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brown that the black is greatly concealed, and all the coverts, 

 tertiaries, and secondaries are broadly margined with rufous 

 fawn ; rump and upper tail-coverts pure white ; central tail- 

 feathers black, except for the basal one-fourth, where they are 

 white ; lateral tail feathers white, the exterior on each side tipped 

 for about 075 with black ; the penultimate similarly tipped for 

 about 0'4, and the rest with only a black spot at the tip, de- 

 creasing in size as the feathers approach the central ones, and 

 disappearing entirely in some specimens ; lower breast and 

 abdomen rufous fawn, paling towards the vent, which, with 

 the lower tail-coverts, is in some specimens nearly pure white; 

 wing-lining, axillaries, and sides black, but a little white mot- 

 tling along the edge of the wing at the carpal joint. 



The females have the foreheads and a stripe over the eye 

 rufous fawn colour ; the lores slightly dusky ; the ear-coverts 

 more rufous ; chin, throat, and sides of the neck nearly uni- 

 colorous with the breast, which is as in the male, but the chin 

 and throat are slightly grej^er ; the front, top, and back of 

 the head and neck, and back are slightly rufous grey brown., 

 the bases of the feathers being rather pale bluish dusky ; the 

 wings and tail are as in the male, but with dark brown substi- 

 tuted for black. — Hume, " Lahore to Yarkand" 



498 Us.— Ruticilla erythronota, Eversm. 



I believe that there is but little doubt that this species and 

 i2. rufogularis, Moore, are one and the same species. 



Eversinan's original description (Add. II., 11, 1841) is as 

 follows : 



il Head and nape ashy ; back, throat, breast and tail below, 

 ferruginous : belly and vent whitish ; wings black ; the first 

 coverts white. 



" Of the general character of Ruticilla p/icenicura, but a 

 little larger and stouter; bill black, of the same shape as in 

 phcenicura ; head above and nape ashy; forehead whiter; back 

 and rump ferruginous ; a considerable area on each side of the 

 head black, beginning above the nostrils at the base of the 

 bill, continued through the eyes, occupying the upper cheeks 

 and the sides of the neck, continued to the flexure of the wing, 

 and bounding the ashy colour of the head and neck ; throat 

 and breast ferruginous, which colour lower passes gradually 

 into the whitish colour of the belly and vent ; the wings, 

 scarcely reaching the middle of the tail, black ; towards the 

 shoulder blacker ; quills margined ashy ; the first coverts con- 



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