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than any of the previous groups a tendency to the Saxicolince, in 

 their more slender bills and slightly lengthened tarsi and feet ; 

 but still the preponderance of characters is with the Flycatcher 

 series ; the tarsus is always shorter and more slender, the bill 

 slightly wider, and they are more given to capture insects on the 

 wing than any of the Chats. 



Gen. SiPHiA, Hodgson. 



Syn. Dimorplia, Hodgs. Digenea, Hodgson, partly. 



Cliar. — Bill depressed, a little wide at base, gradually narrowing; 

 nareal bristles lengthened ; rictal bristles moderate, weak ; wings 

 moderate, first three quills graduate, 4th and 5th equal and longest, 

 or 4th slightly exceeding 5th ; tail nearly even ; tarsus moderate, 

 smooth ; feet moderate ; toes slightly lengthened ; lateral toes very 

 unequal ; claws rather long, slightly curved. 



The birds composing this genus were formerly classed separately, 

 the one as Siphia, and the other as Digenea ; but tliey are now all 

 merged in Siphia by Mr. Blyth, whom I shall here follow. Tliey 

 are birds of small size, varying somewhat in their mode of color- 

 ation. " They are all natives of the Himalayas. 



The first species is allied in coloring to the last, or to female 

 Niltava, as well as to Cyornis ruficauda. 



318. Siphia tricolor, Hodgson. 



Digenea apud Hodgson, P. Z. S., 1845-26 — Horsf., Cat. 454 — 

 Blyth, Cat. 1010. 



The Brown-winged Flycatcher. 



Descr. — Above olive-brown, fulvescent on the rump ; quills 

 rufous-brown ; tail dull ferruginous ; under parts light earthy-brown, 

 albescent on the throat and belly. 



Bill dusky ; legs brown. Length 4| inches ; wing 2^ ; tail 2 ; 

 bill at front not quite 9 mill. ; tarsus f . 



I did not myself procure this Flycatcher, which appears to 

 extend throughout the Himalayas, having been obtained at Mus- 

 sooree and in Nepal. 



It is the type of Hodgson's Digenea, differing in its more slender 

 bill, weak but longer rictal bristles, in the fourth quill being the 

 longestj and the lateral toes less unequal. 



