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B. Pectore nigro. 



d. dorso immaculato : 



e'. major 6. leschenaidti. 



f. minor 7. frontalis. 



e. dorso albo lunulato 8. macvlatus. 



f. dorso albo punctato 9. guttatus. 



1. Henicurus velatus. 



Enicurus velatus, Temm. PI. Col. 160; Gray, Gen. Birds, i. 

 p. 204; Bp. Consp. Av. p. 251; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. Birds 

 in Mus. E. I. Comp. i. p. 347. 



Hab. Java {Diard). 



Head, back, and sides of neck dark slaty grey ; wings, chin, 

 and spot in front of the eye black ; breast, belly, rump, tail- 

 coverts, and a bar across the forehead white; the white bar 

 on the wing is concealed by the coverts. Bill black; irides 

 dark brown ; legs and feet fleshy white. 



Length about 7 inches; wing 3; tail 3| ; bill f ; tarsus 1. 



The female has the top of the head tinged with brown ; and, 

 according to Temminck, the throat is whitish, and the back a 

 little more ashy than in the male. 



This pretty and distinct species is, so far as I am aware, only 

 found in Java, where it has been collected by MM. Diard, 

 Reinwardt, and Duvaucel. It is rare in collections. 



2. Henicurus schistaceus. 



Enicurus schistaceus, Hodgs. As. Bes. xix. p. 189; Gray's 

 Zool. Misc. 1844, p. 83 ; Gray, Cat. Hodgs. Coll. in B. M. p. 76 ; 

 Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 157; Cat. Birds in Mus. A. S. Beng. 

 p. 159; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1861, p. 409, 1867, pp. 29, 404; 

 P. Z. S. 1863, p. 276; Jerdon, Birds of India, ii. p. 215. 



H. leucoschistus, Swinhoe, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1870, vi. 

 p. 154; P. Z.S. 1871, p. 365. 



Hab. Nepal {Hodgson) ; Sikim (Elwes) ; Bhotan [Pember- 

 ton); Tenasserim {Bhjth) ; Moupin [David); China (Srvinhoe). 



Above dark slaty-grey, with a narrow white band across 

 forehead from eye to eye; lores, cheeks, chin, and primaries 

 black, the latter (except the first two) showing a white mark 

 below the white bar. Throat, breast, belly, rump, and tail- 

 coverts white. Eyes dark brown ; beak black ; feet and legs 



