
ILLUSTRATIONS OF ORNITHOLOGY. 
IANTHIA RUFILATA, Hopesoy. 
Nemura rufilata, Hodgs., Proceed. Zool. Soc., 1845, p. 27. — Ianthia rufilata, Blyth, 
Journ, As. Soc. Beng., xvi. p. 132.— 9 Nemura cyanura, Hodgs , Proceed. Zool. 
Soc.,, 1845, p. 27, Auct. Blyth. 
THE observations made in the description of Zanthia hyperythra, 
will equally apply to the present species, represented from another 
of Mr. Blyth’s drawings. 
“The male has the upper parts Prussian blue, brightening and 
inclining to ultramarine upon the sides of the forehead over the 
eyes, on the shoulder of the wing, and on the rump; lower parts 
“white, confined to a narrow streak on the throat and fore-neck, 
“but the flanks bright ferruginous ; Dill blackish, and legs dark 
brown. ‘The female has the upper parts uniform brown, with a 
trace of blue on the shoulder of the wing, a supercilium greyish- 
blue posteriorly, and russet margins on the tertiaries ; tail blue as 
in the male, the rump lighter and more greyish-blue; middle of the 
belly, lower-tail covers, and medial line of throat, white ; the flanks 
ferruginous as in the other sex. Inhabits Himalaya, from Missouri 
and Simla to Darjeeling.” — Blyth. 
Total length, 5.2 or 3; bill to gape, 4; wing, é. 9; tarsus, 81, 
We may remark, that Mr. Blyth’s supposition that the female 
of this bird may be Professor Jameson’s Erythaca tytlerii is 
‘ncorrect. The bird in the Edinburgh collection so labelled, is 
Muscicapa parva, or a nearly allied species. 
