MUSCICAPIN^:. 165 



306 $ . Cyornis tickellice, Blyth. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. I, 

 pp. 466 and 467 ; Butler, Guzerat ; Stray Feathers, Vol. Ill, 

 p. 468; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 397; Siphia 

 tickellce, Bly. ; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, 1885, 

 p. 66. 



TICKELL'S BLUE RED-BREAST. 



Length, 575 to 6 ; expanse, 9 ; wing, 275 ; tail, 2'5 ; tarsus, 

 075 ; bill at front, 0'3. 



. Bill black ; irides deep-brown ; legs brownish. 

 ' Male. Above rather dark-blue ; forehead, and streak over eye, 

 pale bright-blue ; lores and ear-coverts black ; beneath, the chin, 

 throat, and breast, yellow-ferruginous, passing to white on the 

 middle of the abdomen, and the under tail-coverts pure white ; 

 flanks slightly fulvescent. 



Female. Above dull greyish-blue, brighter on the forehead, 

 shoulders of the wings, and upper tail-coverts ; chin white, tinged 

 with fulvescent ; throat and breast light ferruginous ; belly 

 albescent ; under tail-coverts pure white ; bill blackish ; legs 

 pale. 



Tickell's Blue Red-breast does not occur in Sind, but it has 

 been recorded as more or less rare from all other portions of our 

 district. It is probably a permanent resident in the hilly and 

 forest districts, but elsewhere appears to be a seasonal visitant 

 only. 



Jerdon in his Birds of India has described the male and female 

 as different species. 



Cyornis ruficaudus, Swains. 



307. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 468 ; Butler, Deccan ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 469 ; Guzerat, Stray Feathers, 

 Vol. Ill, p. 397. 



THE RUFOUS-TAILED FLY-CATCHER. 



Length, 5*5 ; wing, 2'8 ; tail, 2'25 ; tarsus, 0'6. 



Bill dusky ; irides deep-brown. 



Above, olivaceous-brown ; rump and upper tail-coverts ferru- 

 ginous, and the tail bright dark-ferruginous, the middle pair 

 suffused with dusky, and the outer webs of the other also sullied 

 with fuscous ; beneath, the chin whitish, the rest of the plumage 

 below pale greyish-brown, passing to white on the abdomen and 

 under tail-coverts, which last are faintly tinged with ferruginous. 



The Rufous-tailed Fly-catcher has been recorded as a very rare 

 cold weather visitant both from Ahmednagar and Sholapur, and 

 also from Mount Aboo. These are the only instances of its occur- 

 rence within our limits. 



Cyornis pallipes, Jerd. 



309. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 469 ; Butler, Deccan ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 397. 



