PRATINCOLA CAPEATA. 



(PIED STONE-CHAT.) 



Bubetra lucionensis, Briss. Orn. iii. p. 442. no. 30, pi. xxiv. figs. 2, 3 (1760). 

 Motacilla caprata, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 335. no. 33 (1766), ex Briss. 

 La Traguet de Vide de Lucon, D'Aubenton, PL Enl. 235. figs. 1, 2. 

 (Enanthe caprata (Linn.), Vieill. Nouv. Diet. xxi. p. 433 (1818). 

 Sylvia caprata (Linn.), Vieill. Tabl. encycl. method, p. 490 (1820). 

 Saxicola fruticola, Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 157 (1822). 

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

 Saxicola erythropygia, Sykes, torn. cit. p. 92. 

 Motacilla sylvatica, Tickell, J. As. Soc. Beng. ii. p. 575 (1833). 

 Saxicola caprata (Linn.), Jerdon, Madras Journ. x. p. 265 (1839). 

 Muscicapula melanoleuca, Hodgs. J. As. Soc. Beng. xii. p. 940 (1843). 

 Saxicola meloleuca, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 83 (1844). 

 Muscicapa melanoleuca (Hodgs.), Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 264 (1846). 

 Pratincola caprata (Linn.), Blyth, J. As. Soc. Beng. xvi. p. 129 (1847). 



Pied Bush-Chat, White-winged Black Bobin (of Indian authors) ; Pidha, Kala-pidha, Hind. ; 

 Kumpa nalanchi, Tel. (fide Oates). 



Figures notabiles. 

 D'Aubenton, PL Enl. 235 ; Hodgs. Icon, ined., Passeres, pi. 98. 



<5 ad. niger, uropygio imo, supra- et subeaudalibus, abdomine imo maculaque tectricum alari albis : rostro et 

 pedibus nigris : iride fusca. 



? ad. supra saturate griseo-fusca, indistincte saturatior, striata, pileo saturatiore, supracaudalibus saturate 

 ferrugineis : Cauda, nigra : remigibus rufescenti-cervino marginatis : corpore subtiis fuseo, indistincte 

 striate, abdomine et subcaudalibus ferrugineo-cervinis : mento et gula, magis griseo tinctis. 



Adult Male in spring (Kashmir, April) . Entire plumage deep black, excepting the lower rump, upper and 

 under tail-coverts, lower abdomen, and upper wing-coverts near the body, which are white, the last 

 forming a conspicuous white patch on the wings : bill and legs black ; iris dark brown. Total length 

 about 5-25 inches, culmen 05, wing 2"75, tail 2"1, tarsus 0"82. 



Adidt Male in autumn (near Simla, August 12th). Differs from the spring plumage in having the black 

 feathers slightly edged with reddish or greyish brown. 



Adult Female (Muddapur, November 3rd). "Upper parts dark hair-brown with a greyish tinge, and with 

 indistinct darker stripes ; crown rather darker than the back ; upper tail-coverts dark rust-red ; tail 

 black; wing-feathers narrowly margined with warm rufous buff; underparts wood -brown, becoming 



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