1833.) of Borabhiim and Dholbhim. 575 
22. Moracitia Syuvatica, T. Rare, shy, found in low, barren 
saul jangle; black, with white wing covers, small. 
23. M.Luzonia. Numerous, frequenting high timber near nul- 
las, &c. well known in Bengal as Indian Robin. 
24. Turpus Macrovrus, Vaillant ? Shahmour Warbler. 94 inches 
long, of which tail5; plumes glossy-black, tail cuneiform ; outer fea- 
thers tipped white. Upper tail coverts white, lower part of breast and 
_ belly deep chesnut, eyes and belly black, legs fleshy horn. The Shah- 
mour is well known and justly prized in India for its song, which in 
its native jungles is heard in a degree of perfection, to which the notes, 
when encaged, can bear little comparison. It is spread throughout 
the jungles, and haunts the deepest glades and hollows, keeping in the 
centre of thickets. In the grey mornings and evenings the notes are 
heard through the valleys, ceasing with twilight. The song of the 
Shahmour is fully equal in compass, power, depth and modulation to 
that of the Nightingale. The strains sweep with a gush of sweetness 
through the enchanting solitudes which this bird makes its favourite 
resort, at times when the other inhabitants of the forests are silent in 
rest.. And in unison with the surrounding scenery, in which nature 
seems to have lavished every fantastic invention of beauty, the effect 
_ produced on the mind and ear can alone be appreciated by those who 
have witnessed the magnificence of a tropical forest. 
25. (Moraciztyia Suscica, Blue-throated Warbler. Linn?) (Sylvia 
Cyanecula, Meyer?) Male. Size and shape of Redstart, whole upper 
parts dark olive-brown, feathers of the crown centered darker, with a 
white patch over the eyes as in Whinchat. Eyes, bill, and legs dark 
horn, throat cobalt. The space from thence to the sternum is divided 
into transverse portions of color. Uppermost a band of chesnut- 
brown, then one of cobalt-blue, then white, and lastly chesnut again ; 
below this all white ; on the centre of the neck, adjoining the blue and 
chesnut of the throat, are two confluent patches of white and dark 
brown. A single specimen of this elegant species was seen and killed 
at Bamirah near Midnapur, in wild bushy country. 
26. Moracitua Catuiorr. Ruby-throat Warbler, Pallas. (Turdus, 
apud Latham and Gml.: Accentor, apud Temminck.) Male. Length 
6 inches, plumage above olive-brown, beneath dull whitish. Band 
above and below eyes white, intermediate space black, feathers of 
throat slightly scaly (stiff and strongly scutellated) ; light scarlet with 
silvery edges ; bill and legs horn, eyes dark. Rare, solitary, silent. 
Haunts thickets and underwood. Found at Dampara in Dholbhim, 
and at Jehanabad, west of Hoogly. 
