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naturalists of the present day, considers that they belong to 

 the genus Siphia, of which the type is the Himalayan 

 Siphia strophiata. The difference of the colour in the sexes, 

 we admit, is sufficient to separate them from the genus Musci- 

 capa. The wing is differently shaped, the second primary 

 being much shorter than the fifth, the rictal bristles being 

 few in number, less than six, and the base of the tail conspi- 

 cuously white. 



I. THE RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHER. SIPHIA PARVA. 



Musricapa pai-Vii, Bechst., Natiirg. Deutschl., iv., p. 505 (1795); 

 Newt. ed. Yarr., i., p. 224 (1872); Dresser, B. Eur., iii., 

 p. 465, pi. 189 (1875) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., iv., p. 

 161 (1879) ; B. O. U. List Br. B., p. 42 (1883) ; Saunders, 

 Man., p. 153 (1889); Lilford, Col. Fig. Br. B., pt. xv. 

 (1890). 



Erythrosterna parva, Bp. Comp. List B. Europe and N. 

 Amer., p. 25 (1838). 



Siphia parva^ Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind. Birds, ii., p. 9 (1890). 



Adult Male. General colour above ashy-brown, the forehead, 

 sides of face, and ear-coverts grey, this colour also extending 

 on to the sides of the neck ; lores hoary-whitish ; round the 

 eye a ring of white feathers ; wing-coverts ashy-brown like the 

 back ; quills dark brown, externally ashy-brown, the primaries 

 narrowly edged with this colour ; upper tail-coverts dark brown 

 like the tail ; two centre tail-feathers dark brown, the remainder 

 for the greater part white, dark brown for the terminal third, 

 and for a little distance along the outer web ; cheeks, throat, 

 and fore-neck clear orange ; remainder of under surface white, 

 the sides of the body inclining to buff, the thighs more ashy ; 

 under wing-coverts fulvous, like the sides of the body ; quills 

 brown below, fulvescent along the inner web ; bill brown, the 

 lower mandible paler at base ; feet dark brown ; iris brown. 

 Total length, 5-1 inches; culmen, 0-4; wing, 2 '6; tail, 2*0; 

 tarsus, 0*65. 



Adult Female. Different from the male, brown above, with no 

 grey on the head or neck, the sides of the face and ear-coverts 

 also brown ; wings brown, the greater coverts and quills edged 



