OREICOLA. 205 



Gen. OreiCOla. Bonap. 



Bill much as in Pratincola, but longer and deeper, and barely depressed at 

 base ; nostrils rounded, situated in a groove, with a few nareal bristles covering 

 them; rictus strongly bristled ; second primary longer than the secondaries; 

 wing rounded, about equal to the tail in length; 1st quill short; 2nd, 3rd 

 and 4th graduated, the 4th longest. 



231. Oreicola Jerdoni, Biyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 14 ; Bemoan, i. c. p. 449; 



Blanford, Ibis, 1870, p. 466; Blyth and Walden, B. Burnt., p. 101 ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. iv. p. 264. Rhodophila melanoleuca, Jerd. B. Ind. 

 ii. p. 128 ; iii. p. 872, No, 487. The BLACK AND WHITE BUSH-CHAT. 



Entire plumage above, including the thighs, glossy black; entire under 

 surface pure white ; under wing coverts and axillaries black, with broad white 

 edgings ; bill and legs black ; iris dark brown. 



Length. 5*4 inches; wing 2*55 ; tail 2*6 ; tarsus O'8 ; culmen o'5. 



The female is brown above, tinged with rufous, especially on the rump and 

 upper tail coverts ; tail brown, edged paler ; wings and their coverts brown, 

 edged with rufous ; sides of the head mixed ashy and brown, the top of head 

 with dark centres ; under surface of body uniform pale fulvous ; thighs brown ; 

 under wing coverts brown ; axillaries ashy, tinged with fulvous. 



Length. 5-2 inches ; wing 2-5 ; tail 2*5 ; tarsus 0*8 ; culmen 0-5. 



Hab. N. W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, and British Burmah. Jerdon procured 

 this species in Purneah, near the banks of the Ganges, and subsequently along 

 the reedy edge of some of the rivers in Eastern Bengal and Cachar. Mr. W. 

 Blanford obtained it in Burmah in long elephant grass, and Dr. Anderson 

 found it near Bhamo in Upper Burmah. 



232. OreiCOla ferrea, *&'. in Gray's Misc. p. 83 ; Sharpe, Cat. B, 

 Br. Mus. iv. p. 266 ; Oates, B. Br. Burnt, i. p. 283. Saxicola ferrea, Hodgs. 

 Icon. ined. Passeres, pi. 97. Pratincola ferrea, Bly. J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 129; 

 Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 127, No. 486; Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 318; Hume 

 and Henderson, Lahore to Yarkand, p. 205, pi. xii ; Bl. B. Burm. p. lot ; 

 Hume, Sir. F. iii. p. 135 ; Brooks, Str. F. iii. p. 239; Hume, Str. F. viii. 

 p. 99 ; Scully, Str. F. iii. p. 301. The DARK-GREY BUSH-CHAT. 



Male. Entire head above, back and scapulars black, each feather with a 

 broad edging of deep grey ; sides of the head and chin black ; rump grey with- 

 out any black ; upper tail coverts black, edged with grey ; wings black, each 

 feather of the coverts and tertiaries broadly, and the primaries and secondaries 

 narrowly edged with grey, the inner median coverts tipped with white, the 

 inner greater coverts wholly white ; tail black, edged with grey on both webs ; 

 supercilium whitish ; lower plumage white, with a greyish tinge on the breast 

 and flanks. /// winter dress males have the feathers of the upper plumage 

 fringed with rusty, and the black centres to the feathers indistinct; rump 

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