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476. RUTICILLA C^RULEOCEPHALA, Vigors Sp. 
Phoenicura cseruleocephala, Vigors, F.Z. S. (1830),^. 35. 
Gould, Cent, of Birds, t. 25, / 2. Blgth, J. A. S. 
Beng. XI. p. 190. 
Ruticilla cseruleocephala, G. E. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. 
p. 180. Hodgs., Cat. B. of Nep. p. 68. BlytJi, J. 
A. S. Beng. XVI. p. 134 ; Cat. B. Mus. A. 8. Beng. 
p. 168. Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 296. Moore, P. Z. 
S. (1854), p. 
a. h. ^. Bootan. From Pemberton's Collection. 
c. ^. Pushut. From Griffith's Collection. 
B. cmruleocepTiala. Male, length 5f in., of wing 3i in., tail 2f in., 
bill to gape f in., and tarse f in. Top of the head slaty ash ; lores, 
ear-coverts, throat, breast, back, rump, upper tail-coverts, and tail, 
black ; wings dark brown ; the scapulars and outer edges of the 
secondaries white ; the under wing-coverts, belly, and vent, whitish ; 
bill and legs black. Female unknown. 
477. RUTICILLA NIGR0GULARI8, Hodgson. 
Euticilla nigrogularis, Hodgs. Moore, P. Z. S. (1854), 
p. t. 
A. B. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq., 
September, 1853. 
R. nigrogularis. Length 6 in., of wing 3|- in., tail 2f in., bill to 
gape W in., tarse f in. Crown of head slaty blue, lightest on the 
forehead ; lores, ear-coverts, throat, back of neck, back, upper wing- 
coverts, two middle tail-feathers entirely, and the rest (except the 
basal portion), black ; wings blackish brown, the scapulars, outer 
edges of the secondaries, and under wing-coverts white ; breast, 
flanks, belly, rump, upper and lower tail-coverts, and base of tail 
(except the two middle feathers), bright chestnut ; vent and under 
tail-coverts mixed with white ; bill and legs black. 
This species is allied to R. scJiisticeps (the description of which 
is annexed), but differs in having the throat black instead of white. 
RUTICILLA SCHISTICEPS, Hodgson. 
Phoenicura schisticeps, Hodgs. Gray's Zool. Misc. (1844), p. 83. 
Euticilla schisticeps, Hodgs., Oat. B. of Nep. p. 69, et App. p. 153» 
Moore, P. Z. S. (1854), p. 
