KUTICILLA OCHEUKA. 



(GOULD'S REDSTART.) 



Mottacilla oehruros, S. G. Gmelin, Reise Russl. iii. p. 101, pi. 19. fig. 3 (1774). 



Motacilla ochrura, J. F. Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 978 (1788, ex S. G. Gmel.). 



Sylvia tithys, Menetr. Cat. Rais. p. -35 (1832, nee Scop.). 



Sylvia tithys, Nordm. Obs. sui' la Faune pontique, p. 134 (1840, partim). 



Ruticilla erythrojjrocta, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1855, p. 78. 



Ruticilla tithys, De Fil. Viagg. Pers. p. 276 (1865, nee Scop.). 



1 Ruticilla titys, Blanf. E. Persia, ii. p. 166 (1876, nee Scop.). 



Ruticilla oehruros (Gmel.), Bogdanow, Ptitsui Kavkaza, p. 96 (1879). 



Gorichvostka gornaya, Russian. 



Figures notabiles. 

 Gould, B. of Asia, part viii. pi. 16 ; Radde, Orn. Cauc. tab. xvi. 



d ad. capite, nucha et dorso imo schistaceis : fronte, capitis lateribus et linea supraoculari, gula, gutture et 

 pectore, cum dorso reliquo saturate nigris : dorsi plumis vix schistaceo marginatis : remigibus nigrican- 

 tibus, secundariis vix griseo albido extus marginatis : uropygio, supracaudalibus et cauda castaneis, 

 rectricibus mediis fuscis : abdomine et subcaudalibus sordide castaneis, illo centraliter albido notato : 

 subalaribus nigris : restro et pedibus nigris : iride fusca. 



J ad. brunnescenti-fuliginosa : remigibus nigricantibus, extiis brunnescenti-albido marginatis et apicatis : 

 cauda ut in mare, sed sordidior, supracaudalibus sordide ferrugineis : abdomine pallide castaneo lavato : 

 rostro et pedibus nigris : iride fusca. 



Adult Male (Euphrates Valley, February loth). Crown, nape, and lower part of the back slate-grey; fore- 

 head, sides of the head, including a narrow space above the eye, neck, throat, and breast, together with 

 the wing-coverts and back (excepting the lower portion) deep black, the feathers on the back slightly 

 edged with slate-grey; quills blackish, the secondaries externally margined with greyish white; rump 

 and upper tail-coverts chestnut-red ; median rectrices dark brown, the rest of the tail being chestnut- 

 red; abdomen and under tail-coverts chestnut-red, slightly marked with white on the centre of the 

 abdomen; under wing-coverts black : bill and legs black ; iris dark brown. Total length about 6 inches, 

 culmen 05, wing 3'25, tail 2'5, tarsus 0'85. 



Adult Female (Erzeroom). Resembles the female of R. titys, but has the lower abdomen tinged with pale 

 chestnut, and the underparts are less of a pure grey tinge. 



Described as far back as 1774, this Redstart has until quite recently been looked on, owing to 

 the scarcity of specimens for comparison, as a bad species, and Gmelin's name has been usually 



