446 Capt. R. C. Beavan on various Indian Birds. 



tail-coverts whitish. This agrees fairly with Dr. Jerdon's de- 

 scription ; but the measurements are nearer those of my Kalka 

 bird. Length 5-3125; wing 2*625; tail 2; tarsus not quite 

 •875; spread of foot underneath 1*125 ; bill from front '437; 

 from gape '6875 ; extent 8-25 ; bill and legs black. 



483. Pratincola indica. Indian Bush-Chat. 



Seen about Barrackpore in November. 



A specimen in the flesh procured at Umballah, October 22nd, 

 1866, measured as follows: — Length barely 5'5 ; wing nearly 

 2*875 ; tail 2*125 ; tarsus '8125 ; bill from front *375 ; from gape 

 •625 j extent 8*75; in winter plumage. This exceeds Dr. Jer- 

 don's measurements; but the specimens procured at Simla are 

 so much smaller that I cannot help suspecting that they belong 

 to a different race. Compared with specimens in Col, Tytler's 

 museum, there appeared, however, to be no difference between 

 the two. The Simla specimens measure as follows : — 



Length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Bill. Extent. Spread foot. 

 A $ .. 4*87 2-5 1*875 *75 *437 7*25 



B .. 4*75 2-375 1*75 '75 -437 7*25 1-0625 



Bill, legs, and claws black. 



The only place about Simla where I have yet found these birds 

 is the hot and bush-covered steep and stony hillside above An- 

 nandale gardens. They seem to avoid the cultivation, except 

 where there are bushes only here and there, and are never found 

 in the forest. 



485. Pratincola insignis. Large Bush-Chat ? 



A bird procured at Lallroo, near Umballah, on the 14th of 

 November, 1866, agrees with Dr. Jerdon's description of this 

 species in having a conspicuous white throat, upper tail-coverts, 

 patch on tertials and at the base of the primaries. The tail- 

 feathers are white, with black shafts, the outer ones for all but 

 *5, which is brown, with a fulvous tip, as also have all the 

 others. The white decreases toward the middle pair, which are 

 brown for 1*5. Supercilium white, patch at base of bill 

 blackish ; breast light fulvous ; the upper parts ashy-grey, darker 

 in the centre ; wings and their coverts edged with fulvous where 



