322 TURDIN^E. 



399. Ruticilla aurorea, (GmeL) Jerd. B. ind. \\. p. 139, No. 500; 



Wald. in Bl. B. Burm., p. 201 ; Hume Str. F. iii. p. 135 ; Gates, B. Br. 

 JBurm. i. p. 16. Motacilla aurorea, Gmel., Syst. Nat. i., p. 976. The 

 DAURIAN REDSTART. 



A narrow line on the forehead, lores, cheeks, chin, ear coverts, and throat 

 black ; remainder of lower surface with the auxiliaries and under wing coverts 

 deep chestnut. Head, nape, and upper back slaty grey ; most of the feathers 

 slightly tipped with brown ; back, scapulars and wing coverts black, sometimes 

 margined with grey ; rump and upper tail coverts chestnut j tail chestnut, 

 except the central pair and the terminal half of the outer web of the outer 

 pair of feathers, which are black ; wings very dark brown ; nearly black on 

 the secondaries, which have a large white patch at the base of each feather. 



The female differs from the male in having the whole under parts light brown, 

 tinged with rufous on the vent and under tail coverts ; head, sides of head and 

 neck, back, and scapulars olive brown ; rump and upper tail coverts chestnut ; 

 wings and wing coverts brown ; each feather margined paler, and the spot on 

 the secondaries smaller than in the male ; tail chestnut, the black parts in the 

 male being replaced by brown ; bill and legs black ; irides brownish. 



Length. 5*75 inches ; tail 2 f 5 ; wing 2'9 ; tarsus O'9; oilmen 0*6. 



Hab. S.-E. Himalayas, Bhootan, Assam, and Eastern Bengal and Burmah 

 during winter. It summers in S.-E.. Siberia, E. Mongolia, North China, and 

 the mountains of Japan. It'has also been recorded as occurring during winter 

 in the Malay Peninsula. 



400. Ruticilla erythrogastra, (Gould.*) Biyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. 



Soc. p. 168 ; Gould. B. Asia, i. pi. 49 ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 139, No. 499; 

 Hume and Henders., Lahore to Yarkand, p. 210 ;. Dresser, B. Eur. pt. Ixvi. ; 

 Blanford, J* A. S. B. xli., pt. 2, p. 51. Motacilla erythrogastra, Gould, Nov. 

 Com. Petrop. xix. p. 469. The WHITE-WINGED or GULDENSTADT'S REDSTART. 



The male in full autumn plumage. Forehead, crown and nape pale grey, 

 the feathers mesially streaked below with white ; a narrow line at base of upper 

 mandible ; lores, ear coverts, sides of the neck, cheeks, chin, throat, breast, 

 upper and under wing coverts, back and scapulars black ; quills dark brown, 

 a white spot on the wing ; rump, upper tail coverts, tail, axillaries, belly, 

 flanks and under tail coverts chestnut, slightly darker on the two central 

 tail feathers. Bill, legs, feet and claws black ; 3rd, 4th, and 5th primaries 

 sub-equal and longest ; 2nd equal to the 7th. 



Length. Wing 4-05 to 4-3 inches; tail 3-01 to 3-3 ; culmen 0*59 to 0*6; 

 tarsus i ' i . 



The female is drab in colour, slightly darker on the lores and ear coverts and 

 much lighter on the margins of the greater wing coverts. The chestnut 



