AND IN PARTS OF WYNAAD AND SOUTHERN MYsorE. 371 
to the town of Ootacamund on the 10th of February 1881, but 
it seldom, indeed, ascends to such an elevation. I found it most 
numerous in the thinly wooded portion of the country beyond 
Rampore in the Mysore country. 
307.—Cyornis ruficaudus, Sws. The Rufous-tailed 
Flycatcher. 
Occurs but sparingly on the plateau of the Nilchiris, along 
their slopes and in the Wynaad. It is migratory, I believe, 
leaving about the end of April. 
309.—Cyornis pallipes, Jerd. The White-bellied 
Blue Flycatcher. 
This species does not seem to ascend higher than about 5,600 
feet elevation, but from thence it spreads all over the slopes and 
into the Wynaad. Itis ashy bird, and keeps to the denser 
portions of the undergrowth. 
It is nowhere common, and the females are hardly ever seen ; 
although I was especially on the look-out for it I only obtained 
some seven or eight males, and but one female, which latter, 
I believe, has never before been described. 
The male is a magnificent songster, the song being particu- 
larly rich and varied, and is almost exactly like that of Oreo- 
cincla nilghiriensis heard from a distance—in fact so close is the 
resemblance that I have often been puzzled whether the song 
I heard proceeded from a Flycatcher close at hand, or a Thrush 
at some distance. 
The following are the dimensions of seven males and one 
female recorded in the flesh :— 
Males.— Length, 6:0 to 6°4; expanse, 9°4 to 9:9; tail, 2°3 to 
2°65; wing, 2°95 to 3°05; tarsus, 0°7 to 0°74; bill from gape, 0°8 
to 0°86; weight, 0°75 to 0°8 oz. 
‘emale.—Length, 6°0; expanse, 9°3; tail, 2:1; wing, 2:9; 
tarsus, 0°7; bill from gape, 0°82 ; weight, 0°62 oz. 
In both sexes the legs, feet and claws are fleshy, more or less 
strongly tinged with purple, the bill is black, and the irides 
deep wood brown. 
The female of this species is a bird quite sui generis, and is 
remarkable for having the entire lores snow white, while these 
in the male are black. In many particulars it closely resembles 
the English Robin. 
The lores anda line of feathers on the lower lid white; 
forehead brownish olive, shading into olive grey on the crown 
and occiput ; sides of the throat, ear-coverts, and feathers 
above and behind the eye dull blue grey, most of the ear 
coverts pale shafted ; chin white, very slightly tinged with 
