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CATALOGUE. 
hyperythra. " Length about 5 in., of wing in., tail 2\ in., 
bill to front ^ in., from gape 3^ in., and tarse 1 in. Upper parta of 
male deep indigo-blue, brightening to ultramarine on the forehead and 
above the eyes, and upon the shoulders of the wing ; the wings and 
tail black, margined with blue externally ; lower parts bright yellowish 
ferruginous, confined to a narrowish streak on the middle of the 
throat and foreneck ; lower tail-coverts and centre of belly white. 
Female, a rich brown above, approaching to the colour of ErytJieca 
rubecula ; or rather, the feathers are merely tipped with this colour, 
showing more or less of the cinereous dusky tint within ; tail blue, as 
in the male ; the rump a lighter and more greyish blue ; there is 
also a little blue on the shoulder of the wing, and a greyish blue 
Bupercilium, brightening posteriorly; lower parts tawny brown or 
subdued fulvous, except the lower tail-coverts, which are white : bill 
and legs dusky in both sexes." — (Blyth.) 
466. NEMURA H0DG80NI, Moore. 
Nemura Hodgsoni, Moore, P. Z. S. (1845), p. 
A. B.c.d.^ ? . Nepal (No. 949, Hodgs. Cat.). Pre- 
sented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq., September, 185^. 
2^. Sodgsoni. Length 3| in., of wing 3|^ in., tail 1^ in., bill to 
front f in., to gape -5^ in., and tarse ^ in. Male, colour of the upper 
parts purplish blue, brightening to vivid ultramarine on the crown ; 
forehead, lores, and sides of head, wings and tail black, the two 
latter margined with blue externally ; on the rump some of the 
feathers are tipped with white ; upper tail-coverts blue ; lower parts 
yellowish ferruginous; under wing-coverts, flanks, and under tail- 
coverts white. Female, ferruginous brown, richer on the rump ; 
wings and tail dusky, margined with ferruginous brown externally ; 
lores, ear-coverts, and under parts pale dusky ferruginous; under 
tail-coverts white : bill black, legs pale horn. 
Subfam. II. PHILOMELINA, Swaim. 
Genus Ruticilla {Bay), Brehm., Deutschl. Vceg. (1828). 
FiCEDTJLA, Boie, Isis (1826). 
Ph(E]st:cuea, Swains., Faun. Bor. Amer. p. 489 (1831). 
Ch(emaeehobnis,* Hodgs. Gray's Zool. Misc. (1844), 
p. 82. 
* Agassiz., Nom. Zool. Chaimarrornis, Hodgs. 
