238 F. Stoliczka — Mammals and Birds inhabiting Kaclih. [No. 3, 
481. Piiattxcola caphata. Very rare. 
483. P. Indica, ? = bttbiOOLA. Very common. 
Corap. Ibis, 1870, vi, p. 167, and 1871, p. 27 . 
$ Wing 2’65, tail 2, tarsus 0’85, bill at front 0'4 inch. 
This is the only specimen I saw during tha whole winter ; I shot it near 
Bhuj on 2nd January. Gray (Hand-list, I, 228) retains the Indian Bush- 
chat as distinct from the European, but I still think their identity can 
hardly be questioned, although Indian specimens may generally be smaller ; 
I certainly disbelieve the existence of two separable species in India as 
rubicola and indica, As far as I remember I have seen in 1867 European 
specimens with all the distinctive peculiarities in colour of P. indica, Hi- 
malayan specimens of which I then compared with the former. 
483S». Pratincola macbobhyncha, n. sp. 
I shot at the beginning of 1872 two specimens of a Pratincola, (pro- 
bably females, the sex was unfortunately not determined), which appears 
to be distinct from any other as yet known. 
General plumage, above, dull brown, all the feathers margined with 
pale isabellino or fulvescent whitish, most broadly on scapulars and tertials, 
narrowly on the quills ; upper tail coverts nearly entirely uniform pale ful- 
vescent or sandy, only along the centre of a darker hue. Central tail feathers 
brown, the succeeding also brown and very pale rufescent fulvous about 
the basal half of both webs, (not along the shafts), the rufescent colour 
gradually, not abruptly, passing into the brown ; outer web of last tail 
feather wholly sandy or pale fulvescent white, and all have pale'tips which, 
however, easily wear of. Lores and supereilium sandy white ; ears dusky. 
Lower plumage fulvescent white throughout, with a slight shade of cream 
colour, all the feathers on their basal halves are dark slaty, which is also 
the case on the upper plumage. Bill and feet nearly quite black. Total 
length about 5 -2" to 5 5" ; wing 2’85" to 2 9 inch., first primary nearly 1", 
and 1’2" shorter than the second, which is very nearly equal to the 6th and 
0'24" shorter than the fourth, this being tho longest ; the 3rd and 5th are 
subequal and very little shorter than the fourth ; tail 2'1 to 2'25, tarsus 
0'95 to 0 97 ; bill at front 0'48 to 0'5, from gape 072 ; hind toe and claw 
0'57, hind claw alone 0'3 ; mid toe with claw 0.72 to 073 inch. The size 
of the bill, which is rather narrow and Saxicoline, and the length of the legs 
readily distinguish this apparently new species ; it is not the female of 
P. rubetra, this having the basal half of the tail white, and the bill shorter 
and broad at the base. It is also not a female or young of P, caprata, 
moreover the length and slenderness of the hind claw does not agree with 
any Pratincola, nor even with Saxicola, but strange enough with Oreicola 
(= Ithodopkila, 
