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? Motacilla gibraltariensis, Gmel. 8. N. L.1. p. 987. 
? Motacilla atrata, Gmel. 8S. N. L. i. p. 988. Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. 
p- 514 (nec Lath. Gen. Hist.). 
The Black Redstart, Kyton. 
Hab. Europe; W. Asia; N. Africa. 
4, RUTICILLA NIPALENSIS, Hodgson. 
Syn. Pheenicura nipalensis, v. atrata, Hodgs. Gray’s Zool. Misc. 
(1844) p. 83. 
Sylvia atrata, Lath. Gen. Hist. vii. p. 26 (nec Gmel. et Lath. Ind. 
Orn.). 
Phenicura atrata, Jard. et Selby, Il. Ind. Orn. t. 86. f.3. Sykes, 
P. Z. S. (1832) p. 92. Jerd. Madras Journ. x. p. 267. Blyth, 
Journ. A. 8. Beng. xi. p. 190. 
Ruticilla atrata, 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, Royle. 
Phirira or Lalgirdi, Beng., Dr. F. (Buch.) Hamilton, MS. ii. p. 94. 
Hab. India generally. In Mus. Kast 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. Rutic1tta Hopesont, nobis. (Pl. LVIII.) 
Syn. Phenicura ruticilla, Hodgs. Gray’s Zool. Misc. (1844) p. 82 
(nec Swains.). 
ae Reevesii, Hodgs. Cat. Birds of Nepal, p. 67 (nec J. E. 
Gray). 
Phenicura Reevesit, Blyth, Journ. A. S. Beng. xii. p. 963 (nec 
J. E. Gray). 
Ruticilla erythrogastra, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. 8S. Beng. p. 168 
(nec Gildenst.). 
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. phenicura); hind 
part of crown, neck, back and upper 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 the 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 
