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and under tail-coverts ; rump and tail the same as in the male ; bill 
and legs black. 
" This species is very common in most parts of India during the 
cold weather, but more so in the table-land, I think, than in the 
Carnatic. It is solitary, frequenting wooded places, gardens, hedges, 
old walls, and outbuildings; being often seen about the roofs of 
houses. Feeds on the ground, on wasps, ants, and various other 
insects. Has a most peculiar quivering motion of its tail, especially 
after feeding."— (Jerd., Madr. J. X. p. 267.) 
" Has a peculiar manner of vibrating its tail, when seated on a 
bough. A pair of these birds built their nest in an outhouse con- 
stantly frequented by my servants, and within reach of the hand." — 
(Sykes, P. Z. S. (1832), p. 92.) 
471. RUTICILLA HODGSONI, Moore. 
EuticiUa Hodgsoni, Moore, P. Z. S. (1854), p. . t. . 
Phoenicura Kuticilla, apud Hodgs. Gray's Zool. Misc. 
(1844), p. 82. 
E/uticilla Heevesii, apud Hodgs., Cat. B. of Nep. p. 67. 
Phoenicura Heevesii, a^pud Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XII. 
p. 963. 
Ruticilla erythrogastra, p. Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. 
Beng. p. 168. 
Hodgson's EuticiUa. 
Thaecapni, Nepal, Hodgs. 
A. Bootan. From Pemberton's Collection. 
h. c. d. e. S ? . Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodg- 
son, Esq. 
B. Hodgsoni. Male, length 6 in., of wing 8f in., tail 2f in., bill to 
gape f in., and tarse |- in. ; forehead, lores, ear-coverts, throat, and 
breast black ; fore part of crown clear white (much narrower than 
in B. Phoenicura) ; hind part of crown, neck, back, and upper wing- 
coverts fine ash, lightest on the crown ; wings dusky brown, the 
exterior margin of the basal half of the secondaries white, forming a 
patch ; from the breast to vent, under wing-coverts, rump, upper 
and lower tail-coverts, and tail (except the interior and exterior 
margins only of the two middle feathers, which are dusky brown), 
rufous red. 
The female may be readily distinguished by a general pulfy 
appearance, and by the relative length of wing, &c. 
