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their measurements with the dimensions given by Dr. Jerdon, 

 except in lengthy since none of mine exceed 5-5. It seems 

 possible that Col. Tytler is mistaken in referring the Umballah 

 bird to this species^ instead of to S. curruca, with the description 

 of which it agrees equally well. 



58Jj. Henicurus (errore Enicurus) maculatus. Spotted 

 Fork-tail. 



Several specimens obtained in my collection at Darjeeling in 



1862. I frequently observed it there in the valleys of the Great 



and Little Rungeet Rivers, and when crossing the Rummam 



River into Sikkim in the first expedition of 1861. At Simla, in 



1866, I again procured this bird, both the adult and the young 



of the year. Dimensions as follows : — 



Length. Wing. Tail. 



May 30. Adult . . 10-875 4-12 5-02 



June 10. „ . . 11 4-5 



. . Young.. 9-25 4 4-5 



The last specimen wants the white frontal patch altogether, 

 and is dark fulvous-brown on the whole head, neck, and back 

 — parts which, in the fully adult, are jet-black and pure white ; 

 this brown colour extends as far as the middle of the breast; on 

 the belly and flanks it is slight, and mingled with white, which 

 becomes much purer in hue on the lower belly, under tail-coverts, 

 and rump. The white wing-band, also, is slightly tinged with 

 brown. The bill and legs are as in the adult. 



On the 19th October, on my way down the hill, about thirty 

 miles from Simla, on the cart-road to the plains, at some dis- 

 tance from any water, I obtained a very fine specimen of the 

 adult bird. It was clinging to the scarped side of the bank 

 above the road, apparently feeding on some insects there. 



587. Henicurus scouleri. Short-tailed Fork-tail. 



I have come across this pretty little bird on two occasions 

 only — first in Darjeeling in 1862, and secondly at Simla in 

 June 1866, when a pair were brought in by my " shikaree." 

 The dimensions of these were as follows : — 



