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1. J ’Jl r e K J (■ r B A B . l 'B ; K r ; - ,
r O lK lll 1,.K,1; I
T a b . X X V . , Fig. i.
PHOENICURA RUBECULOIDE S .
p /i® » , ca p ite , o o lh , corporeque su p ra a tr o - c x r u k is , c a p itis summo splendid,oro ; abdomine a lb o ;
p e c to r e ru fo .
S t a tn r a P h a n , communis.
T in s species, whose ueme has bee,, derived from the s im ik r it, of the colouring of its breast to that o f onr
own Rohm, IS most probably confined to the more elevated parts of the Himalavan range. Its form it mav
ho snggestec , bears .a closer affinity to that o f the species composing the gen„; Mmeieapa, than to that oV
those ranked nnder S a x ,e o h ,~ u group of birds to which F lm n k um Is most nearly allied.
Its food consists o f the smaller species o f insects, with worms and eaterpllkry. No se.vnal dilferenee. so
fa r as has yet been asecrtmned, Is observable in the colour o f the plumage in the male and female ; although
It IS more than probable that they are not entirely similar.
The general plumage on the upper surface is blueish b la ck ; the forehead and a line over each eye, as well
as the t,p o f the shoulders, being o f a more pure lazuline ; the breast is tawnv rufous ; the under parts are
wlntc ; tlie heuk black; the tarsi dark brown.
T a b . X X V . , Fig. 2.
PHGENICURA CCERULEOCEPHALA.
P hc en. a tra , a b d om in e s tr ig d q u e (d u rum lo n g itu d in a li a lb is ; c a p ite p a llid e ccerulco.
S ta tu ra praicedeiitis.
I.v noticing the previous species, we observed that it possessed characters strongly connecting it with the
group o f Mmcimpa. The present little warbler, on the contrary, exhibits, by its length o f wing'and tarsus a
tendency to unite itself with the genns S ux k e la. The very limited lamwledgc which we have as ^-et
gamed of this species, preclndcs onr describing nlike the food it subsists on, and tlie diirerencc, if any, in the
pinmage of the sexes ; but, from its length o f limb, we may conclude its habits arc o f much tiic same
general description as those of the otlier species composing this genns, which are well known to he
Strictly terrestrial.
The top o f the head is greyish blue ; the back, throat, breast and tail, blaelt; the wings are dark brown ;
the scapnkrs and outer edges of the secondaries w h ite ; the abdomen is whitish ; the bill and tarsi black.
Both these s]iceics are figured o f the natural size.
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