142 birds of india. 



Tee Blue-headed Redstart. 



Descr. — Top of the head pale whitisli blue ; lores, ear-coverts, 

 throat, breast, back, rump, upper tail-coverts and tail, black ; 

 wings dark brown, the scapulars, and outer edges of the second- 

 aries, white ; the under wing-coverts, belly, and vent, whitish. 



Bill and legs black. Length 6 to 65 inches ; wing 2^ ; tail 

 2| ; bill at front -^^ ; tarsus about 1 ; 4th, oth, and 6th quills about 

 equal. The female is probably similarly colored to the male. 



In this species the typical rufous tail is entirely absent, some 

 of the feathers of the rump, in winter only, having a rufous 

 tinge. Bonaparte makes of it the genus Adelura, but strangely 

 joins with it certain Fly-catchers. 



This prettily-colored Redstart is found throughout the whole 

 extent of the Himalayas, from the N. W. Provinces to Bootan, 

 but appears more common in the N. W. Himalayas, and I did not 

 procure it at Darjeeling, nor has it been yet observed there ; but it 

 will probably be found in the interior of Sikhim, at higher eleva- 

 tions. 



505. Euticilla fuliginosa, Vigors. 



P. Z. S., 1831— Blyth, Cat. 989— Horsp., Cat. 479— Ph. 

 plumbea, Gould — Rut. simplex, Lesson — Ph. rubrlcauda and P. 

 lineoventris (the female), HoDGSON — Suradiim parho-pho, Lepch. 

 -—Chuhia nakki, Bhot. 



The Plumbeous Water-eobin. 



Descr. — Male uniform dusky cyancous ; wings dusky blackish, 

 margined with cyaneous; vent, upper and lower tail-coverts, 

 and tail, dark ferruginous. The female is much paler ashy above, 

 and still paler below ; from the throat to the vent, each feather 

 spotted with white, and margined with dusky, and then pale ash ; 

 wings brown, spotted with white on the coverts ; tail wliite at 

 its base, extending to near the tip on the outermost tail feathers ; 

 the rest brown ; upper and lower tall-coverts also white. 



Bill black ; legs vinaceous brown ; irides dark brown. Length 

 5^ inches ; extent 9 ; wing nearly 3 ; tail 2 ; bill at front j^^ ; 

 tarsus |. 



