174 FLYCATCHER. 



rump, and upper tail coverts, fine glowing orange ; breast and belly 

 orange ; vent yellowish white ; thighs black ; tail very cuneiform, 

 the two middle feathers three inches long, the outer one inch and a 

 half, colour black, the ends of all but the four middle ones more or 

 less orange-coloured ; legs black. 



The female has the upper part of the head, the neck, and back, 

 ash-coloured ; about the cheeks and throat dusky ; breast orange ; 

 belly white ; band across the wings yellow ; rump and upper tail 

 coverts the same ; tail as in the male. 



Inhabits Ceylon, and other parts of India ; also in Java, and 

 called there Uwis ; by some Semuttan. — In the collection of Capt. 

 Paterson, is a most perfect and fine specimen, with the orange parts 

 so deep coloured, as to be nearly red. 



28.—CRIMSON-RUMPED FLYCATCHER. 



Parus peregrinus, Ind. Om. ii. 564. Lin. i. 342. Gm. Lin.\. 564. Mus. Carls, ii. 



t. 48. 49. 

 Parus coccineus, Gm. Lin. i. 1015. 



1 Malabaricus, Ind. Om. ii. 564. Gm. Lin. i. 1012. 



La Mesange de la Cote de Malabar, Son. Voy. Ind. ii. 204. t. 114. 1. 

 Malabar Titmouse, Gen. Syn. iv. 555. Shaiv's Zool. x. p. 49. 

 Crimson-rumped Titmouse, Gen. Syn. iv. 539. Id. Sup. ii. 255. 



BILL black; head neck, and back, ash-colour; the base of the 

 bill, with the chin, blackish ; fore part of the neck and breast orange, 

 growing white towards the vent ; rump orange ; wings black, crossed 

 with a bar of orange; under part of the wings pale brimstone; tail 

 moderately long, hollowed a little at the end, the two middle feathers 

 black, the others half way from the end orange ; legs black. 



In the female the upper parts are pale ash-colour, beneath dusky 

 white ; vent yellowish ; wings and tail as in the male, but the bar 

 on the wings is yellow ; and the rump, and outer tail feathers, 

 paler orange. 



