1. HExicuRrs. 313 



1 . Henicurus leschenaulti. 



Turdiis leschenaulti, Vieill. N. Diet. (VHist. Nat. xx. p. 269 (1818). 



Enicurus coronatus, Temm. PL Col. iii. pi. 113 (1824). 



Motacilla speciosa, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 155 (1820) ; id, 



Zool. Researches ifi Java, pi. 48 (1824). 

 Enicurus leschenaulti, Grai/, Gen. B. i. p. 204 (1847) ; Bj}. Consp. 



i. p. 251 (1850) ; Horsf. |- Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. i. p. 345 



(1854) ; Gray, Hand-L B. i. p. 248, no. 3596 (1869). 

 Allocoturus coronatus, Van der Hoeven, Handb. Zool. ii. p. 536 



(1856). 

 Henicurus leschenaulti, Elices, Ibis, 1872, p. 258 ; Stoliczka, J. A. S. 



Beng. xxxix. p. 304 (1870) ; Hume Sr Davison, Str. F. 1878, vol. i. 



p. 360; Hume, Sir. F. 1879, pp. 65, 103 ; Nichols. Ibis, 1879, p. 169 ; 



Oates, B. Brit. Biirm. p. 27 (1883). 



Aclidt. General colour above black : lesser, median, and greater 

 wing-coverts like back ; greater series tipped ■with white, increasing 

 in extent towards the innermost, which have the terminal half white ; 

 bastard wing, primary-coverts, and quills black, the secondaries 

 with ver}- broad white bases, half concealed bj- white tips to greater 

 wing-coverts ; inner secondaries edged with white at tip, the inner- 

 most entirely white ; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts pure 

 white ; tail-feathers black, broadly tipped with white : the two 

 outermost entirely white ; crown of head white, the crest tapering 

 towards a point ou the vertex, where the long feathers are white, 

 tipped with black ; occiput, nape, and sides of crown like the back ; 

 lores and eyebrow black ; ear-coverts, cheeks, sides of neck, throat, 

 fore neck, and breast black ; abdomen, sides of body, flanks, thighs, 

 and under tail-coverts white ; under wing- coverts black, the lower 

 outer coverts white, forming a patch ; axillaries black, the inner ones 

 externally white ; quills below black, with a large patch of white on 

 the base of secondaries. Total length 10 inches, culmen 0-95, wing 

 4-3, tail 5-2, tarsus 1-2. 



Young. Differs from the adult in having no white on the crown, 

 the black being of a more brownish cast. 



Hah. Java. Said to occur in the Malayan peninsula, and to ex- 

 tend into Tenasserim. A further comparison of specimens will pro- 

 bably prove the species from the latter locality to be H. sinensis. 



a. Ad. sk. W. Java. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [0.1. 



b. Juv. sk. W. Java (F. C. Buxton). F. Nicholson, Esq. [P.]. 



c. Ad. sk. Java. Gould Collection. 



d. Ad. sk. Java {Horsjield). India Museum. (Type of 



Motacilla speciosa, Horsf.) 



e. Ad. St. Java. Purchased. 



2. Henicurus sinensis. 



Henicurus .«peciosus (wow Horsf.), SicinJt. Ibis, 1801, p. 262, 1862, 



pp. 261, 264. 

 Enicurus loschenaiilti (non V.), Swinh. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 276. 

 Enicurus sinensis, Gould, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 665. 

 Enicurus chinensis, Gould. Birds of Asia, pt. xviii. (1866) : Gratj, 



