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ance, by the relative length of wing, and by the under parts being 

 more grey and less rufescent. 



Bill and legs black. Length 6% inches; wing 3§; tail 2f ; 

 tarsus | ; bill at front y-g. . 



This Redstart has been found in Nepal, Bootan, and other parts 

 of the Himalayas, but only, I suspect, in winter. It probably 

 breeds in some parts of Central Asia. I only procured one female 

 of this species when at Darjeeling, and this was during the winter. 



499. Ruticilla erythrogastra, Guldenstadt. 



Motacilla, apud Guldenstadt — Mot. ceraunia, Pallas — 

 Gould, Birds of Asia, pi. 50 — Horsf., Cat. 472— R. grandis, 

 Gould, P. Z. S., 1849— Bltth, Cat. 983 (in part)— R. Vigorsii, 

 Moore (the female). 



The White-winged Redstart. 



Descr. — Male with a narrow band on the forehead, the lores, 

 ear-coverts, throat, fore-part of breast, back, wing-coverts, and 

 apical portion of the primaries and secondaries, deep black ; crown 

 of head, back of neck, and basal portion of the primaries and 

 secondaries, white, the white on the head being tinged with silvery 

 grey; breast, belly, vent, rump, upper and lower tail-coverts, and 

 tail, rich dark rufous. 



Bill and legs black. Length 7 inches ; wing 4^ ; tail 3 ; tarsus 

 1 ; bill at front T 7 ^ : the 4th primary is equal to the 5th and a little 

 longer than the 6th. 



This large Redstart has been found in Bootan, Nepal, Ivumaon, 

 and Cashmere, chiefly in the higher regions of the Himalayas, rarely 

 lower than 10,000 feet. It is found in summer in the Caucasian 

 hills, frequenting the gravelly hollows of torrents, and breeding in 

 bushes. One pair was seen by Dr. Stewart, near Landour, by the 

 side of a stream, and it is said to frequent mountain streams only, 

 like Clicemorrornis leucocejyhala. 



500. Ruticilla aurorea, Pallas. 



Motacilla, apud Pallas — Horsf., Cat. 474 — Bltth, Cat. 983 

 (in part)— Schlegel, Faun. Japon, pi. 21 — Phoen. Reevesii, Gray, 

 and McLelland, P. Z. S., 1839 — R. leucoptera, Blytii. 



