MUSCICAPIN^. 463 



Gen. EuMYiAS, Caban. 



Syn. Stoparola, olim, Blyth — Hypotliymis, apud HoRSF., Cat. 



Char. — Bill short, depressed, perfectly triangular, short, much 

 hooked at the tip ; rictal and nareal bristles moderate ; wino-s 

 rather long, 3rd, 4th and 5th quills sub-equal ; tail moderate, even ; 

 tarsus short, stout ; feet short, lateral toes nearly equal. 



This genus has of late been subdivided ; but I will, in this case, 

 not adopt the subgenera, but place them as sections. 



1st. Glaucomyias ^ Cabanis. 



• This is established for the Muse, melanops, and one or two 

 allied species. It differs from Eumyias by its paler colour, and 

 by wanting the white at the base of the tail ; and the bill is perhaps 

 a little shorter. 



301. Eumyias melanops, Vigors. 



Muscicapa, apud Vigors, Blyth, Cat. 1026 — Horsf., Cat. 

 451 — Jerdon, Cat. 151 — Sykes, Cat. 40 — Gould, Cent. Him. B., 

 pi. 6 — M. lapis. Lesson — M. thalassina, Swains. — Nil kat-katia, 

 Beng. — SibT/ell-pho, Lepch. 



The Verditer Flycatcher. 



Descr. — Plumage generally verditer-blue, brightest on the fore- 

 head, sides of head, chin, throat and breast, also on the rump 

 and upper tail-coverts ; dull on the back of the neck and inter- 

 scapulars ; lores black; quills dusky internally, dull blue externally; 

 tail greenish-blue. 



The female has the colours less bright. Bill black ; legs black ; 

 irides deep brown. Length 6 inches ; wing Sy^^ ; tail 2| ; bill at 

 front 9 mill. ; tarsus barely f . 



The Verditer Flycatcher is found throughout India, from the 

 Himalayas to the Neilgherries, visiting the plains during the 

 winter, and is generally spread throughout the better wooded parts 

 of the country, though numerically rare, especially in the south 

 of India. It extends to China and Burmah. It is very common 

 at Darjeeling, generally pursuing insects from a tolerably high 

 branch, rarely descending to the ground, and generally returning 



