98 Triunca:. 



646. Rhyacornis fuliginosus. The Plumbeous Redstart. 



Phoenicura fuliginosa, Vigors, P. Z. 8. 1831, p. 35. 



Ruticilla fuliginosa (Fig.), Blyth, Cat. p. 161); Horsf. fy M. Cat. i, 



p. 308; Jerd. B.Ind. ii, p. 142 ; Hume fy Renders. Lah. to York. 



p. 212, pi. xv. 

 Nymphseus fuliginosus ( Vig.), Hume, N. § E. p. 322. 

 Rhyacornis fuliginosa (Vig.), Blunf. J. A. 8. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 50; 



Hume, Cat. no. 505 ; Scully, S. F. viii, p. 303 ; Hume, S. F. xi, 



p. 196 ; Oates in Hume's N. Sf E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 65. 

 Xanthopygia fuliginosa (Vig.), Sharpe, Cat. B. 31. iv, p. 253; Gates, 



B. B. i, p. 284. 

 Chimarrhornis fuliginosa (Vig.), StoliczJca, J. A. 8. B. xxxvii, pt. ii, 



p. 43. 



The Plumheous Water-Robin, Jerd. ; Suradum parbo-pho, Lepch. ; 

 Chubbia naJcki, Bhut. 



Coloration. Hale. The whole plumage dull cyaneous ; tail- 

 coverts, both upper and lower, the vent, and tail bright chestnut ; 

 wing black with bluish margins. 



Female. The whole upper plumage dull bluish brown ; upper 

 and under tail-coverts white ; base of tail white, the amount on 

 the outer four pairs of feathers increasing towards the outside, 

 the outermost feather being white with a narrow dusky margin ; 

 lores and ear-coverts dusky mottled with white ; the whole lower 

 plumage ashy brown, each feather with a whitish centre and a 

 paler ashy margin ; upper wing-coverts aud tertiaries brown, edged 

 rufous and tipped with whitish ; quills brown, narrowly edged 

 with rufescent. 



The nestlings of both sexes resemble the female, and have the 

 same amount of white in the tail, but the whole upper plumage is 

 closely spotted and streaked with dull white or pale fulvous ; the 

 lower plumage is mottled and cross-barred with brown. 



Bill black ; gape fleshy white ; iris dark brown ; feet dark 

 horny brown ; claws black (Scully). 



Length about 5-5 ; tail 21 ; wing 3 ; tarsus - 9 ; bill from 

 gape '65. 



Distribution. The Himalayas from Eastern Kashmir to Assam ; 

 the Khasi hills ; Cachar; Manipur ; Arrakan. Blyth records this 

 species from Thayetmyo, where, however, I failed to meet with it. 

 This Redstart is found on the Himalayas from low elevations up 

 to 13,000 feet, according to season. It extends into China and 

 Mongolia. 



Habits, Sfc. Breeds apparently in every portion of its extensive 

 range. The nest is made of moss, lined with hair, wool, or soft 

 fibres, and placed on a shelf of a rock or in the hollow of a bank 

 by the side of a stream. The nesting-season is May and June. 

 The eggs are greenish white, thickly mottled with yellowish or 

 reddish brown, and measure, about 76 by "6 



