200 SAXICOLINZE 
Pratincola indica, Blyth. 
483.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 124; Butler, Guzerat ; 
Stray Feathers, Vol. III, p. 475 ; P. maura, Pall. : Deccan, Stray 
Feathers, Vol. x p. 404 ; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India ; 
Ibis, p. 124. 
THE INDIAN BUSHCHAT. 
Length, 5:25; wing, 2°75; tail, 1°75; tarsus, 09; bill at Goat, 
0°38. 
Bill black ; irides deep-brown ; legs black. 
The male in summer plumage has the whole head and neck, 
back, wings, and tail black, the back and wings edged with 
pale ‘rufous ; wing-spot, rump, and upper tail-coverts, white ; 
breast and lower parts bright ferruginous, deep on the breast, 
paler on the flanks and belly and albeseent on the vent and 
under tail-coverts; a demi-collar of white almost meets on the 
nape, dividmg the back of the head and neck. 
In winter plumage the black is almost replaced by earthy 
brown; the rump and tail-coverts are ferruginous-brown ; the 
lores, ear-coverts, and chin, however, are always more or less 
black; the white wing-spot is less prominent ; the whole lower 
parts are dull ferruginous, albescent on the under tail-coverts, 
and the demi-collar is deficient or rusty. 
The female resembles the male in winter dress, being brown 
above, margined with paler brown, and rufescent towards the 
the tail; but the chin and throat are white, and there is a 
white supercilium. The wing-spot too is a little sullied. 
The Indian Bush or Whinchat is a common winter visitant 
to all parts of the district, appearing about the commencement 
of September. 
Pratincola leucurus, Blyth. 
484.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 126; Murray’s Ver- 
tebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 140. 
THE WHITE-TAILED BUSHCHAT. 
Length, 5 ; wing, 2°5; tail, 2; tarsus,0°75; bill at front, 0°45. 
Bill black ; irides brown ; legs black. 
Male.—Above black, with the usual white wing-patch; the 
breast bright rufous in the centre; sides of neck, breast, and 
lower parts pure white; the four outer tail-feathers wholly 
white on their mner webs, except the tip of the two outermost ; 
and the pair next the centrals (which are wholly black) have 
the greater portion of the inner web also white. 
The female is brown above, the feathers edged paler, with a_ 
smaller white wing-spot, but no white on the tail; beneath 
earthy-white, tinged rufous on the breast. 
In winter the dorsal feathers are more or less edged with 
brown. 
The White-tailed Bushchat is a winter visitant to Sind; it 
does not occur elsewhere within our limits. 
