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half-way down the tail ; and the beak is rather broader and flatter than 

 in Niltava, but vertically deep, having the tomise much inflected: 

 rictal bristles small and inconspicuous. Rest as in Stoporala ; the 

 frontal feathers deflected from the base of the bill, without any of the 

 reflex velvety plumes conspicuous in Niltava. 



C. cyanomelanura, (Tem.) Upper-parts deep Prussian-blue ; the 

 crown and shoulder of the wing ultramarine ; and nearly half of the 

 base of the tail pure white : lores, ear-coverts, throat and breast, blue- 

 black ; belly and lower tail-coverts sullied white ; and flanks brown. 

 Bill black ; and legs dark- coloured. Length of wing three inches and 

 three-quarters ; of tail two and a half; bill to frontal-feathers half an 

 inch ; and tarse nine-sixteenths. 



Stoporala, nobis. The type of this marked group is St. melanops, 

 (Vigors), v. Muscicapa lapis, Lesson ( Rev. Zool. fyc. 1839, p. 104), 

 and the female — M. thalassina, Swainson, Nat. Libr. : Verditer Fly- 

 catcher of Latham. — A second species, closely allied, inhabits Java ; 

 differing in its smaller size, and deeper blue colouring : length of 

 wing three inches, instead of three and three-eighths, and the 

 rest in proportion — A third, from Java, is St. indigo, (Horsf.), 

 which in its white base of tail, the spreading of the loral black 

 on the chin and beneath the eye, and a little also in structure, 

 approximates the Cyanoptila. — A fourth, allied to the last, especially 

 in the white at the base of its caudal feathers, and in structure 

 much resembling the first species, is St. albicaudata, (Jerdon), from 

 the Neilgherries. 



Siphia, Hodgson, Ind. Rev. 1837, P 651. To this group may, I 

 think, be referred — 



1. S. strophiata, Hodgson, Ind. Rev. 1837, p 651. Himalaya. 



2. S. leucura, (Gm.) : Saxicola rubeculoides, Sykes ; Synornisjou- 

 laimus, Hodgson, Ann. Mag. N. H. 1845, p. 197; Muscicapa parva 

 of India, apud Sundevall : White-tailed Redbreast of Latham, whose 

 Maculate Flycatcher refers probably to the young. N. B. — Compara- 

 tively few specimens of this bird are procurable with the rufous throat. 

 It inhabits India generally, visiting the plains in the cold season. 

 From recollection, I should say that the European Muse, parva, 

 Auctorum, is very nearly allied. 



