246 birds of india. 



Thk Rufous-bellied Shrike-tit. 



Descr. — Male, the head ahove and nape deep black ; back and 

 upper tall-coverts dark chesnut ; wings and tail shining black, 

 the latter tipped ferruginous, as are the secondaries, and the 

 longest of the tertiaiies ; lores, ear-coverts, and below the eyes, 

 deep black ; throat, foreneck and breast pure ashy, the rest of the 

 under parts from the breast, pale brownish cinereous with a patch 

 of golden yellow on each side of the breast, bordering the gray ; 

 and the flanks ferruginous. The female differs in having the 

 upper parts, wings, and middle of the tail feathers, green ; and 

 only the rump and upper tail-coverts ferruginous ; sides of the 

 head grey. 



Bill black ; length 7^ inches ; wing 3^ ; tail 3-| ; bill at front |- ; 

 tarsus 1^. 



I did not procure this species myself, but it was originally 

 sent from Darjeeling, and has since been found by Hodgson 

 in Nepal. It differs from the last structurally by its more 

 slender and less hooked bill. 



Allotrius Jiaviscapis, Temm., from Java, appears to be a typical 

 FterutJdus. 



The next form differs in its small size. 



Gen. Allotrius, Temm. (restricted). 



Char. — Of small size ; the bill strongly hooked and notched ; 

 tarsus longer than in Fieruthius ; tail nearly even. 



This form differs but slightly from the last, and is barely Avorthy 

 of separation, but the genus is adopted by some Ornithologists. 

 Its mode of coloration is someAvhat different. 



611. Allotrius cenobarbus, Temminck. 



PI. Col. 589, f. 2 — Pt. melanotis, (the male) and P. xanthochloris 

 (the female), Hodgson— Blyth, Cat. 1883— Horsf., Cat. 226— 

 Gould, Birds of Asia, pt. VIII., pi. U and 12 —Ku-er-pho, Lepch. 

 The Chesnut-throated Shrike-tit. 



Descr. — Male, above vernal green Avith the forehead yellowish, 

 and the nape slaty ; ear-coverts mixed black and yellow ; Aving 

 coverts blue grey externally, dusky black Avithiu, and Avlth 

 Avhitish edges to the tips ; tail with the central feathers green, the 

 outer pair pure Avhite, the rest tipped Avhitc, and the pair next the 



