13. HEiiiPus. 307 



forming a wing-bar ; qiiills black, the secondaries externally mar- 

 gined with white, in continuation of the bar formed by the coverts ; 

 tail glossy black, all but the two centre feathers tipped with white, in- 

 creasing very much in extent towafds the outermost, which are 

 edged with white along the outer web for all but the basal third ; 

 bill and legs black ; iris sienna-yellow. Total length 5-3 inches, 

 culmen 0'6, wing 2*5, tail 2-5o, tarsus O-oo {Nepal). 



Adult female. Differs from the male in having the head brown, 

 only a little darker than the back ; wings brown ; tail blackish 

 brown ; the markings on both these exactly as in the male. Total 

 length 5-3 inches, culmen 0-5, vring 2-5, tail 2-6, tarsus 0-55 {Nepal). 



lianye. Himalaya Mountains, ranging into Burmah. 



a. S ad. St. Himalaya Mountains. 



b, c, d, e. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. II. Hodgson, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 /, g. Ad., h, 1. Jan. sk. DarjUing. J. Fotheringham, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 A. cJ ad. sk. Ponsee, Kakhyen hills, Dr. Anderson [C.J. 



March 13, 1808. 



3. Hemipus picatus. 



Muscicapa picata, Si/kes., P. Z. S. 18;32, p. 85 ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xi. 



p. 458 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 263. 

 Muscicapa UTanuides, Tickell, J. A. S. B. ii. p. 574. 

 Muscicapa hiruudiuaeea, Jerd. Madr. Journ. xi. p. 17. 

 Hemipus picatus, Bh/th, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 305 ; Jerd. B. Ind. i. 



p. 413; Blyth, Ibi^, 18(36, p. 308; Holdsw. P.Z. S. 1872, p. 437; 



Ball, Str. F. 1873, p. 399; Iluine, t. c. p. 474; id. S. F. 1875, 



p. 93 ; Bhjth S,- Walden, B. Burm. p. 122. 



Adult male. Above black, with a slight gloss of bronzy green, 

 the head glossed with steel-black ; lores, feathers round the eye, 

 and ear-coverts black ; checks and sides of neck pure white, forming 

 a kind of half-collar round the back of the neck ; rump creamy 

 white, some of the plumes tipped with black, forming a transverse 

 bar ; wings black, the coverts and quills slightly glossed with 

 greenish black, the median and inner greater coverts tipped with 

 white, and the outer secondaries externally white, forming a longi- 

 tudinal bar down the wing ; upper tail-coverts and tail black, the 

 three outer feathers tipped with white, the outermost also edged 

 externally with the same ; under surface of body pinkish ashy, the 

 abdomen and under wing- and tail-coverts ])ure white, the latter 

 with blackish bases ; thighs ashy brown ; " bill black ; legs and feet 

 black ; iris reddish brown " {Letjr/e). Total length 5-2 inches, cul- 

 men 0'55, wing 2-4, tail 2'3, tarsus 0'5. 



Hab. Southern India and Ceylon. 



a. Ad. sk. [India.] 



b. (J ad. sk. Ceylon, Jime 10, 1870. Capt. Vincent Legge [P.]. 



