246 birds of india. 



The Rufous-bellied Shrike-tit. 



Descr. — Male, the head above and nape deep black ; back and 

 upper tail-coverts dark chesnut ; wings and tail shining black, 

 the latter tipped ferruginous, as are the secondaries, and the 

 longest of the tertiaries ; lores, ear-coverts, and below the eyes, 

 deep black ; throat, foreneck and breast pure ashy, the rest of the 

 under parts from the breast, pale brownish cinereous with a patch 

 of golden yellow on each side of the breast, bordering the gray ; 

 and the flanks ferruginous. The female differs in having the 

 upper parts, wings, and middle of the tail feathers, green ; and 

 only the rump and upper tail-coverts ferruginous ; sides of the 

 head grey. 



Bill black ; length 7^ inches : wing 3^ ; tail oif : bill at front f : 

 tarsus 1£. 



.1 did nol procure this species myself, but it was orioinaliy 

 sent from Darjeeling, and hag since been found by Ho< 

 in Nepal, ii differs from the lasl structural^ i>\ its more 

 slender and less hooked bill. 



Allotrius jiaviscapis, Temm., from Java, appears to be a typical 

 Pterutluus. 



The next form differs in its small size. 



Gen. Allotrius, Temm. (restricted). 



Char. — Of small size ; the bill strongly hooked and notched ; 

 tarsus longer than in Pteruthius ; tail nearly even. 



This form differs but slightly from the last, and is barely worthy 

 of separation, but the genus is adopted by some Ornithologists. 

 Its mode of coloration is somewhat different. 



611. Allotrius cenobarbiis, Temminck. 



PI. Col. 589, f. 2 — Pt. melanotis, (the male) and P. xanthochloris 

 (the female), Hodgson — Blyth, Cat. 1883— Horsf., Cat. 226 — 

 Gould, Birds of Asia, pt. VIII., pi. 11 and 12 — Ku-er-pho, Lepch. 

 The Chesnut-throated Shrike -tit. 



Descr. — Male, above vernal green with the forehead yellowish, 

 and the nape slaty ; ear-coverts mixed black and yellow ; wing 

 coverts blue grey externally, dusky black within, and with 

 whitish edges to the tips ; tail with the central feathers green, the 

 outer pair pure white, the rest tipped white, and the pair next the 



