PRATINCOLA 45 



68. HODGSON'S BUSH CHAT. 

 PRATINCOLA INSIGNIS. 



Prattncola insignia, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 83 (1844) ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. B. Br. Mus. iv. p. 183 ; Pleske, Prjevalsky's Reisen. ii. p. 43, 

 pi. i. figs. 1, 2 ; Gates, F. Brit. Ind. Birds, ii. p. 64. 



ad. (Nepal). Crown, sides of the head, hind-neck and back black ; 

 upper tail-coverts pure white ; wings black, with a large white patch ; tail 

 white at the extreme base, otherwise black ; chin, throat, and sides of the 

 neck pure white ; fore neck and breast orange chestnut ; flanks white, 

 washed with orange chestnut ; abdomen and under tail-coverts buffy white ; 

 bill and legs black ; iris brown. Culmen 0'55, wing 3*55, tail 2'5, tarsus 

 ri inch. The female has the upper parts, tail and wings brown, with 

 fulvous margins ; sides of the head and neck dull fulvous ; ear-coverts 

 rufescent, under parts rusty brown, darker on the breast. 



Hal. Nov-Saissan and Alaschan ; the plains of Northern 

 India from Cawnpore to the Bhutan Doars ; Nepal. 



Frequents flat open localities thickly covered with cane- 

 fields. Nothing appears to be known respecting its ni- 

 dification. 



69. STONECHAT. 

 PRATINCOLA RUBICOLA. 



Pratlncola rnbicola> (Linn.) Syst. Nat. i. p. 332 (1766) ; Naumann, 

 iii. p. 884, Taf. 90, figs. 3, 4, 5 ; Hewitson, i. p. 107, pi. xxx. 

 fig. 1 ; Newton, i. p. 339) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. iv. p. 185 ; 

 Dresser, ii. p. 263, pis. 39, 40 ; Saunder?, p. 29 ; Lilford, iii. p. 

 18. pi. 9. 



Tarier rnlicole, French ; Chasco, Portug. ; Tarabilla t Span. ; 

 Saltimpalo, Ital. ; SchiuarzJcehlif/er-Steinschmatzer, German ; Rood- 

 borst-Tapuit, Dutch ; Sortstrubet-Digesmutte, Dan. ; SvartJiaJcad- 

 Buskskvcitta, Swed. ; Tschekkan tsclic,rnoclivostyi y Russ. 



ad. (England). Head, throat, nape and back black ; tail-coverts 

 white, spotted with blackish brown ; wing and tail dark brown, a con- 

 spicuous white patch on the former ; sides of neck white ; under parts 

 light rufous, darker on the breast, lighter on the abdomen ; bill and legs 

 black ; iris brown. Culmen 0'55, wing 2 -55, tail 2*0, tarsus 0'85 inch. 

 The female has the throat merely mottled with black, the upper parts 

 Wackish brown, striped with reddish brown ; sides of neck rufous white ; 



