7. PTEEERYTHEIUS. 113 



1. Ptererythrius erythropterus. 



Laniu9 e^^•t^ll■optel■us, Vii/. P. Z. S. 1S31, p. 22 ; Gould, Century 



Him. B. pi. 11. 

 Pteruthius enthropterus, Swaim. Class. B. i. p. 249 (18.37) ; Blyth, 



J. A. S. Ben;/, xi. pp. 106, liS3; id. Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. 



p. 99; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 270; id. Cat. Mamm. i^-c. Nepal pres. 



Hodgs. p. 95 ; Bp. C. A. i. p. 3(}2 ; Horsf. 8; Moore, Cat. B. Mm. 



E.I. Co. i. p. 172 ; Goidd, B. Asia, pt. viii. ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 245 ; 



Hume, Sir. F. 1873, p. Soli, 1879, p. 104. 



Adult male. General colour above plumbeous grey, but the upper 

 tail-coverts edged with black ; wing-eoverts and quills black, with 

 white tips on the inner web, the three iunermost secondaries rich 

 chestnut-brown : tail black ; head black, with a long white super- 

 ciliary stripe ; cheeks and all the underparts of the body white ; 

 flanks washed with vinous colour ; under tail- and under wing-coverts 

 white, with a grej' patch near the edge of the wing ; under surface 

 of the quills blackish, with a great deal of white for more than 

 the basal half of the inner web ; bill black ; feet " pale fleshy : " 

 iris " dark brown." Total length 6-6 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 3-1- 

 3-4, tail 2-2-2-0, tarsus 1-1-1. 



Adult female. General colour above, scapulars, and upper tail- 

 coverts light olive-brown ; lesser wing-coverts black, edged with grey, 

 the median and greater ones olive-green ; the primary wing-coverts 

 black ; quills black, with white tips to the inner web ; secondaries 

 conspicuousl^y margined with olive- green ; the first two or three of 

 the primaries without white tips ; the three innermost quills entirely 

 chestnut-brown as in the male ; outer web of the outer pair of the 

 tail-feathers olive-green, with a large greenish-yellow tip, inner 

 web black ; central feathers olive-green, with a black tip ; head 

 plumbeous grey, with a darker superciliary stripe ; under surface 

 white, inclining on the abdomen and flanks to fulvous, like the 

 thighs and under tail-coverts ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 white, with the larger coverts dusky blackish like the under surface 

 of the quills, which are white along the edge of the inner web. 

 Total length 6-3 inches, ciilmen 0*6, vring 3-2, tail 2-45, tarsus 

 1-03. 



Hah. Himalayas to Assam. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Assam {McClelland). India Museum. 



b. cj ad. sk. Bootan {Pemherton) . India ^Museum. 

 c,d. (5 2 ad.sk. Ise'^&l {B.H.Hodgson). India Museum. 



e,f. cJ 2 ad. sk. Nepal. B. II. Hodgson, Esq. 



g,h. S 9- ad. sk. Nepal. B. II. Hodgson, Esq. 



i. [ 2 ] juv. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



k, 2 ad. St. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



/. 2ad.sk. Darjiling. H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



m. (S ad.sk. Kimiaon (.S^-ac^ey) . India Museum. 



«. 2 W^- ^^' Mussoorie. E. W. Gates, Esq. [C.]. 



o-q. S ad.sk. Simla. Capt.StacldiousePinwilI[P.]. 



r, «. [ 2 ] ad. sk. Simla. Capt.StackhousePinwill [P.]. 



t. ^ ad. sk. Murree. Col. Way [P.]. 



M. cJ ad. sk. Kashmere (Dr. Belleic). India Museum. 



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