THE RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHERS. 
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naturalists of the present day, considers that they belong to 
the genus Siphia , of which the type is the Himalayan 
Siphia strophiata. The difference of the colour in the sexes, 
we admit, is sufficient to separate them from the genus Musci- 
c.xpa. The wing is differently shaped, the second primary 
being much shorter than the fifth, the rictal bristles being 
few in number, less than six, and the base of the tail conspi- 
cuously white. 
THE RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHER. SIPHIA PARVA. 
Muscicapa parva, Bechst., Natiirg. Deutschl., iv., p. 505 (1795); 
Newt. ed. Yarr., i., p. 224 (1872); Dresser, B. Eur., iii., 
p. 465, pi. 189 (1875) 7 Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., iv., p. 
161 (1879); B. O. U. List Br. B., p. 42 (1883) ; Saunders, 
Man., p. 153 (1889); Lilford, Col. Fig. Br. B., pt. xv. 
(1890). 
Erytlirosterna parva, Bp. Comp. List B. Europe and N. 
Amer., p. 25 (1838). 
Siphia parva, Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind. Birds, ii., p. 9 (1890). 
Adult Male. — General colour above ashy-brown, the forehead, 
sides of face, and ear-coverts grey, this colour also extending 
on to the sides of the neck ; lores hoary-whitish ; round the 
eye a ring of white feathers ; wing-coverts ashy-brown like the 
back ; quills dark brown, externally ashy-brown, the primaries 
narrowly edged with this colour ; upper tail-coverts dark brown 
like the tail ; two centre tail-feathers dark brown, the remainder 
for the greater part white, dark brown for the terminal third, 
and for a little distance along the outer web ; cheeks, throat, 
and fore-neck clear orange ; remainder of under surface white, 
the sides of the body inclining to buff, the thighs more ashy ; 
under wing-coverts fulvous, like the sides of the body ; quills 
brown below, fulvescent along the inner web ; bill brown, the 
lower mandible paler at base; feet dark brown; iris brown. 
Total length, 5'i inches; culmen, 0-4; wing, 2'6; tail, 2-0; 
tarsus, o - 65- 
Adult Female.— Different from the male, brown above, with no 
grey on the head or neck, the sides of the face and ear-coverts 
also brown ; wings brown, the greater coverts and quills edged 
