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



plumage. Both S. cenanthe and S. deserti have similar habits, 

 frequenting the open plain, in which bushes occur here and there ; 

 on the tops of these S. desei'ti frequently perches. But S. leu- 

 comela is more a bird of the bushes or trees, flying into them 

 when disturbed and alighting on a conspicuous bough. All three 

 take readily to holes in the ground when wounded. The female 

 of S. deserti entirely wants the jet-black of the male on the 

 throat and under wing-coverts : the wings and tail are dark 

 brown. It may be easily distinguished from the females of S. 

 picata and S. capistrata by its more generally fulvous hue, instead 

 of ashy-grey. 



497. RuTiciLLA RUFivENTRis. Indian Redstart. 



Exceedingly common in Maunbhoom in March, and at first I 

 was inclined to think it bred there ; but now I suspect that nests 

 with eggs brought as belonging to it were those of Thamnobia 

 cambaiensis. It is called " Tutturee Dama " by the natives of 

 Maunbhoom. 



504. RuTiciLLA c^RULEOCEPHALA, Bluc-headed Redstart. 

 Darjeeling collection, 1862. One specimen. Not previously 



observed at Darjeeling, according to Dr. Jerdon. 



505. RuTiciLLA FULiGiNOSA. Plumbcous Water-Robin. 



Common about the hill-streams near Darjeeling, where I col- 

 lected three specimens in 1862. The only pair 1 got at Simla 

 were brought in by my shikaree on the 29th of July, 1866; and 

 of these I have apparently omitted to record the dimensions. 



506. Chimarrhornis leucocephala. White-capped Red- 

 start. 



I did not get this species at Simla, but observed it on the 

 streams of the lower hill-ranges on the Simla cart-road between 

 Kalka and Dhurrumpore. At Umballah, on the 12th of Novem- 

 ber, four specimens in the flesh were brought in by my shikaree, 

 which he said he had procured in the neighbouring hills. I give 

 the dimensions of two : — 



