PRATINCOLA. 19] 



the primaries white at the base on both webs so as to form a co; 

 cuous wing spot ; all the quills broadly white on their inner webs towards 

 their base ; tertiaries and all the coverts, and the greater and median coverts of 

 the later secondaries, white ; first and second primaries very narrowly margined 

 white towards the tips ; secondaries tipped inconspicuously with dull white ; 

 all the quills more or less margined paler on their outer webs ; 3rd to 6th 

 primaries conspicuously emarginate on their outer webs ; tail dark brown, 

 very narrowly margined and tipped with pale fulvous brown ; breast rather 

 pale ferruginous chestnut ; rest of the lower parts very pale fulvous ; axillaries 

 white, grey on their inner webs ; wing lining mingled with pale brown and 

 fulvous white. 



Length. 5-0 to 6-3 inches ; wing 3-3 to y$$ ; tail 2-3 ; bill from forehead 

 0-69 ; tarsus 0-97 to n. 



The above is Mr. Hume's description of a male specimen obtained by Mr. 

 Mandelli in the lower hills of the Bhootan Doars in April. 



A female obtained by Mr. Cleveland in October, a little west of the place 

 where Hodgson got his type, is described by Mr. Hume as under : 



Upper parts grey earth-brown, the feathers centred with dark hair brown ; 

 upper tail coverts dull rather pale ferruginous buff ; wings and tail blackish 

 brown, the greater and median coverts broadly tipped, the greater coverts 

 with dull rather creamy white, the rest with pale buff, forming two rather 

 conspicuous wing bars ; all the quills and coverts margined with creamy 

 white ; tail feathers similar ; chin and upper throat creamy ; rest of lower parts 

 nearly uniform rufous buff, and paling somewhat on the lower tail coverts, 

 flanks, axillaries and wing lining ; the base of the quills on their inner web with 

 a rufous white patch; irides brown; bill and legs black. 



Length. 1>'%\ wing 3-42; tail 2-4 ; tarsus ro8; bill o'67. 



Hab.-*- Bengal and Nepaul. Mr. Cleveland's specimen came from Captain 

 Gunj, Zilla Bustee ; Hodgson's type was from Segowlee. The species, accord- 

 ing to Mr. Cleveland, affects the cane-fields. 



215. Pratincola maura,P0^. Reis. ii. Anhang. p. joSA Gm. Syst. 

 Nat. i. p. 975. myth, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 129 ; id. Cat. Mus. A. S. B. 

 p. 170; Bp. Consp. i. p. 305 ; Sir. F. 1873, p. 355; 1875, p. 138; t. c. ^. 

 p. 475 ; 1876, pp. 142, 259, 275, 327 ; 1877, p. 36 ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 124, 

 No. 483 ; Murray, Hdbk., Zool, fyc. t Sind, p. 145 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, Br. 

 Mus. vol. iv. p. 1 88. Murray, Vert. Zool. Sind, p. 139. Pratincola robusta, 

 Tristr. Ibis. 1870, p. 497; Brooks, Str. F. 1876, p. 274; Hume, Sir. F. 1877, 

 p. 131 ;M878, p. 335 ; vii. p. 55. Pratincola rubicola (Pi.}, Seoertz. Turks/. 

 Jevotn. p. 65 ; Dresser, B. Eur. pt. 23, 24. Hume, Nes/s and Eggs, Ind. B. 

 p. 316. The INDIAN BUSH CHAT. 



