CATALOGUE. 
Geniis MusciOAPULA, Blyth, J.A. S, Beng. XII. p. 939 (1843). 
456. MUSCIOAPULA 8APPHIRA, TicJcell 8p. 
Muscicapa sapphira, Tickell, MS. 
Muscicapula sapphira, BlytJi, J. A. S. Beng, XII. ^.939; 
XVI. pp. 127, 473. Jerd., III. Ind. Orn. t. 32. 
Bonap., a O. Av. p. 316. 
Muscicapa sapphira, G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. 
p. 263. 
The Sapphire-headed Flycatcher, Jerd. 
No. 945 (J, 974 ? , Rodgs., Catal, 
A.B. 0. (adult et jun.), D. E. ?. Nepal. Presented 
by B. H. Hodgson, Esq., September, 1853. 
The following is the size of our specimens of this beautiful bird : 
male, length 4 in., of wing 2^ in., of tail. If in., bill to forehead in», 
from gape \ in., tarse \ in. middle claw in., hind claw in. 
" Colour of the upper parts rich dark purplish-blue, inclining to 
ultramarine on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; forehead and crown 
vivid smalt blue ; the lores black ; fore-neck and breast rich purple, 
with a broad median line of deep and bright ferruginous ; flanks 
greyish ; the belly and fore part of the wings underneath, with the 
axillaries, white; alars and tail black edged with blue externally. 
Bill and feet black."— (Blyth.*) 
The young male has the forehead, crown, and back, black, with the 
centre of each feather ferruginous, as are also those on the forepart 
of the wing and the tip of the secondaries ; wings and tail black 
edged with blue externally ; throat ferruginous, paling on the breast, 
where the feathers are margined apically with black; belly and 
under tail-coverts bluish white. 
" In the female of this species, the wings, tail, and rump are of 
the same beautiful deep blue as in the male, but the head, neck, and 
interscapularies are plain brown ; throat and fore-neck (and hreast) 
ferruginous, rather paler and much broader than in the male ; the 
belly and lower tail-coverts the same bluish white as in the male ; 
axillaries and fore part of the wing underneath also pure white.'* — 
(Blyth, J. A. S. XYI. p. 473.) 
The ferruginous colour of the throat, fore-neck, and breast in our 
* Mr. Blyth gives the following as the dimensions of this bird : " Length 
6 inches, of wing 2^, and tail 1| inch ; bill to gape inch, and tarse f inch." 
