452 Zoological Society : — 



Ruticilla at rata, G. R. Gray, Gen of Birds, i. p. 180. Hodgs. 

 Cat. B. of Nep. p. 68. 



Ruticilla indica, Blyth, Catal. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 168 (1850). 

 Bonap. C. G. Av. p. 296. 



Black Indian Redstart, Jard. et Selby. 



Thirt-hira (i. e. Shaker), Hind., Jerdon. 



Thirthir Kumpa, Plains, lloyle. 



Phirird or Ld/ffdrdi, Beng., Dr. F. (Bach.) Hamilton, MS. ii. p. 94. 



Hab. India generally. In Mus. East India Company. 



"This species is very common in most parts of India during the 

 cold weather, but more so in the table-land, I think, than in the Car- 

 natic. It is solitary, frequenting wooded places, gardens, hedges, old 

 walls and out-buildings, being often seen about the roofs of houses. 

 It feeds on the ground, on wasps, ants, and various other insects. 

 Has a most peculiar quivering motion of its tail, especially after 

 feeding." — Jerdon. 



5. Ruticilla Hodgsoni, nobis. 



Syn. Phrp.nicura ruticilla, Hodgs. Gray's Zool. Misc. (1844) p. 82 

 (nee Swains.). 



Ruticilla Reevesii, Hodgs. Cat. Birds of Nepal, p. 6/ (nee J. E. 

 Gray). 



Phoenicura Reevesii, Blyth, Journ. A. S. Beng. xii. p. 963 (nee 

 J. E. Gray). 



Ruticilla erythrogastra, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng p. 168 

 (nee Giildenst.). 



Tharcapni, Nepal, Hodgson. 



Hab. Nepal. In Mus. East India Company. 



Male : forehead, lores, ear-coverts, throat and breast black ; fore 

 part of crown clear white (much narrower than in R. phoenicura) ; hind 

 part of crown, neck, back and up[)er wing-coverts fine ash, lightest 

 on the crown ; wings above dusky brown, the exterior margin of the 

 basal half of the secondaries white, forming a patch ; from tlie breast 

 to vent, under wing-coverts, rump, upper and lower tail-coverts and 

 tail (except the interior and exterior margins only of the two middle 

 feathers which are dusky brown) rufous. The female may be readily 

 distinguished by a general pufiFy appearance, and by the relative length 

 of wing, &c. 



Length, 6 inches ; wing, 3| ; tail, 2f ; bill to gape, |- ; and tarse, ^. 



6. Ruticilla rufogularis, nobis. 



jNIale : crown and back of neck mixed grey and ash ; lores, ear- 

 coverts and sides of neck black ; wings and medial tail-feathers dark 

 brown ; apical margin of the exterior web of the outer tail-feather 

 dusky ; smaller wing-coverts (except the feathers immediately on 

 the shoulder), scapulars, basal portion of the speculars, and apical 

 margins of the greater wing-coverts white ; exterior margin of the 

 secondaries pale rufescent ; throat and breast, back and upper tail- 

 coverts and tail rufous ; abdomen, under wing- and tail-coverts pale 

 rufescent. Female : cinereous brown above, rufescent beneath ; wings 



