360 TURDIDJE. 



to a quarter of an iiioli the inside web iw aa narrow as the outside ; 

 bastard primary 0"05 to 0-0 inch. Leugth of wing 2-9 to 2-85 inches, 

 tail 1-9S to 1-85, cnlmen O-Ol to 0-55, tarsus 1-13 to ODS. 



The female scarcely ditfers from the male ; and no important change 

 is produced by the autumn moult, which appears to take place in April. 

 Birds of the year and young injlrstphonatje appear to be unknown. 



The Russet Sickle-Avinged Chat-Robin is common in the Cape 

 Colony, extending its range northwards into the Transvaal. It is 

 not known to be migratory, and is said to be Chat.-like in its habits. 



«. Ad. sk. South Africa. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



b. Ad. sk. Soutli Africa (^.X.Z«//«r<^). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



c, d. cJ 2 ad. sk. Potcliefstrooin, Trans\ aal, R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



May Lj,lS77(Tr.iMcm-). 



0. Myrmecocichla fusca, 



Sasicola fusca, Bli/th, J. A. S. Bvng. xx. p. 5i;? (1851) ; id. J. A. S. 



Bern), xxiv. p. 188 (185o) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 226. no. 3243 



(1869). 

 Cercomela fusca (Blytli), Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 134 (1863) ; Hume, Nests 



and £ygs Ind. B. p. 319 (1874) ; Butler, Stray Feath. 1875, p. 477. 



General colour of the upper parts chocolat-e-brown, shading into 

 paler chocolate-brown on the forehead ; lores chocolate-brown ; ear- 

 coverts paler chocolate-brown ; quills and wing-coverts dark brown ; 

 tail nearly black ; underparts pale chocolate-brown, shading into 

 dark brown on the under tail-coverts, axillaries, and under wing- 

 coverts. Bill, legs, feet, and claws black. Wing with the third and 

 fourth primaries nearly equal and longest, second primary inter- 

 mediate in length between the sixth and seventh, bastard primary 

 0'95 inch. Length of wing 3"45, tail 2-5, culmen 0-65, tarsus 1-0. 



It is not known that the female ditfers from the male ; nor lias any 

 record been made of the difference in the colour of the plumage 

 caused by age or season. 



The Indian Chat- Robin breeds in Central India, extending towards 

 the jSTorth-west Provinces. It is said to be a resident, and to resemble 

 a Chat in its habits. 

 (I. (S ad. sk. India. Capt. Boj's [C.]. 



7. Myrmecocichla melanura. 



Saxicola melanura, Ti'mm. PI. Col. no. 257, fig. 2 (1824) ; JRiipp. Neue 

 Wirb. Vog. p. 80 {circ. 1835) ; id. Syst. Uebers. p. 58 (1846) ; Gray, 

 Gen. B. i. p. 179 (1846) ; Bp. Cunsp. i. p. 304 (1850) ; Cab. Mus. 

 Ilein. i. p. 10 (1850) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 226. no. 3242 (1869) ; 

 He7i(/l. Orn.N.O.-Afr. i. p. 361 (1809); Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 27 

 (1871). 



Sylvia melanura {Temm.), Hempr. et Ehr. Symh. Phys., Aves, fol. cc 

 \1833). 



Sylvia lypura, Hempr. et Ehr. Symb. Phys., Aves, fol. ee (1833). 



Cercomela asthenia, Bp. Compt. Reml. xlii. p. 766 (1856). 



Pratincola melanura (Te7»m.), Heuyl. Syst. Uebers. p. 27 (1856) 

 Tristram, Ibis, 1807, p. 97. 



