

SIVA CYANOUROPTERA, Hodgs. 



Blue-wing*ed Siva. 



Siva cyanouroptera, Hodg. Ind. Rev. 1838, p. 88. — Gray, List, of Spec, and Draw, of Mamm. and Birds pres. to Brit. 



Mus. by B. H. Hodgson, Esq., p. 95. 

 Leiothrix cyanouroptera, Gray and Mitch. Gen. of Birds, vol. i. p. 269. — Blyth, Cat. of Birds in Mus. Asiat. Soc. 



Calcutta, p. 99.— Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av., torn. i. p. 332. — Horsf. and Moore, Cat. of Birds in Mus. 



East Ind. Comp., vol. i. p. 366. 

 Hemiparus cyanouropterus, Hodgs. Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng., vol. x. p. 25. 

 Ioropus cyanouropterus, Hodgs. Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng., vol. xiii. p. 937. 



(Siva) cyanouropterus, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc., 1844, p. 84. 



Leiothrix lepida, McClell. in Proc. Zool. Soc, part vii. p. 162. 



The Blue-winged Siva recommends itself to our notice by the neatness and elegance of its contour, and the 

 delicacy of its pretty markings. Blue is a colour rarely found among the smaller Indian birds ; and as there 

 is no other species of the genus Siva similarly coloured, it cannot well be mistaken. Although tolerably 

 abundant in our collections, it is more rare than Siva strigula. Both species inhabit the same countries — 

 Nepaul and Bhotan. Mr. Blyth states that Capt. Tickell found it about the sides of Mooleit ; it is also said 

 to be found in Assam. I have not yet, however, seen any examples from that country, but, among the draw- 

 ings preserved at the India Museum, there is a figure of this species said to have been taken from a speci- 

 men obtained there. 



Crown of the head and nape greyish blue, striated with bluish white ; all the upper surface, wing and tail- 

 coverts fawn-colour ; spurious wing blue, margined on the outer edge and tipped with white ; primaries deep 

 blue on their outer webs, brownish black on the inner ; outer webs of the secondaries dull greyish blue at' 

 the base, and white to the tip ; the inner webs black, bordered with white ; the two nearest the body fawn- 

 colour on the outer web, black on the inner, bordered all round with white ; two centre tail-feathers slaty 

 brown, passing into black near the extremity, and narrowly fringed with white at the tip ; the two next are 

 blue on the outer and slaty brown on the inner webs, deepening into black near the extremity, and fringed with 

 white at the tip ; the two next are similarly coloured, but have a large blotch of white on the tip of the 

 inner web, larger on the second than on the first ; the outer feather on each side is black on the outer web 

 to near the tip, which with the inner web is white ; lores, space over the eye, and all the under surface white 

 washed with vinaceous ; irides dark brown ; bill orange-brown ; legs apparently light-yellowish brown, 

 although in Capt. Boys's notes they were stated to be grey. 



The figures are of the natural size. The plant is the Rhododendron glaucum. 



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