616 AVES. 



1875, p. 241; Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. Birds, p. 325, 1873; SevertzofE, Stray Feathers, 



1875, p. 429; Godwin-Austen, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xlv, 1876, p. 79; Dresser, Ibis, 



1876, p. 78. 



Bradylates pedomUs, Gray, Gen. B., vol. i, p. 181, 1846. 

 Cyanecida. pectoralu, Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 224, 1869. 



Ca^/iojoe «fl«ww?, Severtzoff, Turkest. Jevotn., 1873, pp. 65,122; Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 429; 

 Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 78. 



a. $ Bhani6, Upper Burma, 27th February 1868. 

 h. ¥ Ponsee, 13th March 1868. 



The male is in full winter plumage. The female, however, does not present any 

 trace of white on the base of the tail, but in every other respect it agrees with 

 the females of this species. 



Severtzofl! obtained this species in Turkestan, Jerdon records it from Kashmir 

 and Sikhim, and in the Calcutta Museum it is represented from Cachar. It has 

 recently been observed by Godwin-Austen in the Daila hUls, Assam, and these 

 specimens extend its distribution to the valley of the Upper Irawady and to the 

 frontier of Yunnan. 



Genus Pratincola, Koch. 

 82. Pratincola jerdoni, Blyth. 



Bhodophila meloAioleuca, Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, pp. 128, 872; Gould, B. Asia, pt. xviii. 

 Oreicola jerdoni, Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 14. 

 Saxicolajerdoni, Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 227. 



a. b. c. d. t Bhamo, 23rd January 1868, 1st and 6th February 1868. 

 e. t Bhamo, 20th January 1875. 

 / g. $ Tsitkaw (Tapeng), 6th February 1875. 



Not uncommon at Bhamo. It has much the habits of a Pratincola, and I 

 usually found it perched on long grass on the outskirts of some open space. 



I have carefully measured the length of the bill of this species, and find that it 

 is no longer than the bills of some Tratincolce, if so long as some, such as P. caprata 

 and P. ferrea. The nostrils of Pratincole, such as P. caprata and others, appear to 

 me to be quite as much entitled to be called longitudinal as that of Rhodophila, and 

 I fail to detect that the nostrils are more impeded by narial tufts than Pratincola. 

 The shght rounding of the tail over that which prevails in Pratincola cannot of 

 itseK be regarded as a generic character. There is the same difference between the 

 sexes as prevails in Pratincola. The female is uniform rufous-brown above, the 

 rufous more marked on the lower back and upper tail coverts. Wing coverts, quills 

 and taU brown, the two secondaries and coverts margined with rufous. A faint 

 hardly perceptible greyish supercihum. Chin and throat white. Breast pale rufous- 

 cinereous, passing into pale rufous on the flanks and the thigh coverts and round 

 the vent. Under tail coverts dirty white. 



