446 Mr. J. Scully on the 



86. RUTICILLA FRONTALIS (VigOIs) . 



Not uncommon at an elevation of 5000 feet on first ar- 

 rival in April. The female of tliis handsome species may 

 be readily distinguished from the other brown-coloured hens 

 of the genus by the black band^ nearly half an i^ich deep, 

 on the tips of the lateral tail-feathers, Male — length 6'4 

 inches,, wing 3-53, tail 3, tarsus 0-94^ bill from gape 0'7; 

 female — length Q, wing 3-15, tail 2'7, tarsus OS, bill from 

 gape 0"65. 



87. EUTICILLA C^RULEOCEPHALA (VigOrs) . 



Common in the forests from the third week in March to 

 the end of September. In the immature spotted plumage 

 the males can be readily distinguished from the females by 

 the former having snow-white outer margins to the inner 

 secondaries. 



88. RUTICILLA LEUCOCEPHALA ( VigOrs) . 



There does not seem to be any variation in the plumage of 

 this species due to season. Six males have the wings 3'75 to 

 4 inches, tail 3*2 to 3-26, and bill from gape 0-78 to 0-8; a 

 female measures — wing 3*4, tail 2' 9, bill from gape 0'7. 

 One of the male birds has a single chestnut feather on the 

 black nape. 



89. Tarsigek rufilatus (Hodgs.). 



Nemura rufilata, Hodgson, P. Z. S. 1845, p. 27. 



A summer visitor, and breeds in the pine-forests at an 

 elevation of about 10,000 feet. This species is quite distinct 

 from T. cyanunts (Pallas), under which name it is entered in 

 Major Biddulph^s list. In the male of T. cyanurus the lores 

 and eyebrow are white, surmounted by a narrow line of 

 cobalt-blue, and the under surface is cream-coloured ; while 

 in T. rufilatus the lores and eyebrow are brilliant cobalt, and 

 the under surface is greyish white. The female T. cyanurus 

 is easily distinguished from the same sex of T. rufilatus by 

 being more brown on the upper surface, cream-coloured on 

 the abdomen, and by having the lores paler. 



Gilgit examples of T. rufilatus are paler than specimens 

 from Sikkim with which I have compared them. The spe- 



