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of the feather, white ; wings and tail black, edged with blue ; and the 

 base of the tail-feathers, except the centrals, white; a broad super- 

 ciliary stripe extending to some distance behind the eyeis, and the 

 plumage beneath, snowy- white ; a band of blue extending from 

 the sides of the neck more or less across the sides of the breast. 



Bill black ; legs brown ; iridesdeep brown. Length 4;^ inches; 

 wing 2 ; tail ly^^ ; bill at front 9 mill. ; tarsus y^th ; the 4th quill is 

 longest, 3rd and 5th sub-equal. 



This pretty little Flycatcher is found throughout the Himalayas, 

 spreading to the plains of India in the cold weather ; but it appears 

 to be by no means a common bird anywhere. I procured but one 

 specimen, at the edge of the Northern Ghats near Ajunteh, and I 

 did not obtain it in Sikhim. Horsfield gives the Dimorpha 

 albogidaris, BIyth, and Muscicapa hemileucra, Hodgson, as dis- 

 tinct ; but Mr. Blyth joins them both, in which I follow him. 



311. Muscicapula sestigma, Hodgson. 



Muscicapa apud Hodgson — Gray, Cat. Nepal Birds, App., p. 

 155 — HoRsr., Cat. 460. 



The Little Blue-and-White Flycatcher. 



Descr. — Upper surface blue; wings and tail black, margined 

 with blue ; under surface entirely pure white. Length 4;^ inches ; 

 wing 2^ ; tarsus -^^^ 



This species, if really distinct from the last, appears to differ 

 by wanting the white at the base of the tail. From Nepal. 



312. Muscicapula sapphira, Tickell. 



Blyth, J. A. S., XXL, 939— Blyth, Cat. 1015— Horsf., Cat. 

 456— Jerdon, 111. Ind. Orn., pi. 32. 



The Sapphire-headed Flycatcher. 



Descr. — Above rich dark purplish-blue, inclining to smalt-blue 

 on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; forehead and crown pale azure 

 or sapphirine blue, deepening on the hind-head ; lores black ; 

 fore-neck and breast rich purple, with abroad medium line of deep 

 and bright ferruginous ; flanks greyish ; belly, and fore part of 



