RUTICILLINiE. 137 



The allied Redstart. 



Descr. — A narrow band on the forehead, lores, ear-coverts, 

 throat and head, black ; crown, neck, back, and upper wino-- 

 coverts, ashy, with a rufous tint, the ash palest on the crown; win^s 

 brown, with the edges of the exterior webs paler ; from breast to 

 vent, under wing-coverts, rump, upper and lower tail-coverts, 

 and the tail (except the two middle feathers which are brown) 

 rufous red. 



Bill and legs black. Length nearly 6 inches ; wing 3^ ; tail 2\ ; 

 bill at front ^ ; tarsus \ . 



This species is exceedingly close to R. phcenicura, but differs 

 in wanting the white on the forehead, in the black color of the 

 breast extending lower down, in the 1st primary being longer, and 

 the 2nd shorter than in that species, and the 6th is nearly as 

 long as the 5th, whilst, in phcenicura, it is fully £ inch shorter. 

 It has only been found in the extreme N. W. Provinces of India, 

 Sindh, and Afghanistan. 



497. Ruticilla rufiventris, Vieillot. 



(Enanthe, apud Vieillot — R. indica, Blyth, Cat. 986 — R. 

 nipalensis, Hodgs., apud Moore, HoRSF., Cat. 470 — Phasnicura 

 atrata, apud Jard. and Selby, 111. Orn., pi. 86, -f. 3 — Sykus, Cat. 

 90 — Jerdon, Cat. 108 — Thir-thira, H. i. e., Quaker or trembler — 

 Thirtir-k ampa, in N. W. Provinces — Phir-ira and Lal-girdi, 

 Beng. — Nuni-budi-gadu, Tel., i. e., Oil-bottle bird. 



The Indian Redstart. 



Descr. — Crown dark ashy -grey ; lores, ear-coverts, neck, throat, 

 breast, back and upper wing-coverts, black, with greyish edges to 

 the feathers ; wings dusky brown ; the primaries margined with 

 pale rufous, the secondaries with dull grey, forming an inconspi- 

 cuous patch ; under wing-coverts, flanks, belly, rump, upper and 

 lower tail-coverts, and tail (except half the inner and a little of 

 the outer webs of the two middle tail feathers near the tip, which 

 are brown), bright cinnamon rufous. The female is brown above, 

 with the edges of the wings, the abdomen, and under tail-coverts, 

 pale rufous ; below, dusky on the throat and breast, changing to clear 



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