. Birds. Birds. lANTHIA. 105 wings olive-green; median pair of tail-feathers olive-green, tbe others golden yellow, broadly tipped, and margined on the outer webs, with olive-green; a yellowish-white ring round the eye; ear- coverts olive-brown, with pale shafts; lores and an indistinct supercilium olive-yellow; the whole lower plumage ochraceous yellow, most of the feathers with tiny dusky fringes and the flanks washed with olivaceous. The young have the whole plumage dark olive-brown, the feathers streaked with fulvous and tipped with black. Lower mandible and edge of the upper along the com
. Birds. Birds. lANTHIA. 105 wings olive-green; median pair of tail-feathers olive-green, tbe others golden yellow, broadly tipped, and margined on the outer webs, with olive-green; a yellowish-white ring round the eye; ear- coverts olive-brown, with pale shafts; lores and an indistinct supercilium olive-yellow; the whole lower plumage ochraceous yellow, most of the feathers with tiny dusky fringes and the flanks washed with olivaceous. The young have the whole plumage dark olive-brown, the feathers streaked with fulvous and tipped with black. Lower mandible and edge of the upper along the commissure yellow; rest of the bill black; iris very dark brown; legs, feet, and claws fleshy, tinged with brown {Hume). Length about 6; tail 2-3; wing 2*7; tarsus 1-2; bill from gape -7. Distribution. The Himalayas from Chamba to Sikhim, apparently up to 5000 feet; the Kh^si hills ; the Nsiga hills ; Manipur. This species extends into Western China. Habits, ^c. Nests on the ground from May to August, in holes of rocks and banks, and lays three or four eggs, which are pale blue, and measure about -8 by "53. Genus lANTHIA, BIyth, 1847. The genus lanihia contains three species of Indian birds, in which the males are very brightly coloured and the females are dull. Tiiey inhabit the Himalayas, and migrate locally according to Pig. 30.—Tail of /. indica. This genus differs from Tarsiger and Calliope in having a much longer tail, the feathers of which are moreover pointed at the tips. Very little is on record about the habits of the members of this genus, but they probably do not differ in any important particular from those of the Blue-throats and Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Oates, Eugene William, 1845-1911; Blandford, William Thomas, 1832-1905. London, Taylor and
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