fifth quills subequal ; tail moderate, even ; tarsus 

 short, stout ; lateral toes nearly equal. 



Stoporala melanops, Vig. 



301. Eumyias melanops, Vig. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. 



I, p. 463 ; Butler, Guzerat ; Stray Feathers, Vol. Ill, p 467 ; 



Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 396 ; Swinhoe and Barnes, 



Central India ; Ibis, 1885, p. 66. 



THE VERDITER FLY-CATCHER. 



Length, 6 ; wing, 3'3 ; tail, 275 ; tarsus, 0'6. 



Bill black ; irides deep-brown ; legs black. 



Plumage generally verditer-blue, brightest on the forehead, 

 sides of head, chin, throat and breast, also on the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts ; dull on the back of the neck and interscapu- 

 lars ; lores black ; quills dusky internally, dull-blue externally ; 

 tail greenish-blue. 



With the exception of Sind, the Verditer Fly-catcher occurs as 

 a cold weather visitant throughout the region, but is nowhere 

 very common. 



GENUS, Cyornis, Bly. 



Bill feeble, somewhat lengthened, not very wide at the base, 

 tapering, suddenly narrowing and well hooked at tip ;rictal bristles 

 moderate, feeble ; nareal bristles rather long ; wings moderate ; 

 third quill a little shorter ; fourth and fifth quills sub-equal and 

 longest ; tail moderate, nearly even ; tarsus moderate, slender ; 

 lateral toes nearly equal ; middle-toe long. 



Cyornis rubeculoides, Vig. 



304. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 466 ; Butler, Deccan ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 397. 



THE BLUE-THROATED RED-BREAST. 



Length, 575 ; expanse, 9 ; wing, 2'9 ; tarsus, 07 ; bill at front, 

 0-33. 



Bill black ; irides dark-brown ; legs brown. 



Male. The head, neck, body above, dark-blue ; forehead and 

 shoulder of the wing bright pale-blue ; lores, ear-coverts, and 

 frontal plumes, black ; inner webs of quills, and of the tail- 

 feathers (and the whole under surface of these), dusky-black ; 

 throat dark-blue ; neck and breast bright-rufous ; abdomen 

 white. 



The female is olive-brown above, with a rufous breast and 

 white belly. 



The Blue-throated Red-breast is a very rare cold weather 

 visitant to parts of the Deccan, but does not occur elsewhere 

 within our range. 



Cyornis tickelli, Bly. 



305 c?. Cyornis banyumas, Horsfield. 



