TEE MAHANADI AND GODAVARI B1VERS. 415 



first mottled with, if not wholly, scarlet, before they shew any 

 sign of their ultimate black color. 



275.— Pericrocotus roseus, Vieill. 



In the vicinity of Jaipur town I saw one specimen of a 

 Minivet, which, 1 believe, belonged to this species. Its occur- 

 rence in this part of the country would not be very remarkable, 

 as Dr. Jerdon obtained it in Gumsur. Unfortunately I did not 

 procure an example. 



276.— Pericrocotus peregrinus, Lin. 



This species was very common throughout, and the series of 

 specimens which I possess shew a very decided scale of pro- 

 gress between the lighter colored Northern birds and the deep- 

 ly tinged variety which occurs iu Southern Indian, Ceylon, 

 and the Andamaus. 



288— Tchitrea paradisi, Lin. 



On the I lth of April in Nowagarh (Raipur), I first saw 

 the Paradise Flycatchers this year ; with them also came in 

 the Pittas, and 1 met both almost daily while I remained in 

 suitable country. 



I may mention that a small brown specimen of the Flycat- 

 cher kept pace with me for about four miles as, I alternately 

 cantered and trotted along the road on my first march out 

 from Raipur towards Nagpur. 



310.— Muscicapula superciliaris, Jerd. 



The White-browed Blue Flycatcher, as I have already re- 

 corded (S. F., Yol. III., p. 292) is tolerably abundant in 

 Sambalpur, and also observed it in the adjoining districts on 

 the south. 



Among my specimens is one young male, in the plumage 

 of the female ; it was shot in December 1876. 



It was at first rather a puzzling bird to make out, as the 

 plumage of the female of this species is not described by Dr. 

 Jerdon. On obtaining access to my collection, however, I was 

 able to compare it with a specimen from Simla which I receiv- 

 ed from Dr. Stoliczka, and also with the very full accounts of 

 the different phases of plumage given by him in his paper on 

 the N. W. Himalayas* 



My specimen may possibly have been incorrectly reported 

 to me by my skinner as a male. It corresponds exactlv with 

 the old female, not possessing the blue on the upper parts, and 



* J. A. S. B., 1868, p. 31. Also described by Mr. Brooks in the Ibis 



