92 Mr. R. Swinhoe on the Ornithology of Northern China. 
The Siberian specimens in the British Museum, marked cyanura , 
again differ from both in having a rufescent eye-streak, and in 
having the throat and breast reddish buff-colour instead of white. 
Ours will stand as true Ianthia cyanura (Schleg.) of the ‘ Fauna 
Japonica/ 
To the Robin-Warblers I can now add a South-China bird 
lately procured from Peking, which I described in ‘ The Ibis/ 
vol. iii. p. 262. My description, however, was from a bird not 
fully matured; I mean the Larvivora gracilis , Swinhoe. This 
species much resembles L. cyanea of Northern India in form, 
and a good deal in colouring; but its wings are shorter and its 
bill longer. L. cyanea has the lower neck, breast, and flanks a 
fine reddish buff, instead of pure white as in our species,—its chin 
and two streaks proceeding from it only being white. It also has 
a narrow white eye-streak, which is wanting in our species. As 
I have before described only the immature bird, I will now add 
a short note of the peculiar features of the adult male 
Larvivora gracilis, mihi. 
Supra cyanea: subtus nivea: linea a rictu colli latera utrinque 
ad ulnam descendente nigra: remigibus fuscis: rostro 
nigro : cruribus pedibusque pallide carneis. 
27. Ribbon-tailed Flycatcher. 
From the skins brought home by Mr. Fleming, this appears 
to be Tchitrea incei , Gould, which differs from T. affinis, of 
Malacca, in having a much smaller bill. 
30. Pied-tail Flycatcher. 
This is the Muscicapa leucura of Gmelin and the M. alhicilla 
of Pallas. Our skins of this bird agree with those from India; 
but I have not been able to compare them with specimens of 
the Erythrosterna parva of Europe, as there are none of the latter 
in the British Museum. 
To the Flycatchers I can now add 
Xanthopygia leucophrys , Blyth, of India. 
Strange that this species should occur in the north, and not 
the ordinary X . narcissina of Japan. 
Niltava cyanomelrena (Schleg.), Muscicapa cyanomelcena of the 
Faun. Japon. 
