BUTICILLA. 91 



//. Xo white patch on throat. 



a". Middle tail-feathers distinctly different 



to others ; wing- under 3 4 5. 

 a"'. Secondaries with white on both 



webs R. attrorea, p. 03. 



b'". No white on inner webs of secon- 

 daries. 

 a 4 . Terminal portion of shafts of all 



lateral tail-feathers black R. erythronofa, p. 94. 



b*. Shafts of lateral tail-feathers uni- 

 formly chestnut. 

 a 5 . Throat and breast black. 



G . Portion of outer webs of secon- 

 daries broadly margined with 



white R. hodgsoni <$ , p. 95. 



b e . No white margins to secon- 

 daries R. rufiventris <5 , p. 95. 



b 6 . Throat and breast buff or ashy 



brown. 

 c 6 . Lower plumage in general 



ashy brown R. hodgsoni ; P- 95. 



d 6 . Lower plumage in general 

 buff, frequently suffused 



with orange R. rtifiventris $ , p. 95. 



b". Middle tail-feathers of much the same 



colour as others ; wing over 4 R. erythrogaster, p. 97. 



639. Ruticilla frontalis. The Blue-fronted Redstart. 



Phcenicura frontalis, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 172; Gould, Cent. 

 pi. xxvi, tig. 1. 



Ruticilla frontalis (Vig.\ Blyth, Cat. p. 168; Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, 

 p. 308 ; Jerd. B. 1. ii, p. 141 ; Blanf. J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 50; 

 Hume fy Henders. Lah. to Yark. p. 211 ; Hume, Cat. no. 03 ; 

 Scully, S. F. viii, p. 302 : lliddulph, Ibis, 1881, p. 63 ; Scully, Ibis, 

 1881, p. 446; Seebohm, Cat. B. M. v, p. 349: Hume, S. F. xi, 

 p. 195 ; Oates in Hume's N. Sf E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 64. 



Tak-tirriri-pho, Lepch. 



Coloration. Male. After the autumn inoult the forehead and 



white with a distinct greyish-white supercilium, and the back is grey without a 

 trace of black at any season. 



E. ERVTIIKOPKOCTA, Gould. This bird has been recorded from India under a 

 misapprehension as to what the species really is. The only specimens known 

 are two from the Gould collection, now in the British Museum. They were 

 obtained in Asia Minor. This Redstart resembles R. rujiventris, but has the 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries black tipped with ashy, and the black of the 

 lower parts produced further down on the abdomen. 



R. MKSOLEUCA (Hempr. & Ehr.). This species is said to have been procured 

 at Daulatpur in Sind by Mr. Murray's native collector. The specimen obtained 

 iv.-i.-lird Mr. Hume's hands without a label. Both Hume (S. F. vii, p. 115) 

 and Blanford (S. F. vii, p. 527) entertain doubts of the occurrence of this species 

 in India, and I think the matter requires confirmation. For the present it is 

 perhaps advisable to omit it from my list. R. mesoleuca resembles R. rufivenfris, 

 but has the anterior third of the crown pure white and the supercilium whitish ; 

 the outer webs of the secondaries and later primaries are, moreover, margined 

 with white. 



