470 bidrs of india. 



The White-bellied Blue Flycatcher. 



Descr. — Entirely of a deep indigo-blue, except the belly and 

 under tail-coverts which are white ; wings and tail dusky on their 

 inner w^ebs. 



Bill black ; irides deep brown ; legs, feet and claws, pale 

 whitish flesh-color. Length 6^ inches ; wing 3y ^ ; tail 2| ; bill 

 at front nearly ^ ; tarsus nearly y^^. The 5th and 6th quills are 

 sub-equal and longest, and the tail is nearly quite even. 



I only once obtained a specimen of this Flycatcher on the 

 Coonoor pass of the Neilgherries, at about 4,000 feet of elevation, 

 where I observed it darting on insects from its perch on a low 

 branch. It is probably, however, an Inhabitant of the upland 

 forests along the Western Ghats ; for I possess a drawing by 

 Mr. Ward of this species shot near Sirci, above Honore. 



Other species of Cyornis are C. hi/acinthina, Tem., from Timor, 

 and C. elegans, T., from Sumatra. 



Gen. MusciCAPULA, Blyth. 



Bill feeble, depressed, moderately wide at the base, gradually 

 narrowing and triangular, very slightly hooked and notched at the 

 tip ; nareal and rictal bristles rather short ; wing moderate, 3rd 

 and 4th quills sub-equal ; 5th very little shorter ; tail moderate ; 

 tarsus slender, slightly lengthened ; toes unequal, middle toe some- 

 what lengthened. 



This genus may be said to be intermediate to Cyornis and Siphia, 

 being distinguished from the former, which the species resemble in 

 color, by the narrower bill, and from the latter by their somewhat 

 more feeble tarsi and toes. 



310. Muscicapula superciliaris, Jerdon. 



Muscicapa apud Jerdon, Cat. 153 — Bltth, Cat. 1014 — 

 HoRSF., Cat. 458 — Dimorpha albogularis, Blyth, PIorsf., Cat. 

 461 — Jardine, Contr. Orn., pi., — M. hemileucura, Hodgs. — 

 HoRSF., Cat. 459 — Larvivora, No. 117, Adams, Birds of Cashmere. 



The White-browed Blue Flycatcher. 



Descr. — Above, and the sides of the head, full Prussian-blue, some 

 of the feathers of the rump with the shaft, and a bar in the middle 



