140 BIRDS Or INDIA. 



Reeves' Redstart. 



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

 throat, fore-part of breast, back, upper wing -coverts, apical and basal 

 portion of the secondaries and tertiaries, and the two middle tail 

 feathers, black ; the latter changing to dusky brown; exterior margin 

 of the outer tail feathers, and apical margin of the rest dusky brown 

 black ; medial portion of both webs of the secondaries and ter- 

 tiaries, white ; crown of head and back of neck slaty ash, rather 

 whitish above the ear-coverts, and on the nape ; breast, abdo- 

 men, under wing-coverts, upper and lower tail-coverts, and the tail, 

 deep rufous. 



The female is brown above, the wing patch rufescent white ; 

 beneath rufescent, upper and lower tail-coverts and the tail (except 

 the medial feathers which are dusky brown), rufous. 



Bill and legs black. Length 5f inches; wing 2§ ; tail 2^; bill . 

 at front f ; tarsus rather more than f . 



This Redstart has only been found in the more eastern por- 

 tion of the Himalayas, in Bootan, coming south into the hill 

 ranges of Assam, during the cold season. In the summer it is 

 found in Siberia, Japan, and probably through great part of China. 



501. Ruticilla schisticeps, Hodgson. 



Gray, Cat., Birds of Nepal, App. p. 153 — Horsf., Cat., note 

 to p. 307. 



The Slatt-headed Redstart. 



Descr. — Side of head and neck, black ; wings and tail, black ; 

 top of head pale slaty blue ; throat, and a large patch on each 

 wing, white ; lower part of breast and abdomen rufous chesnut. 

 Length 6 inches ; wing S/g- ; tarsus 1M ; bill at front \^. 



From Nepal. Rare. 



502. Ruticilla nigrogularis, Hodgson. 

 Moore, P. Z. S., 1854— Horsf., Cat. 477. 



The Black-throated Redstart. 

 Descr. — Crown of head slaty blue, lightest on the forehead; 

 lores, ear-coverts, throat, back of neck, back, upper wing-coverts, 

 two middle tail feathers entirely, and the rest (except the basal 



