260 Mr. H. J. Elvves un the Genus Heuicurus. 



8. Henicurus maculatus. 



Enicurus maculatus, Vigors, P. Z, S. 1830-31, p. 9 ; Gould, 

 Cent. Him. Birds, pi. 27, et Birds of Asia, pt. xviii. ; Cat. Hodgs. 

 Coll. in B. M. p. 76 ; Jameson, Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vii. p. 363 ; 

 Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 156; Cat. Birds in Mus. As. Soc. 

 p. 159; Ibis, 1867, p. 29; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. Birds in Mus. 

 E. I. Comp. i. p. 346; Adams, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 489, & 1859, 

 p. 179; Jerd. Birdsoflndia, ii.p.212; Beavan, Ibis, 1868, p.75 ; 

 Brooks, Ibis, 1869, p. 57 ; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. 1868, p. 47. 



Enicurus fuliginosus, Hodgs. As. Res. xix. p. 190. 



Hab. Cashmere (^^flms); Pangi, 9000-10,000 feet (-S^/ic^^a) ; 

 Kangra {Elwes) ; Kumaon {Brooks) ; Simla [Beavan) ; Nepal 

 [Hodgson) . 



Head, breast, wings, and back black. The feathers of the 

 back are each tipped with a white mark or lunule, which run 

 together on the neck, and form a mottled collar of black and 

 white ; round patch on forehead, belly, rump, flanks, and tail- 

 coverts white ; wing-bar conspicuous ; bill black ; feet and legs 

 fleshy white; irides dark brown. Length 10 to 10^ inches; 

 wing 4; tail 5f ; bill, from gape, f ; tarsus 1^. The immature 

 bird is of a dull black, without white forehead or spots. The 

 female has the top of the head tinged with brown. 



The Spotted Fork-tail is one of the most characteristic 

 Himalayan birds, and, being common in the neighbourhood of 

 the hill-stations at an elevation of 6000 or 7000 feet, is known 

 to most Anglo-Indians. Its habits have been well described by 

 Adams and also by Jerdon, to whose invaluable work I refer 

 those who wish to know more of them. It has been found, by 

 Dr. Stoliczka, in the Sutlej valley, at elevations of from 5000 to 

 11,000 feet; but it does not extend, in that locality, eastward 

 of the large forests into the Thibetan climate. Adams says 

 (P. Z. S. 1859, p. 179) that it is common on the mountain- 

 streams southwards of the valley of Cashmere. Its nest was 

 taken by the late Mr. Home, near Nynee Tal, on the 27th of 

 May. It was placed in the side of a rocky watercourse; and 

 the eggs, which were three or four in number, wei-e 1 inch by 

 •625, white, with a faint shade of green, and speckled rather 

 sparingly with rusty brown. 



