PRATINCOLA. 617 



83. Pratincola fereea, Hodgson. 



nubecula ferrea, Hodgs., in Gray's Zool. Misc., p. 83, 1844. 



Saxicolaferrea, Gray, Cat. Mamm., &c.. Coll. Hodgs., p. 71, 1846; id.. Gen. B., vol. iii, App. p. 8 

 1849. 



Pratincola ferrea, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xvi, p. 129, 1847 ; id.. Cat. B. Mus., As. 

 Sec, Bengal, p. 170, 1849; Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 305, 1850; Horsfield & Moore, Cat. B. 

 Mus. E. Ind. Co., i, p. 286, 1854; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p. 127, 1863; Stoliczka, 

 Journ. As. Soc, vol. xxxvii, 1868, p. 41; Gray, Hand]. B., vol. i, p. 228, 1869; Henders. & 

 Hume, Lahore to Yarkand, p. 205, pi. xii, 1873; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 478; id., 

 op. eii?., 1875, p. 135; ojo. «^., 1876, p. 36; id.. Nests and Eggs, Ind. Birds, p. 318, 1873- 

 Brooks, Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 239. 



a.—c. t> d. <i Ponsee, 1st and 3rd May 1868. 



I observed this Pratincola only on the Ponsee hills, where it is far from being 

 common. These specimens agree in every way with undoubted examples of this 

 species ; but I have two specimens from Simla identified by Dr. Stoliczka, in which 

 the black centres are very feebly developed, and the feathers of the head, neck, 

 back and wing coverts are tipped with earthy brown. This is more marked in one 

 specimen than in the other, and the former has a number of white feathers on the 

 forehead. All the tail quills of the first specimen are more or less tipped with 

 rufous. 



84. Pratincola caprata, Horsfield. 



Le Traqnet de Vide de Lugon, Briss. Orn., t. iii, p. 442, pi. xxiv, figs. 2, 3, 1760. 



Motacilla caprata, Linn., Syst. Nat., i, p. 335, 1766, ex Briss. 



Saxicolafruticola, Horsfield, Tr. Linn. Soc., vol. xiii, p. 157, 1820. 



Saxicola bicolor, Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc., p. 92, 1832. 



Saxicola erytJiropygia, Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc, p. 92, 1832. 



Motacilla syhatica, Tickell, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, ii, p. 575, 1833. 



Saxicola caprata, Jerdon, Madr. Journ., vol. x, p. 265, 1839; Gray, Gen. B., vol. i, p. 179, 1846 ; 

 id.. Cat. Mamm., &c., Nepal, p. 71, 1846. 



Pratincola caprata, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xvi, p. 129, 1847 ; id.. Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc, 

 Bengal, p. 169, 1849; Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 305, 1850; Horsfield & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. 

 E. Ind. Co., vol. i, p. 284, 1854; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p. 124, 1863; Stoliczka, Journ. As. 

 Soc, Bengal, vol. xxxvii, 1868, p. 407; Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 228, 1869; Elwes, Ibis, 

 1870, p. 527 ; Walden, Proc. Zool. Soc, vol. viii, p. 63, 1871 ; Salvad., Ucc. Born., p. 252, 1874 ; 

 Ball, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 413; Hume, ^. c, p. 477; id., op. cit., 1875, p. 134; id.. 

 Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 314, 1873 ; Walden, Proc. Zool. Soc, vol. ix, p. 193, 1875 ; Butler, 

 Stray Feathers, 1876, p. 39 ; Fairbank, t. c, p. 259 ; Butler, op. cit., 1877, p. 229. 



Saxicola melaleiica, Hodgs., in Gray's Zool. Misc., p. 183, 1844. 



Pr«foMcofo «)!y«to, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. x, p. 177; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p. 124, 

 1863; Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 228, 1869. 



Pratincota bicolor, Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 314, 1875. 



a. c. S d. e. ? Upper Burma. 



/. g. k. i BhamS, 18th to 23rd February 1868. 



i. i Yaylaymaw, 7th January 1875. 



k. $ Momien, June 1868. 



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