HENICURUS. 85 



with white tips ; rump, upper tail-coverts, and the two outer pairs 

 of tail-feathers white ; the other tail-feathers black, with white 

 bases and tips ; lower part of throat and the whole lower plumage 

 white, the breast with narrow indistinct black cross bars. 



The young have the head and back ashy brown ; chin and lower 

 plumage white, the throat and breast mottled with brown. 



Bill black ; iris blackish brown ; feet fleshy white ; the tarsi 

 livid in front ; claws whitish. 



Length up to 10 ; tail up to 5 ; wing 3 - S ; tarsus 1-05 ; bill 

 from gape 1. 



Distribution. The Himalayas from Kumaim* to the Daphla hills 

 in Assam; the Naga hills; Manipur ; Arrakan ; the whole of 

 Tenasserim. This species extends into Southern China. 



Habits, fyc. Breeds in Sikhhn and Tenasserim from March to 

 July. The nest and eggs do not differ in any respect from those 

 of the preceding species. The eggs measure about "85 by "65. 



633. Henicurus immaculatus. The Blaclc-bacTced Forktail. 



Euicurus immaculatus, Hodys. As. Res. xix, p. 190 (1836); Blyth, 



Cat. p. 159 ; Hursf. 8? M. Cat. i, p. 346 ; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 213 ; 



Hume, S. F. iii, p. 141. 

 Henicurus immaculatus, Hodgs., Elwes, Ibis, 1872, p. 254 ; Antlers. 



Yunnan Exped., Aves, p. 6io ; Hume, Cat. no. 585 ; Sharpe, Cat. 



B. M. vii, p. 314 ; Oates, B. B. i, p. 25 ; Hume, 8. F. xi, p. 228 ; 



Oates in Hume's N. c/ E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 62. 



Coloration. Forehead and the feathers above and behind the eye 

 white; the plumes at the base of the bill, the lores, sides of the 

 head, sides of the neck, chin, throat, crown, nape, and back black ; 

 lesser and median wing-coverts black ; primary-coverts and winglet 

 black ; scapulars and greater coverts black, tipped with white ; 

 primaries black ; secondaries and tertiaries black, the bases broadly 

 white and tipped white ; rump, upper tail-coverts, and the lower 

 plumage white, the feathers at the side of the breast tipped with 

 black ; axillaries white ; the two outer pairs of tail-feathers white, 

 the others black, with broad white bases and narrower tips. 



The young have the head, neck, back, and breast sooty black, 

 and there is no white on the forehead and about the eyes. The 

 nestling is probably spotted. 



Bill and inside of mouth black ; iris brown ; feet and claws pale 

 yellowish white. 



Length nearly 10; tail 5-3; wing 4; tarsus 1-2; bill from 

 gape '95. 



Distribution. The Himalayas from Garhwal to Dibrugarh in 

 Assam; Cachar ; Sylhet ; the Garo and Khasi hills; Manipur; 



* Hume assures us that he procured the nest of this species in Kumaun 

 (N. & E p. 37«), and I accordingly give the range as extending westwards to 

 this State, but I have seen no specimen from any locality west of Nepal. 



