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Rh a’. Xo white patch on throat. a". Middle tail-feathers distinctly different to others ; wing- under 3 4 5. a"'. Secondaries with white on both webs R. attrorea, p. 03. b'". No white on inner webs of secon- daries. a 4 . Terminal portion of shafts of all lateral tail-feathers black R. erythronofa, p. 94. b*. Shafts of lateral tail-feathers uni- formly chestnut. a 5 . Throat and breast black. G . Portion of outer webs of secondaries broadly margined with white R. hodgsoni <$, p. 95. b e . No white margins to secondaries R. rufiventris <5 , p. 95. b 6 . Throat and breast buff or ashy brown. c 6 . Lower plumage in general ashy brown R. hodgsoni ; P- 95. d 6 . Lower plumage in general buff, frequently suffused with orange R. rtifiventris $ , p. 95. b". Middle tail-feathers of much the same colour as others ; wing over 4 R. erythrogaster, p. 97.

639. Ruticilla frontalis. The Blue-fronted Redstart.

Phcenicura frontalis, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 172; Gould, Cent. pi. xxvi, tig. 1.

Ruticilla frontalis (Vig. Blyth, Cat. p. 168; Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, p. 308 ; Jerd. B. 1. ii, p. 141 ; Blanf. J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 50; Hume fy Henders. Lah. to Yark. p. 211 ; Hume, Cat. no. 03 ; Scully, S. F. viii, p. 302 : lliddulph, Ibis, 1881, p. 63 ; Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 446; Seebohm, Cat. B. M. v, p. 349: Hume, S. F. xi, p. 195 ; Oates in Hume's N. Sf E. 2nd ed. ii, p. 64. Tak-tirriri-pho, Lepch.

Coloration. Male. After the autumn inoult the forehead and

white with a distinct greyish-white supercilium, and the back is grey without a trace of black at any season.

E. ERVTIIKOPKOCTA, Gould. This bird has been recorded from India under a misapprehension as to what the species really is. The only specimens known are two from the Gould collection, now in the British Museum. They were obtained in Asia Minor. This Redstart resembles R. rujiventris, but has the under wing-coverts and axillaries black tipped with ashy, and the black of the lower parts produced further down on the abdomen.

R. MKSOLEUCA (Hempr. & Ehr.). This species is said to have been procured at Daulatpur in Sind by Mr. Murray's native collector. The specimen obtained iv.-i.-lird Mr. Hume's hands without a label. Both Hume (S. F. vii, p. 115) and Blanford (S. F. vii, p. 527) entertain doubts of the occurrence of this species in India, and I think the matter requires confirmation. For the present it is perhaps advisable to omit it from my list. R. mesoleuca resembles R. rufivenfris, but has the anterior third of the crown pure white and the supercilium whitish ; the outer webs of the secondaries and later primaries are, moreover, margined with white.