TURDIDJE. 



Genus OREICOLA., Bonap., 1854. 



This genus differs from Pratincola in having a much longer tail, 

 which is also very much more graduated. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Whole upper plumage, wings, and tail 



black O. jerdoni 3 , p. GO. 



b. Upper plumage ashy and black; wing- 



coverts largely white ; tail margined 



white O. ferrea 3 , p. 66. 



c. Upper plumage rufous-brown or rufous- 



ashy. 



«'. With no supereilium O. jerdoni 2 > P- 66. 



V, With a supereilium O. ferrea $ , p. 66. 



614. Or eicola jerdoni. Jordan's Bash-Chat. 



Rhodophila melanoleuca, Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 128 (1863, nee Vieili), 



App. p. 872 ; Godw.-Aust. J. A. 8. B. xxxix, pt. ii, p. 270. 

 Oreicola jerdoni, Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 14; Blanf. Ibis, 1870, p. 466; 



Hume, Cat. no. 487 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iv, p. 264 ; Oates, B. B. 



i, p. 282 ; Solvation, Ann. Mas. Civ. Gen. (2) iv, p. 590 ; Hume, 



S. F. xi, p. 103. 

 Pratincola jerdoni {Blyth), Anders, Yunnan Exped., Aves, p. 616. 



Coloration. Male. The whole upper plumage, wings, tail, and 

 sides of the head and neck deep black ; the whole lower plumage 

 white ; under wing-coverts black slightly tipped with white. 



Female. The whole upper plumage brown tinged with rufous, 

 especially on the rump and upper tail-coverfcs ; tail brown, edged 

 paler ; wings and coverts brown edged with rufous ; sides of the 

 head mixed ashy and brown ; chin and throat white ; remainder of 

 the lower plumage pale fulvous. 



Bill and legs black ; iris dark brown (Jerdon). 



Length about 6; tail 2*7; wing 2*7; tarsus '85; bill from 

 gape -7. 



I have not been able to examine a young bird of this species. 



Distribution. Purneah in Behar ; Eastern Bengal ; Dibrugarh in 

 Assam ; Sylhet ; Cachar ; Manipur ; the neighbourhood of Btuimo ; 

 Bassein district ; Leppadan on the Rangoon and Promo Railway, 

 where I lately observed this species in March in thick grass on the 

 banks of the Leppadan river. It is not known whether this Bush- 

 Chat is migratory or not. 



615. Oreicola ferrea. The Darlc-yrey Bush-Chat. 



Saxicola ferrea, Hodys. in Gray's Cat. Mamm. fyc. Nep. pp. 71, 153 

 (1846). 



Pratincola ferrea (Hodys.),_ Blyth, Cat. p. 170; Horsf.fyM. Cat. 

 i, p. 286 ; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 127 ; Stohczka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, 

 pt. i, p. 41 ; Hume, N. 8f E. p. 318 ; Hume $ Henders. Lah. to 



