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gape f in., and tarse 1 in. ; above, head, neck, and back, cinereous ; 
wings dusky, with paler margins ; beneath, rufescent ; upper tail- 
coverts and tail rufous ; the two medial feathers dusky, as is also the 
exterior web of the outer and tip of each feather, but paler ; bill and 
legs black. No trace of white on the wings. First quill 1|- in. 
shorter than the second, the third in. longer than the second ; 
fourth and fifth equal and longest ; third and sixth equal, and but a 
trifle shorter than the two last ; the seventh a i in. longer than the 
second ; the eighth |- in. shorter than the second. 
The male of this species may eventually prove to be allied to 
erythrogastra, but difiering from it in the absence of the white 
wing-patch. 
474. BUTICILLA A UROBEA, Pallas Sp. 
Motacilla aurorea, Pall, Zoogr. I. 4s77. Kittl., Kvpf, 
Vceg. t. 26, /. 1. Gmel, S. iV^. X. 976. Lath., 
Hist. YII. p. 92. 
Euticilla aurorea, G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. p. ISO 
{excl. syn.). Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 296. Moore, P. 
Z. S. (1854), p. 
Lusciola aurorea, ScJileg., Faun. Jap. t. 21, D. (J ? . 
Phoenicura Eeevesii, J. JE. Gray, Zool. Misc. (1832), 2?. 1. 
McClelland, P. Z. 8. (1839), p. 161. 
Daurian "Warbler, Lath. 
Eeeves's Redstart, J. E. Gray. 
The following description is introduced of an allied species from the Malayan 
peninsula : 
RUTICILLA LEUCOPTERA, Blyth, Sp. 
Phcenicura leucoptera, Blyth, J. A. S. JBeng. XII. 962 (1843). 
Euticilla leucoptera, JBlyth, J. A. S. Beng. XVI. ^j. 134 ; Cat. B. Mm, 
A. S. Beng. p. 168. O. R. Gray, Oen. of Birds, I. p. ISO. 
Bonap., a G. Av. p. 296. Moore, P. Z. S. (1854), p. 
Hab. Malayan Peninsula, Java. 
R. leucoptera. " Size of R. phoenicwra, and much resembling in plumage R. nipal- 
ensis, but smaller and the wings much shorter than in the latter species ; it is also 
generally similar to phoenicura, but has no white on the forehead, which, with the 
crown, neck, and fore part of the back, are ash-grey ; the middle of the back is 
black, as are also the lores, ear-coverts, throat, and breast ; and the rest of the 
under parts, with the rump and tail, except the medial feathers of the latter, are 
bright ferruginous, the exterior web of the outermost tail-feather being marked 
with dusky ; wings dusky, having a large white patch occupying the base of the 
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