. Birds. Birds. ALSEONAX. 35 588. Alseonax latirostris. The Brown Flycatcher. Muscicapa latirostris, Raffl. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii, p. 3ia (1821). Butalis terricolor, Hodgs., Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi, p. 120 (1847); id. Cat. p. 175. Hemichelidon latirostris {Baffl.), Blyth, Cat. p. 175; Hoisf. S[ M. Cat. i, p. 187. Muscicapa cinereo-alba, Temm. &â iSchleo. Faun. Jap., Aves, p. 42, pi. 15 (1860). ⢠Alseonax latirostris {Rajffl.), Jerd. B. I. i, p. 459 ; Hume Sf Henders. Lah. to Yark. p. 186, pi. v ; Hume, 8. F. ii, p. 219; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iv, p. 127; Lec/ffe, Birds Ceyl. p. 416; Hume, Cat. n
. Birds. Birds. ALSEONAX. 35 588. Alseonax latirostris. The Brown Flycatcher. Muscicapa latirostris, Raffl. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii, p. 3ia (1821). Butalis terricolor, Hodgs., Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi, p. 120 (1847); id. Cat. p. 175. Hemichelidon latirostris {Baffl.), Blyth, Cat. p. 175; Hoisf. S[ M. Cat. i, p. 187. Muscicapa cinereo-alba, Temm. &â iSchleo. Faun. Jap., Aves, p. 42, pi. 15 (1860). ⢠Alseonax latirostris {Rajffl.), Jerd. B. I. i, p. 459 ; Hume Sf Henders. Lah. to Yark. p. 186, pi. v ; Hume, 8. F. ii, p. 219; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iv, p. 127; Lec/ffe, Birds Ceyl. p. 416; Hume, Cat. no. 207; Brooks, S. F. ix, p. 225; Oates, B. B. \, p. 277; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 163. Alseonax terricolor (Hodgs.), Jerd. B. I. i, p. 460; Hume, Cat. no. 298. The Southern Broxmi Flycatcher, The Rufescent-broion Flycatcher, Jfird. ; Zakki, -Bill of A. latirostris. Coloration. Upper plumage ashy brown, the feathers of the crown with darker centres ; tail dark brown, the outer feathers very narrowly tipped with whitish ; wings and coverts dark brown, all but the primaries broadly edged with ashy white; lores and a ring of feathers round the eye white ; sides of the head brown ; lower plumage white, tinged wit h ashy on the breast and sides of the body. The young have the crown blackish streaked with fulvous ; the upper plumage and wings with lai'ge terminal fulvous spots ; the lower plumage like that of the adult but mottled with- brown. After the autumn moult and till the following spring the young are very rufous. Bill black, the base of the lower mandible yellow; mouth orange; iris brown ; legs and claws black. The young bird has the whole bill yellow except the tip, which is dusky. Length rather more tha,n5; lail2; wing 2-8; tarsus'5; bill from gape â ^. Distribution. The whole Empire except the north-west portion. I have seen no example of this species from Siud, the Punjab, Eajputana, or Gruzerat. It occurs in Ceylon and the Andamans. On the Himalayas it is a summ
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