RUTICILLA ERYTHRONOTA. 



(EVERSMANN'S REDSTART.) 



Sylvia erythronota, Eversm. Add. Pall. Zoogr. Rosso-As. fasc. ii. p. 11 (1841). 



Ruticilla erythronota (Eversm.), Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 297 (1850). 



Sylvia (Ruticilla) erythronota (Eversm.), Middendorff, Sibir. Reise, ii. p.t. 2, p. 175 (1853). 



Ruticilla rufogularis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 27, pi. lix. 



"Ruticilla rufigularis, Moore," Hume, Ibis, 1870, p. 530. 



Figurce notabiles. 

 Middendorff, Sib. Reise, Taf. xv. fig. 3; Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, pi. 59. 



c? ad. pileo et nucha cinereis : capitis lateribus et linea angusta, ad basin rostri cum regione parotica nigris : 

 dorso, uropygio et supracaudalibus ferrugineis : alis nigricantibus, versus humerum atris : remigibus 

 griseo-albis marginatis : remigibus primariorum albis nigro apicatis : tectricibus majoribus nigro-fuscis, 

 albido apicatis, minoribus albis : rectricibus duabus merliis fuscis, reliquis ferrugineis, duabus externis 

 in pogonio externo fusco terminatis : mento, gula et pectore cum hypochondriis ferrugineis : abdomine 

 centraliter cum subcaudalibus albidis : subalaribus et axillaribus albis : rostro et pedibus nigris : 

 iride fusca. 



2 ad. cauda et supracaudalibus sicut in mare coloratis : capite et corpore aliter griseo-fuscis, subtus 

 pallidioribus : alis quam in mare sed sordidioribus et minus albo notatis : abdomine centraliter cum 

 subcaudalibus fere albis. 



Adult Male (Kandahar, February 2nd). Crown and nape slate-grey, a viarrow line at the base of the bill, 

 lores, sides of the head, and ear-coverts deep black ; back, rump, and upper tail-coverts bright chestnut ; 

 scapulars black, margined with chestnut ; quills blackish brown, margined with dull white ; primary- 

 coverts white tipped with blackish brown; greater wing-coverts dark brown, slightly tipped with dull 

 white ,; lesser wing-coverts white ; median rectrices dark brown, the rest of the tail bright chestnut, the 

 outermost feather on each side, with the terminal portion of the outer web, bi'own ;■ chin, throat, breast, 

 and flanks chestnut, the feathers narrowly tipped with dull white ; centre of the abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts dull white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white : bill and legs black ; iris brown. Total 

 length about 6 inches, culmen 0"5, wing 3 - 5, tail 2 - 8, tarsus 0'95. 



Adult Male in autumn (Kenderlyk, October 13th). Much duller in general coloration, the feathers on the 

 crown and upper parts obscured by buffy-brown margins, those on the throat, breast, and flanks having 

 also broad buffish-grey margins ; quills with broader and buffier margins than in the spring dress. 



Adult Female (Eastern Tian-Shau, January 20th). Tail and upper tail-coverts as in the male ; rest of the 

 upper parts uniform greyish brown ; wings duller than in the male, with much less white on them ; 

 underparts pale greyish brown, becoming almost white on the centre of the abdomen and under 

 tail-coverts. 



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