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



marked) all about this ring. Of four eggs, three measured "75 

 by -5625, the fourth -6875 by -5625. 



The young male of the year has the upper parts mixed rufous 

 and dusky, darker on the head ; the upper tail-coverts unsullied 

 rufous or dark cinnamon-colour ; the wing dark brownish-slaty, 

 nearly black, with ashy edges to tertials ; tail black, tipped with 

 rufous, and with ashy edges to exterior webs of quills ; throat 

 dirty white ; a few brown specks on breast ; lower parts fulvous 

 white ; bill and legs black. 



Supposed female of the year : — Head and back dark brown ; 

 upper tail-coverts and outer webs of tail-feathers dark rufous ; 

 wings and tail dark brown ; secondaries and tertials, and their 

 coverts, edged with rufous on their outer webs; irides dark 

 brown ; eye Ruticilla-\\ke, very circular and brilliant ; throat 

 creamy-white, tending to light brown on the breast and lower 

 parts, somewhat darker on the flanks, and lighter about the vent ; 

 bill and legs black, a whitish spot at shoulder. 



This species frequents woods, gardens, and places where trees 

 are abundant. It is worthy of observation that one scarcely, if 

 ever, sees the female, although males are common enough. The 

 one I shot off the nest was (with the exception of the specimen 

 last described) the only one I saw or secured. 



487. Oreicola jerdoni, Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 14 ; Rhodo- 

 phila melanoleuca, Jerdon. Black-and-white Bush-Chat. 



Mr. Blyth has given, in the passage cited, his reasons for altering 

 the name of this species. It was first discovered by Dr. Jerdon 

 at Caragola Ghaut, on the Ganges; and I happened to be with 

 him when he secured his first specimen. 



488. Saxicola leucuroides. Indian White-tailed Stone- 

 Chat. 



Umballah, November 12, 1866. — I obtained a fine male, on 

 the same ground (in cantonments near the race-course) that had 

 previously yielded me the next species {S. picata) and ;S^. deserti, 

 a plain covered with low straggling trees of the " keekur " or 

 "babool'' {Acacia, sp.). This was my first introduction to this 

 fine species. 



The following are the dimensions of three males : — 



