290 BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
274. SIPHIA MAGNIEOSTEIS. 
THE LARGE-BILLED REDBREAST. 
Cyornis magnirostris, Bl. J. A. S. B. xviii. p. 814 ; Je^'d. B. Ind. i. p. 469 ; Godw.- 
Atist. J. A. S. B. xxxix. pt. ii. p. 100 ; Hume, 8. F. yiii. p. 92 ; Sharpe, Cat. 
Birds B. Mm. iv. p. 453. 
Description. — Male. The whole upper plumage,, cheeks, ear-coverts, 
sides of the neck and wing-coverts dull deep blue, brilliant on the fore- 
head and over the lores and eyes ; feathers immediately at the base of the 
upper mandible and the lores black; chin, throat and breast chestnut ; 
sides of the breast blue ; sides of the abdomen and flanks fulvous ; centre 
of the abdomen and under tail-coverts white ; under wing-coverts and 
axillaries clear buff ; tail-feathers dark brown, suffused with blue on the 
outer webs; greater wing- coverts and quills dark brown, with an outer 
edging of dull blue. 
The female is ashy above, tinged with fulvous on the back, scapulars, 
rump and upper tail-coverts ; sides of the face and ear- coverts like the 
crown ; lores and a ring of feathers round the eye white ; chin, throat and 
under tail-coverts white ; remainder of the lower plumage and under wing- 
coverts pale buff ; lesser and median wing-coverts like the back ; greater 
coverts and quills brown, edged with the colour of the back ; tail fulvous, 
rather brighter at the edges. 
Irides dark brown ; legs pale flesh- colour. [Godwin- Austen.) 
Length 6 inches, tail 2*5, wing 3*2, tarsus '7, bill from gape '9. The 
female appears to be of much the same size. 
The Large-billed Redbreast has been known to occur in the extreme 
south of Tenasserim, where Mr. Davison found it rare. My men secured 
two specimens at Malewoon. 
It will probably be found to be diffused over the whole of British 
Burmah, for it occurs in Cachar, the Eastern Bengal hills and the Eastern 
Himalayas. There is nothing known about its habits and nidification. 
275. SIPHIA STROPHIATA. 
THE ORANGE-GORGETED FLYCATCHER. 
Siphia strophiata, Hodgs. Ind. Bev. i. p. 651 ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 479 ; Stoliczha, 
J. A. 8. B. xxxvii. pt. ii. p. 32 ; Bl. B. Burm. p. 103 ; David et Oust. Ois. Chine^ 
p. 115; Anders, Yunnan Exped. p. 620; Hume Sf Dav. 8. F. vi. p. 232; 
8harpe, Cat. Birds B. Mus. iv. p. 455 ; Hime, 8. F. yiii. p. 92 ; 8cully, 8. F, 
viii. p. 278. 
Description. — Male. Upper plumage olive-brown, tinged with fulvous 
