Mr. F. Moore on the genus Ruticilla. 451 



Phoenicura ruticilla, Swains. Class, of B. ii. p. 240. Gould, Birds 

 of Eur. t. 95. 



Ficedula phoenicura, Boie, Isis (1822), p. 553. 



Phoenicura muraria, Swains. Faun. Bor. Amer. ii. p. 489. 



Ruticilla phoenicurus, Bonap. Geogr. Comp. List of B. p. 15, et 

 C. G. Av. p. 296. G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 1 80. Blyth, Journ. 

 A. S. Beng. xvi. p. 133 ; Catal. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 168. 



? Phoenicura albifrons, Brandt. 



The Redstart, Bewick. 



Hab. Europe ; W. Asia ; N. India. In Mus. East India Company. 



2. Ruticilla PHCENicuRoiDES, nobis. 



Forehead, lores, ear-coverts, throat and breast black, extending 

 much lower down on the latter than in R. phoenicura ; crown, neck, 

 back and upper wing-coverts ash, with a rufous tint, the ash palest 

 on the crown ; wings brown, with the edges of the exterior webs 

 paler ; from breast to vent, under wing-coverts, upper and lower 

 tail-coverts and tail (except the two medial feathers which are brown) 

 rufous. Male. 



Length, 5 inches ; wing, 3, the first primary being a J inch longer, 

 and the second a ^ inch shorter than in R. phoenicura ; tail, 2\ ; 

 bill to gape, y'^, more elongated, not so broad at base, and it is also 

 a trifle longer ; and tarse, f. 



Hab. N. India. In Mus. East India Company. 



This species is closely allied to R. phoenicura, but is readily di- 

 stinguished from it in the absence of the white on the front of the 

 crown. 



3. Ruticilla tithys, Scopoli. 



Syn. Sylvia tithys, Scopoli, Ann. i. p. 157. Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. 

 p. 512; Gen. Hist. vii. p. 23. 



Ruticilla tithys, Brehm, Voeg. Deutschl. p. 365. Gould, Birds 

 of Eur. t. 96. G. R. Gray, Gen. of Birds, i. p. 180, et Cat. Brit. B. 

 inB. M. p. 62. Bonap. C. G. Av. p. 296. 



1 Motacilla erythacus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 335. 



? Motacilla gibraltariensis, Gmel. S. N. L. i. p. 987. 



1 Motacilla atrata, Gmel. S. N. L. i. p. 988. Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. 

 p. 514 (nee Lath. Gen. Hist.). 



The Black Redstart, Eyton. 



Hab. Europe ; W. Asia ; N. Africa. 



4. Ruticilla nipalensis, Hodgson. 



Syn. Phoenicura nipalensis, v. atrata, Hodgs. Gray's Zool. Misc. 

 (1844) p. 83. 



Sylvia atrata, Lath. Gen. Hist. vii. p. 26 (nee Gmel. et Lath. Ind. 

 Orn.). 



Phoenicura atrata, Jard. et Selbv, 111. Ind. Orn. t. 86. f. 3. Sykes, 

 P. Z. S. (1832) p. 92. Jerd. Madras Journ. x. p. 267. Blyth, 

 Journ. A. S. Beng. xi. p. 190. 



