PEATINCOLA. 617 



83. Pratincola ferrea, Hodgson. 



Muheculaferrea, Hodgs., in Gray's Zool. Misc., p. 83, 1844. 



Saxicola ferrea, Gray, Cat. Mamm., &c., Coll. Hodgs., p. 71, 1846; id.. Gen. B., vol. iii, App. p. 8, 

 1849. 



Pratincolaferrea, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xvi, p. 129, 1847; id.. Cat. B.Mus., As. 

 Soc, Bengal, p. 170, 1849; Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 305, 1850; Horsfield & Moore, Cat. B. 

 Mus. E. Ind. Co., i, p. 286, 1854; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p. 127, 1863; Stoliczka, 

 Journ. As. Soc., vol. xxxvii, 1868, p. 41; Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 228, 1869; Henders. & 

 Hume, Lahore to Yarkand, p. 205, pi. xii, 1873; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 478; id., 

 0^. ci^., 1875, p. 135; oj!9. a?5., 1876, p. 36; id., Nests and Eggs, Ind. Birds, p. 318, 1873; 

 Brooks, Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 239. 



a. — c. $ ^. ? Ponsee, 1st and 3rd May 1868. 



I observed this Fratincola only on the Ponsee hills, where it is far from being 

 common. These specimens agree in every way with undoubted examples of this 

 species ; but I have two specimens from Simla identified by Dr. Stoliczka, in which 

 the black centres are very feebly developed, and the feathers of the head, neck, 

 back and wing coverts are tipped with earthy brown. This is more marked in one 

 specimen than in the other, and the former has a number of white feathers on the 

 forehead. AU the tail quiUs of the first specimen are more or less tipped with 

 rufous. 



84. Pratincola caprata, Horsfield. 



Le Tmquet de Vide de Lugon, Briss. Orn., t. iii, p. 442, pi. xxiv, figs. 2, 3, 1760, 



Motaeilla caprata, Linn., Syst. Nat., i, p. 335, 1766, ex Briss. 



Saxicolafmticola, Horsfield, Tr. Linn. Soc, vol. xiii, p. 157, 1820. 



Saxicola Ucolor, Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 92, 1832. 



Saxicola er^thropT/gia, Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 92, 1832. 



Motaeilla si/lvatica, Tickell, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, ii, p. 575, 1833. 



Saxicola eaprata, Jerdon, Madr. Journ., vol. x, p. 265, 1839; Gray, Gen. B., vol. i, p. 179, 1846 ; 

 id.. Cat. Mamm., &c., Nepal, p. 71, 1846. 



Pratineola eaprata, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xvi, p. 129, 1847 ; id.. Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc, 

 Bengal, p. 169, 1849; Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 305, 1850; Horsfield & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. 

 E. Ind. Co., vol. i, p. 284, 1854; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p. 124, 1863; Stoliczka, Journ. As. 

 Soc, Bengal, vol. xxxvii, 1868, p. 407; Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 228, 1869; Elwes, Ibis, 

 1870, p. 527 ; Walden, Proc. ZooL Soc, vol. viii,p. 63, 1871 ; Salvad., Ucc Born., p. 252, 1874; 

 BaU, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 413; Hume, ^. c, p. 477; id., op. cit, 1875, p. 134; id.. 

 Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 314, 1873 ; Walden, Proc Zool. Soc, vol. ix, p. 193, 1875; Butler, 

 Stray Feathers, 1876, p. 39 ; Fairbank, t. c., p. 259; Butler, op. eit, 1877, p. 229. 



Saxicola Melaleuca, Hodgs., in Gray's Zool. Misc., p. 183, 1844. 



Prai^^'wco^a «;/rato, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. x, p. 177; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p. 124, 

 1863; Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 228, 1869. 



Pratincola Ucolor, Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 314, 1875. 



a. c. Z d. e. ? Upper Burma. 



/. g. h. $ Bham6, 18th to 23rd February 1868. 



i' t Yaylaymaw, 7th January 1875. 



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