THE LAEGE FAIRY BLUE-CHAT. 
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Wheii alive, this species may easily be confounded with N. sundara. It 
has not been recorded from any other part o£ Burmah. 
It extends into China_, where it was first observed by Mr. Swinhoe. 
Mr. Davison says : — This is not quite so much of a Flycatcher as the 
other Cyornis, though it also captures its prey on the wing. I have seen 
it moving about the tops of the trees by short flights and sitting about 
like Niltava grandis. I never saw a pair together or even two males. I 
always met with them singly. On Mooleyit they were very common, but 
I unfortunately mistook them for Niltava sundara and only shot a few. 
Those I dissected had eaten nothing but insects. They were very often 
in low bushes, but never, so far as I saw, actually descended to the 
ground. They were not in the least shy or wild, on the contrary very 
tame. I never heard them utter any note."*^ 
281. NILTAVA GEANDIS. 
THE LABGE FAIRY BLUE-CHAT. 
Chaitaris grandis, Bl. J. A. S. B. xi. p. 189. Niltava grandis, Jerd. B. Ind. 
i. p. 476 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 215 Bl. B. Barm. p. 102 ; Hume, S. F. v. 
p. 103 ; Hume ^ Dav. S. F. vi. p. 232 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. Mus. iv. p. 464 ; 
Hume, S. F. viii. p. 93. 
Description. — Male. Forehead, crown, rump, upper tail-coverts, lesser 
and median wing-coverts and a large spot on each side of the neck brilliant 
cobalt ; back and scapulars purplish blue ; central tail-feathers purplish 
blue, the others brown on the inner webs and blue on the outer ; greater 
coverts and quills black narrowly edged with blue ; feathers at base of 
upper mandible, lores, sides of the head, chin and throat black ; remainder 
of lower plumage black tinged with purple, and the under tail-coverts 
edged with white. 
The female has the upper plumage olive-brown tinged with fulvous; 
the tail chestnut-brown ; wings brown edged with rufous- brown ; forehead, 
sides of the head, chin and throat bright fulvous-brown mottled with 
dusky ; lower plumage ochraceous brown tinged with ashy on the abdo- 
men ; a spot on either side of the neck brilliant blue. 
The young male has the plumage dark brown streaked with fulvous 
everywhere ; wings and tail as in the adult, but not so bright. 
Irides deep brown ; in the male the bill is black ; legs and feet black or 
very dark plumbeous : in the female the bill is brownish black ; the legs, 
feet and claws fleshy pink. [Davison.) 
Length 8*5 inches, tail 3*6, wing 4*2, tarsus '9, bill from gape *!. The 
female is quite as large as the male. 
