198 LANUD/E. 



into the Patoarctic and African regions in the old world ; and following this 

 are Paehyccphalina and Vireonime, both unrepresented in India. Dr. Gadow, 

 however, places Tephrodortiis grisola in the Pocky ctphalina sub-family, but 

 this cannot stand there, nor can /*. cyanea, both of which are true Niltavas 

 without tarsal scutes. 



Sub-Family-MALACONOTlN/K. 



Bill longer, wider and less compressed than in Lanius, the tip well hooked 

 and strongly toothed, also slightly longer, and the tail shorter, tip bent down ; 

 nostrils uncovered by feathers ; 1st primary shorter than the 2nd, the 4lh, 

 $th, and 6th longest. Plumage lax and soft, forming a thick covering. 



Gen. Ptererythrius. Stricki. 



Bill short and straight ; culmen with a prominent ridge bent down at tip, 

 hooked and notched ; base of bill broad and more flattened than in Lanius; 

 other characters the same as those of the sub-familly. 



692. Ptererythrius erythropterus (Vigors), Swains., Classif. 



B. i. p. 249; Gadow, Cat. B. Br. Mus. viii. p. 113. Pteruthius erythrop- 

 terus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xi. pp. 106, 183 ; Gould, B. Asia, pt. viii. ; Jerd. 

 B. Ind. ii. p. 245, No. 609; Hume, Sir. F. 1873, p. 356 ; 1879, P- IO 4- Lanius 

 erythropterus, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p, 22; Gould, Cent. Him. B. pi. n. 

 The RED-WINGED SHRIKE-TIT. 



Adult male. Head black ; rest of upper surface light plumbeous grey ; 

 cheeks and supercilium white ; tips of the upper tail coverts and tail black ; 

 wing coverts and quills black, tipped white on their inner webs ; lertiaries 

 edged with chestnut red on the outer webs, and fulvous on the inner ; under 

 surface of the body white, the flanks washed with a vinous colour ; under tail 

 and under wing coverts white, with a grey patch near the edge of the wing. 

 Bill black ; feet pale fleshy ; iris dark brown. The adult female is olive brown 

 above, including the scapulars and upper tail coverts ; lesser wings coverts 

 black edged with grey, the median and greater series olive brown ; primary 

 coverts and quills black, the latter, except the first three primaries, tipped white 

 on their inner webs, the secondaries conspicuously margined with olive green ; 

 outer webs of the outermost tail feathers olive greenish and tipped with yellowish 

 green, the inner webs black ; central feathers olive green tipped with black ; 

 head grey : supercilium darker than in the male ; under surface of the body 

 white ; the thighs, under tail coverts, middle of abdomen and flanks washed 

 with fulvous ; under wing coverts and axillaries white. 



Length. 6-3 107 inches; wing 3*1 to 3*25; tail 2*2 to 2-5 ; tarsus 1*03 

 to ri ; culmen 0*6 to 0*7. 



