. Birds. Birds. CTOENIS. 21 Niltava vivida {Swink), apud Sharpe, Cat. iv, p. 463 fpart.') • Oates, B. B. i. p. 296. ^ J> Niltava oatesi, Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) v, pp. 514 (1887), -o/o (1888), Coloration. Male. Forehead and lores deep black ; crown, nape, rump, upper tail-coverts, lesser and median wing-coverts shining cobalt-blue ; back and scapulars dark bluish black; winglet and. Fig. 7.—Bill of G. oafesi. primary-coverts black ; greater coverts and quills black, edged with blue; tail black, the outer webs sufEused with cobalt-blue ; region of eye and ear-coverts black, t
. Birds. Birds. CTOENIS. 21 Niltava vivida {Swink), apud Sharpe, Cat. iv, p. 463 fpart.') • Oates, B. B. i. p. 296. ^ J> Niltava oatesi, Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) v, pp. 514 (1887), -o/o (1888), Coloration. Male. Forehead and lores deep black ; crown, nape, rump, upper tail-coverts, lesser and median wing-coverts shining cobalt-blue ; back and scapulars dark bluish black; winglet and. Fig. 7.—Bill of G. oafesi. primary-coverts black ; greater coverts and quills black, edged with blue; tail black, the outer webs sufEused with cobalt-blue ; region of eye and ear-coverts black, the latter bordered posteriorly by a band of cobalt-blue running up to the nape; chin and throat black suffused with blue; remainder of lower plumage, axillaries, and under wing-coverts chestnut. Female. Porehead, lores, round the eye, cheeks, chin, and upper throat rufous, speckled and irregularly barred with brown; under tail-coverts and a large patch on the throat, the axillaries, and under wing-coverts clear yellowish bufE; remainder of lower plumage ashy olive sufFused with buff; crown, nape, and sides of neck ashy brown; remainder of upper plumage olive-brown with a fulvous tinge j tail brown, suffused with rufous on the outer webs. Legs, feet, and claws dark to blackish brown ; soles yellowish ; bill black ; iris deep brown to reddish chocolate (Hume). Length about "'S; tarsus '7 to "8; bill from gape about -8. Males from Tenasserim have wings varying from 3"7 to 4, tails 3 to 3"7; males from Manipur have wings varying from 3*9 to 4, tails 3'1 to 3"3. In the females the wing is 3'7, and the tail 2-8 to 3-2. C. vividiis from China differs from the present species in being much smaller, the wing in males varying trom 3-3 to 3-5 and tail £•6 to 2-8; in females the wing is 3'3 and the tail 2*5. The male has the upper parts of a much- more brilliant blue. The female differs merely in size. I have examined the type of C. oatesi, and find it the s
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