. Illustrations of Indian ornithology : containing fifty figures of new, unfigured and interesting species of birds, chiefly from the south of India . the Coonoor pass, and CaptainRoberts of the 36th N. I. showed me a drawing of this bird, which he had procured on theWest coast. It is somewhat allied in colours to the Brachypus eutilotiis of Jardine and Selby, whichit further resembles in the copiousness of its rump feathers, and Mr. Blyth has classed themin the same genus. Description.—Crown of head, occiput, and throat, bluish grey, forehead siskin green;back, wings, and lower plumage oil gr
. Illustrations of Indian ornithology : containing fifty figures of new, unfigured and interesting species of birds, chiefly from the south of India . the Coonoor pass, and CaptainRoberts of the 36th N. I. showed me a drawing of this bird, which he had procured on theWest coast. It is somewhat allied in colours to the Brachypus eutilotiis of Jardine and Selby, whichit further resembles in the copiousness of its rump feathers, and Mr. Blyth has classed themin the same genus. Description.—Crown of head, occiput, and throat, bluish grey, forehead siskin green;back, wings, and lower plumage oil green, lighter towards the vent; rump feathers lightyellowish green, broadly barred with black ; tail with the centre feathers greenish grey,lateral feathers black at base terminated with grey ; under tail coverts light grey. Iridesbluish -white; bill and legs greenish. Length 7 inches, wing 3, tail 2 tV tars. | inch, bill (at front) Aths. Mr. Blyth, in a paper in the Journal Asiatic Society for 1845, page 546, has reviewedall the Indian Brachipodinae, and has formed the genus Brachipodius (p. 576) for this and4 or 5 other species. Plate Leonard liih. Rinted iy Reeve Brother*. MUSCICAPULA SAPPHIRA. ORD. IJVSJESSORES. FAM. MUSCIGAPIDM. GEN. MUSCICAPULA. PLATE XXXII. MUSCICAPULA SAPPHIRA. SAPPHIRE HEADED FLYCATCHER. The vast addition to the species of Muscicajndce made of late, especially inIndia, having required a revision of the whole group, Mr. Blyth has recently*adopted several new genera, to one of which the subject of the present plate appertains,Mr. Blyth approximates it to the Siphya of Hodgson, from which, says he, it differsin its small size, and feeble legs and toes. I consider that its nearest affinity is withthe group Cyoriiis of Blyth. I add Mr. Blyths description of the present bird, which was procured fromthe hill station of Darjeeling. Colour of the upper parts rich dark purplish blue,inclineing to ultramarine on the rump and upper tail coverts; f
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