200 LANIID/E. 



694. Ptererythrius ruflventer, Biyth, J. A. S. B. xi. p. 183 ; 



xii. p 954 ; id., Cat. B. Mus. As, Soc. p. 28 ; Gould, B. Asia, pt. ix. ; Jcrd. 

 B. Ind. ii. p. 245, No. 610; Hume, Sir. F. 1879, p. 104; Gates, B. Br. 

 Burm. i, p. 138. The RUFOUS-BELLIED SHRIKE-TIT. 



Head, cheeks and hind neck black ; back, scapulars and upper tail coverts 

 dark chestnut; wing coverts, quills and tail shining black; the primaries 

 narrowly margined on their outer web with white, and the secondaries and tail 

 feathers tipped with ferruginous ; ear coverts, lores, and below the eyes black ; 

 chin, throat, and foreneck pale grey or pure ashy ; sides of the breast light 

 yellowish brown ; centre of breast, abdomen, and under tail coverts vinous 

 brown ; under wing coverts and axillaries white. 



The female differs in having the upper parts, wings and middle of tail 

 feathers dark olive green, and the upper tail coverts and rump ferruginous. 

 Bill black ; feet flesh-coloured. 



Length. 7*5 to 77 inches; wing 3*5 ; tail 3-6 ; tarsus \'2 ; oilmen O'8. 



Hab. Eastern Himalayas (Darjeeling, Nepaul and Sikkim). 



695. Ptererythrius intermedius (Hume), Gadoiv, Cat. B. 



Br. Mus. viii. p. 117. Allotrius intermedius, Hume, Str. F. v. pp. 112 et 

 115; vi. p. 370; 1879, p. 104; Oates, B. Br. Burm. i. p. 140. HUME'S 

 SHRIKE-TIT. 



Head olivaceous, the forehead with a chestnut band ; throat chestnut, also 

 the centre of the breast ; superciliary stripe grey, extending as a broad band 

 over the ear coverts ; no nuchal collar as in A. mdanotis. Lower mandible 

 and edge of upper one pale blue ; rest of upper mandible black; irides brown; 

 feet and claws fleshy. 



Length. 4-7 inches ; wing 2-45 ; tail r ; tarsus 075. 



Hab. Tenasserim, on the higher slopes of Mooleyit mountain. 



696. Ptererythrius melanotis (Hodgs-), Gadow, Cat. B. Br. 



Mus.vm. p. 117; Gates, B. Br. Burm. i. p. 139. Allotrius melanotis, 

 Uodgs.,J. A. S. Bang, xvi., p. 448 ; Gould, B. Asia, pt. viii. ; Hume, Sir. F. 

 1879, P' IO 4 Blyth, B. Burm. p. 109; Nests and Eggs Ind. B. p. 390 ; 

 id., Str. F. vi. p. 369. Allotrius senobarbus, Jerd., B. Ind. ii. p. 246, 

 No 611. HODGSON'S SHRIKE-TIT. 



Male. Whole summit of head, back, scapulars, rump and upper tail coverts 

 greenish yellow ; a ring of feathers round the eye white; a very narrow line 

 from the nostrils over the eye and another broader one from the anterior 

 corner of the eye, passing under the eye and over the ear coverts and termina- 

 ting in a patch at the rear of the ear-coverts, black ; lores and a broad band 

 from eye to eye, round the nape, clear ashy ; ear coverts yellow ; chin and 

 throat dusky chestnut ; lower plumage bright yellow suffused with chestnut on 

 the breast ; central tail feathers green tipped with black ; the next four pairs 



