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EUTICILLA RUFIVENTKIS. 



(INDIAN REDSTART.) 



Le Traquet a cul roux, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. iv. p. 113, pi. 188. fig. 1 (1805). 

 (Enanthe rufiventris, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. xxi. p. 431 (1818, ex Levaill.). 

 Sylvia semirufa, Ehr. Symb. Phys. Aves, fol. bb (1829). 

 Phcenicura atrata, Jard. & Selby, 111. Orn. pi. 86. fig. 3 (1829, nee Gm.). 

 Phcenicura nipalensis, var. atrata, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 83 (1844). 

 Ruticilla indica, Blyth, Cat. Birds, Mus. As. Soc. p. 168 (1849). 

 Ruticilla phcenicuroides, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1854, p. 25, pi. lvii. 

 Ruticilla nipalensis (Hodgs.), Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1854, p. 26. 

 Ruticilla semirufa (Ehr.), Licht. Nomencl. Avium, p. 28 (1854). 

 Ruticilla atrata, Licht. ut supra (1854, nee Gm.). 

 Ruticilla rufiventris (Vieill.), Jerdon, B. of India, ii. p. 137 (1863). 

 Ruticilla erythroprocta, Severtz. Turk. Jevotnie, p. 65 (1873, nee Gould). 



Figurce notabiles. 

 Levaill. I. c. ; Jard. & Selby, I. c. 



6 ad. ptil. <est. pileo saturate schistaceo-cinereo : capitis lateribus, collo toto, gutture, pectore, dorsp et tectri- 

 cibus alarum nitide nigris : remigibus sordide nigris vix ciuereo margiuatis : uropygio, rectricibus 

 (centralibus exceptis), abdomine et corpore subtus cinnamomeo-rufis : rectricibus centralibus ad basin 

 rufis et in parte reliqua saturate rufescenti-fuscis : rostro et pedibus nigris : iride fusca. 



$ ptil. hiem. pileo sordidiore, dorso et collo postico cinereis vix fusco tinctis : remigibus et tectricibus alarum 

 pallide cinereo marginatis : cauda et uropygio vix sordidioribus. 



2 ad. pileo, nucha, capitis lateribus et dorso fusco-cinereis, alis saturate fuscis albo-cinereo et albo-fusco 

 marginatis : uropygio et cauda, sicut in mare picturatis sed sordidioribus : gula et pectore pallide fusco- 

 cinereis, corpore reliquo subtiis albido-cinereo, subcaudalibus pallide aurantiaco-cinnamomeis. 



Adult Male in spring (Lebanon, 16th June). Crown deep slate-grey slightly marked with black; back, 

 wing-coverts, sides of the head, throat, neck, and breast deep glossy black ; quills dull black, with faint 

 traces of grey edgings; rump and entire underparts below the breast rich cinnamon rufous; tail deep 

 cinnamon rufous, except the central rectrices, which are dark reddish brown, except at the base; bill 

 and legs black; iris dark brown. Total length about 55-6'0 inches, culmen 058, wing 3 - 15, tail 2-7, 

 tarsus - 95. 



Adult Male in winter (Lahore, November). Differs from the male in summer dress in having the feathers 

 on the back and wing-coverts edged with greyish; the grey on the head is duller; and the quills have 

 tolerably broad brownish grey margins. 



Adult Female (Karakash valley). Crown, nape, sides of the head, and back greyish brown; wings dark 



