THE PUNJAB, AND SIND. 469 



295.— Culicicapa ceylonensis, Sws. 



Is found in the lower hills as well as in the plains of India 

 during the cold season. 



304 his.— Cyorms poliogenys, iV. Sp. 



Description. — Length about 6 in.; wing, 2*75 ; tail, 2"4; bill 

 at front^ '43 ; from gape, '7 ; tarsus, '72 ; 3rd and 4th primaries 

 longest, 2nd equal to 8th. 



Head greyish brown, shaded into olive brown of back ; tail 

 reddish brown, and reddest towards base ; sides of face and 

 neck greyish brown or rather brownish grey ; this reaches to a 

 little beyond the ear-coverts ; a broad stripe of dull yellowish 

 white from the chin to upper breast, where it is shaded into the 

 deeper dull buff or ochraceous colour of the breast and flanks ; 

 centre of abdomen dull whitish including lower tail-coverts ; 

 wings dark brown, with rufous tinge ; bill black ; legs and feet 

 pale brown. 



I shot this bird at Salbaree in the Sikhim Terai, and also 

 saw five or six of them in Mr. Mandelli^s collection. My bird 

 was a female. As no blue bird corresponding with it has as 

 yet been found, it is probable that the sexes are alike ; but I 

 am inclined to think the blue male will be found ; for it is a 

 true skulking Cyornis, like rubeculoides, and not a bird that sits 

 on the top spray of a tree like Cyornis rujicaudus. In 

 general appearance, it somewhat resembles the female of 

 C. rubeculoides, but it is larger, and rubeculoides has not such 

 a pale throat contrasting strongly with the rufous breast. 

 The breast of ombeculoides, too, is very red, while that of our 

 bird is a dull yellow ochre ; the axillaries and wing lining of 

 rubeculoides are much lighter in colour, and the belly of rubecu- 

 loides is pure white, which is not the case with our bird ; but 

 apart from these dijfferences, the new bird is decidedly larger. 



311.— Muscicapula astigma, Hodgs. 



I procured this bird at Darjeeling in October, and I have 

 also met with it in the plains at Muddapur in the cold season. 

 Sometimes it has a supercilium and sometimes, but more rarely, 

 no supercilium. I am of opinion that M. ciliaris, Hodcrson, 

 should be suppressed, as it is the more common form of 

 M. astigma. 



312.— Muscicapula sapphira, Tick 



I shot several at Punkabaree, Kursiong, and at Darjeeling 

 in October. Twice I shot a fine old blue male and failed to 

 find it. 



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