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1. A Monograph of the genus Ruticilla, with descrip- 
tions OF SOME NEW SPECIES. 
By Frederic Moore, Assist. Mus. East India House. 
Genus Ruticilla (Ray), Brehm. 
Syn. Ficedula, Boie. Phcenicura, Swains. Chcemarrhornis* , Hodgs. 
1. Ruticilla phcenicura, Linn. 
Syn. Mot acilla phoenicurus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 335. 
Sylvia phoenicurus, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 51 1; Gen. Hist. vii. p. 21 . 
Ruticilla sylvestris, Brehm, Yoeg. Heutschl. p. 363. t. 21. f. 4. 
Phcenicura ruticilla , Swains. Class, of B. ii. p. 240. Gould, Birds 
of Eur. t. 95. 
Ficedula phcenicura, Boie, Isis (1822), p. 553. 
Phcenicura muraria , Swains. Faun. Bor. Amer. ii. p. 489. 
Ruticilla phoenicurus, Bonap. Geogr. Comp. List of B. p. 15, et 
C. G. Ay. p. 296. G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 180. Blyth, Journ. 
A. S. Beng. xvi. p. 133 ; Catal. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 168. 
? Phcenicura alhifrons, Brandt. 
The Redstart, Bewick. 
Hah. Europe ; W. Asia ; N. India. In Mus. East India Company. 
2. Ruticilla phcenicuroides, nobis. 
Forehead, lores, ear-coverts, throat and breast black, extending 
much lower down than in phcenicura ; crown, neck, back and upper 
wing-coverts ash, with a rufous tint, the ash palest on the crown ; 
wings brown, with the edges of the exterior webs paler ; from breast 
to vent, under wing-coverts, upper and lower tail-coverts and tail 
(except the two medial feathers which are brown) rufous red. Male. 
Length, 5 inches ; wing, 3, the first primary being a ^ inch longer, 
and the second a ^ inch shorter than in phcenicura ; tail, 2|- ; bill to 
gape, jo, more elongated, not so broad at base, and it is also a trifle 
longer ; and tarse, -§-. 
Hah. N. India. In Mus. East India Company. 
This species is closely allied to R. phcenicura, but is readily di- 
stinguished from it in the absence of the white on the front of the 
crown. 
* Chaimarrornis, Hodgs., coring. Agassiz. 
