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ENICURUS MACULATES.
E n . c a p ite , eolio, dorso su p e r io r i, p e e to r e , p t i l i s , r em ig ib u s se cundariis, caudaque m te n s i a t r is ;
f r o n b s n o ta la ta , m a culis c o n fe r tis nucha, c t s p a r e s dorsi, p tc r o m a t ih a . dorso imo, abdomine,
r e c tru n b u s la te ra lib u s , med ta rum q u c a p ic ib u s a lU s ; rem,g ib u s p r h n a r d s f u s c i s ; rostro ni,n o
p e d ib u s albe sc entibus. ^
S t a tu r a E n . specioso eequalis.
L o n g itu flo corporis, 11 u n c .
offer a third. The genus, ,ve may observe, ,s exclasively co,.fined to tho Asiatic continent .and the adiaeent
slaiids. l l i i s typieal example m a , be a t once distinguished from its congeners by the white spots „pi the
Hack ground o f the back and mantle. In size i, is rather less than the E nku rJ sp e e io su s o f i r
fed the tad IS coiisiderably longer than in that bird. This elegant species l i a s ie e .. received f ' „ Ì 7
Himalaya., mountains in considerable abimdance ; but we are not aware of its oceurreucc eitl.er in the low
lands or islands. In its wild and native eouditioi. it is pre-eminently distinguished by the grace and vivacity of
Its ac ions, tn p pm g along the ground with great ease and agility, like our Common W'agt.alls hut even if
possible, exceeding them m the eleganee of Its movements. Its food consists o f insects. O f Its nidificati'on
no information has yet re ad ied ns.
The forehead Is white ; the head, neck and breast, je t black ; a hand o f thickly set white spots a t the base
of the neck advances forwards in a semilunar form ; the back Is black, thinly spotted with white ; the shoulders
rump, abdomen, and two outer tail.feathers, are white ; the wings brownish black ; the inner tail-feathers ar<:
black tipped with white ; the beak is black ; the tarsi ficsh colour.
The Plate represents an adult, in full plumage, o f the natural size.