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BIRDS OF BEITISH BURMAH. 
261. HEMICHELIDON FEERUGINEA. 
THE FERRUGINOUS FLYCATCHER. 
Hemichelidon ferruginea, Hodgs. P. Z. S. 1845, p. 32 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, 
p. 207 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. Mus. iv. p. 122. Butalis ferrugineus, Bl. B. 
Burm. p. 104; David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 121. Alseonax ferrugineus, 
Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 460 ; Hume 8f Dav. S. F. vi. p. 227 ; Bingham, S. F. ix. p. 175 ; 
Oates, S. F. x. p. 204. 
Description. — Male and female. Forehead and crown of head dark 
brown ; back_, scapulars^ lesser wing-coverts_, rump and upper tail-coverts 
reddish brown_, changing to chestnut on the latter two parts ; median and 
greater coverts brown, edged and tipped with chestnut ; quills dark brown, 
the later secondaries and tertiaries edged with reddish brown ; all the quills 
lined inside with buff ; tail reddish brown, more or less shaded with brown ; 
a distinct ring of feathers round the eye pale buff ; lores and ear-coverts 
mixed rufous and brown j lower plumage chestnut^ the throat mixed a 
good deal with brown and the lower throat white^ forming a well-defined 
patch. 
Bill dusky, fleshy yellow at the base beneath ; legs pale whitish fleshy; 
irides dark brown. [Jerdon.) 
Length 5 inches, tail 2, wing 2*7, tarsus '5, bill from gape '65. 
The Ferruginous Flycatcher is a rare winter visitor to British Burmah. 
In the course of some years I have procured only two or three specimens 
near Pegu. Mr. Blyth received it from Thayetmyo, and Mr. Davison pro- 
cured a young bird in Tenasserim which Mr. Hume doubtfully identified 
with the present species, but subsequently two adults were got at the foot 
of Nwalabo. Capt. Bingham secured one specimen and saw another in 
the Thoungyeen valley. 
Out of Burmah it has been found in the Malay peninsula and Cochin 
China, and it extends into China and India, nesting in the Himalayas. 
