642 ALATJDID^. 



1. Atnmomanes phcenicura. 



Mirafra phoenicura, IVrmW. F. Z. S. 1831, p. 119; Sykes, P. Z. S. 



1832, p. 03 ; Jevd. Madr. Jouni. xi. p. 32 (1840) ; Blyth, J. A. S. 



Beng. xiii. pt. 2, p. 960 (1844) ; Gray, Gen. B. il. p. 383 (1844); 



Bp. Consp. i. p. 243 (1850) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 122, no. 



7810 (1870). 

 Auimomanes phcenicura, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Sac. p. 134 (1849) ; 



id. J. A. S. Beng. xxiv. p. 258 (1855) ; Horsf. l^- Moore, Cat. B. 



Mus. E. I. Co. ii. p. 477 (1856) ; Jerd. B. hid. ii. p. 421 (1863) ; 



Beavan, Ibis, 1868, p. 179; Hayes Lloyd, Ibis, 1873, p. 414 ; Iliane, 



Nest c5- Bf/f/s Ind.B. ]>. 477 (1873) ; Ball, Str. F. ii. p. 422 (1874) ; 



Butler, Str. F. iii. p. 499 (1875) ; Fairbank, Str.F. iv. p. 261 (1876) ; 



Ball, Str. F. v. p. 223 (1877); Davidson Sj- Wenden, Str. F. vii. 



p. 85 (1878) ; Butler, Cat. B. Sind i^-c. p. 49 (1879) ; Hume, 



Str. F. viii. p. 108 (1879) ; Vidal, Str. F. ix. p. 72 (1880) ; Butler, 



Cat. B. Bomb. Pres. p. 63 (1880) ; Davidson, Str. F. x. p. 314 



(1882); Swinh. ^ Barnes, Ibis, 1885, p. 129; Macgr. Str. F.x. 



p. 440 (1887). 



AduU male. Above dark brown, nearly uniform or with some 

 slight remains of sandy-rufous margins to the feathers ; lower 

 rump, upper tail- coverts, and tail-feathers rufous, the latter with a 

 blackish band at the ends, increasing in extent towards the middle 

 of the tail, the centre feathers having the terminal half blackish ; 

 wing-coverts and quills dark brown, with narrow rufous edges to the 

 primary-coverts and quills, the latter narrowly edged with sandy 

 rufous ; head like the back ; lores and a faint streak over the eye 

 ■ and sides of face tawny rufous ; the ear-coverts ashy brown with 

 fulvescent streaks ; cheeks and under surface of body tawny rufous, 

 deepening into chestnut on the abdomen ; the breast washed with 

 ashy brown, especially on the sides ; the lower throat, fore neck, and 

 breast spotted with black, increasing in size on the chest, and rather 

 more longitudinal on the breast; under wing-coverts and quill- 

 lining chestnut-rufous : " bill blackish horny ; legs and feet brownish 

 black; iris brown " ((/. M. Slauijhter). Total length 6'2 inches, 

 culmen 0'6, wing 4*15, tail 2-35, tarsus 0'9. 



Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 6-2 

 inches, culmen O-G, wing 3-9, tail 2-2, tarsus 0*9. 



Young. Much paler than the adults and with remains of sandy- 

 buff fringes to the feathers ; the wing-coverts and quills broadly 

 edged with sandy rufous ; under surface paler and more ochraceous 

 rufous, the spots on the throat and breast more dusky and not so 

 pronounced. 



Hah. Central India as far south as the Nilghiris, extending to 

 Deesa and Cutch on the west, and to the Buxar district in Bengal, 

 not ascending the Himalayas. 



a. Ad. sk. Kutch. Gates Coll. 



b. S ] o,d. ^ ad. sk. Ahmedabad, Feb. Seebohni Coll. 

 e. 2 ad. sk. Deesa, Oct. (E. A. Butler). Hume Coll. 

 /. Ad. sk. Mt. Aboo, Dec. {Dr. Neiv- Hume Coll. 



man). 



