]. HENICURUS. 317 



white bases, partly concealed by the white tips to the inner greater 

 coverts ; rump and upper tail-coTerts pure white ; taU-feathers black, 

 obliquely tipped with white, the two outer feathers entirely white ; 

 crown of head brown, the feathers tipped with black ; occiput and 

 nape black, with a broad frontal patch of white ; hind neck thickly 

 mottled, the feathers white, edged with a narrow line of black ; lores, 

 sides of face, ear-coverts, throat, fore neck, and breast black • 

 feathers in centre of breast black, tipped with white ; abdomen, 

 Hanks, thighs, and uuder tail-coverts white; under wing-coverts 

 black, the lower greater series white; axillaries white, inner ones 

 black; quills below dusky, with inner edge white at base of pri- 

 maries; "bill black; feet pale whitish fleshy; iris dark brown" 

 (ScuUi/). Total length 9 inches, culmen 0-95, wing 3-9, tail 5-1, 

 tarsus 1-15. 



Hah. Eastern Himalayas, extending throughout Burmah and 

 Tenasserim and Southern China. 



a. Ad. sk. Jlimalayas. Gould Collection. 



b. Ad. sk. Hnnalayas (Bli/t/i). Gould Collection. (Type 



of species.) 



c. d. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. rP.l. 

 e,/, /7 Ad. sk. Nepal (//or/yi-ow). India Museum. 



/i. Ad. sk. Arakan hills. Eugene W.Oates.Esq.fC.l 



». Imiu. sk. Khasia hills (Jerdon). Gould Collection. 



6. Heniciirus maculatus. 



Enicurus maculatus, Vii/ors, P. Z. S. 1830-31, p. 9; Gould, Cent. B 

 HtmaLMts. pi. xxvii. (1832) ; Hodgs. Icon. hied. inBrit.Mus., Pas- 

 seres, pi. 115 (no. 347), 116. fig. 4 (no. 347) ; Gratj, Cat. Mamm. 

 etc. Aepal2>res. Hodtjs. p. 70 (1846) ; id. Gen. B. i. p. 204 (1847) • 

 Jameson, Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vii. p. 363 ; B/i/th, J. A. S Benq 

 XVI. p. 156 (1847); id. Cat. B. Mus. As. Sac. p. 1,59 a849) • Bp 

 Consp. 1. p. 251 (1850) ; Horsf. ^ Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus i 

 p. 346 (1854, pt.); Adams, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 489, 1859 p 179- 

 Jerd.B. Ind. ii. p. 212 (1863); Gray, Hand-/. B. i. p. 248, no. 3598 

 (lb69) ; Hume, Nests ^- Eggs Ind. B. p. 374 (1873). 



Emcurus f uliginosus, Ilodgs. Asiat. Researches, xix. p. 190 ; id. Icon, 

 ined. in Bnt. 3Ius., Passeres, pi. 115 b. (no. 348), 116 fio' 3 

 (no. 348). " 



Henicurus macidatus, Bh/th, Ibis, 1867, p. 29; Bearan, Ibis, 186fi 

 ?; '°^ ^>-ooks, Ibis, 1869, p. 57; Elwes, Ibis, 1872, p. 260; Hume, 

 Sir. F. 18/9, p. 103 ; Scully, t. c. p. 310. ' ' ^ ' 



Adult. General colour above black, with very distiuct white tips to 

 the feathers, producing a barred appearauce, especially on the back and 

 scapulars ; median coverts and greater wing-coverts black, the latter 

 very broadly tipped with white, forming a broad wing-bar ; bastard 

 wmg. primary-coverts, and quills black, the primaries with con- 

 cealed white bases to shafts ; secondaries white at base, half hidden 

 by the white tips to greater coverts, also tipped with white on the 

 outer web ; lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts pure white ; 

 tail-feathers black, bordered with white along the tips, extending 

 further along inner web, two outer feathers white, the next Idack 



