342 irRDiD^. 



ries and under wing-coverts, and the black breast and upper belly 

 of the former, and the chestnut lower belly of the latter. The fore- 

 head is black and the crown pale grey, shading into black on the 

 nape. Length of wing 3-3 inches, tail 2-5, culmen 055, tarsus 0-88. 

 The femaJe is not distinguishable from that of B. rufioentris. 

 Nothing is apparently known of this species beyond the types in 

 the Museum from Asia Minor. I suspect that the female is a spe- 

 cimen of B. rujiventvis, and the male a hybrid between that bird 

 a'nd B. tithys. 



a h. S 9- ad. sk. Erzeroum, Asia Minor J. Gould, Esq. CTypes of 

 ' (Dickson ^ Boss). RuticiUa enjthroproda, 



Gould.) 



5. Ruticilla rufiventris. 



? Le Traquet a cul roux, Levaill. Ois. fTAfr. iv. p. 113, pi. 118. fig. 1 



(1805, said to he from Caffre-Land). 

 ? (Enaiithe rufiventris, Vieill. N. Diet. d'JIist. Nat. xxi. p. 431 (1818, 



ex Lcrnill.). 

 Phcenicura atrata {Gtnel), apud Jard. Sj- Selhj, III. Orn. pi. 8(3. fig. 3 



(1829) ; Jerd. Madr. Journ. x. p. 2G7 (1839). 

 Phcenicura uipalensis, Hodyson, MS. Drawinys {in the Brit. Mus.) 

 of B. of Nepal, pi. Ixxv. fig. 2. no. 404, pi. Ixxviii. fig. 7. no. 404, 

 unde 

 Phcenicura nipalensis vel atrata, Hodyson, Grafs Zool. Misc. p. 83 



(1844, descr. null.). 

 Ruticilla atrata (Gmel), apud Gray, Cat Mamm. SjX. Nepal Coll. 

 Hodys. p. 68 (1846); apud Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 180 (1846); 

 apud Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 28 (1854). 

 Ruticilla phoenicurus (Linn.), apud Blyfh, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. 



p. 168 (1849). 

 Rutifilla indica, Bli/th, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 168 (1849) ; BiJ. 



Consp. i. p. 296 (1850). 

 Ruticilla phcenicuroides, Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 25, pi. Ivii. ; Horsf. 

 &■ Moore, Cut. B. Mus. E.I. Co. i. p. 301 (1854) ; Jerdon, B. Ind. 

 ii. p. 136 (1803) ; Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 221. no. 3172 (18G9). 

 Ruticilla nipalensis, Moore, P. Z.S. 1854, p. 26; Ilorsf. 8f Moore, 

 Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Comp. i. p. 302 (1854) ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. eye. 

 Nepal Coll. Hodys. p. 33 (1863). 

 Ruticilla rufiventris, Jerdon, B. Ind. ii. p. 137 (1863) ; Gray, Hand-l. 

 B. i. p. 221. no. 3161 (1809) ; Godtv.-Aust. J. A. S. Beng. xxxix. 

 pt. 2, p. 106 (1870); Sidnh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 358; Bldnf. East. 

 Pers. ii. p. 163 (1876); Prfev. Eowlefs Orn. Misc. ii. p. 174 

 (1877) ; David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 169 (1877) ; Dresser, B. Eur. 

 pt. Ixvii. (1878, partim). 

 Ruticilla erythroprocta, Gould, apud Hume %■ Henders. Lahore to 



Turk. p. 208 (1873), apud Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 65 (1873). 

 Ruticilla semu-ufa (Ilempr. et Ehr.), apud Dresser, Ibis, 1876, 

 p. 77. 



This species is distinct from, though very nearly allied to, R.phoe- 

 nicura. In its spriny plumage it differs in having the black at 

 the base of the upper mandible slightly more developed, and the 

 white on the forehead rather less conspicuous ; the colour of the 

 mantle and the wing-coverts is much darker, approaching black; 



