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ENICURUS MACULAT

Lunated Forktail.

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Enicurus ECTS Vig. in Proc. of Comm. of Sci. and Corr. of Zool. Soe., part i. 1830-183] 9 { ;

of Brees pl. 27.—Hodgs. in Gray’s Zool. Misc. 1844, p. 83.—Gray, Cat, oF Spee ae
and Eds: pres. to Brit. Mus. by B. H. Hodgson, Esq., p. iG Vereen in ae ae | . o
vol. ae 363.—Gray, Gen. of Birds, vol. i. p. 204, Enicurus, sp. 2 Ba ene \siat a B ae
vol. ee: 156.—Id. Cat. of Birds in Mus. Asiat. Soc. Calcutta, p. 159 Benne Consp cae
tom. i. p. oe Enicurus, sp. 2.—Horsf. and Moore, Cat. of Birds in Mus. fast Ind. Gone ie i 1. 346.
— Adams, in Proce. of Zool. Soc., part xxvi. 1858, p. 489, and part xxvii. 1859, p. 179. Veadae Birds of
India, vol. ii. pt. i. p. 212. |

Juliginosus, Hodgs. in Asiat. Res., vol. xix. 190, young.
Khanjan, in the N.W. Himalayas.

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Oong-sam ching-pho of the Lepchins. Chubia leka of the BI

1otans.

 

Tue figures in the accompanying Plate were taken from specimens precisely like the bird which formed the
subject of one of the illustrations in my ‘Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains ;’ I deem it
necessary to state this because I believe that another, but very nearly allied, species from the same range of hills
has hitherto been confounded with it. The bird referred to is the one characterized by me in the «Pro-
ceedings of the Zoological Society’ for 1865, under the name of Enicurus guttatus, a representation of
which will be found on the succeeding Plate. Where the two birds inosculate in the great Himalayan range
has not yet been ascertained ; but I believe that both are found in Nepaul, and that from thence the range
of L. maculatus extends as far to the westward as the country of Afghanistan, while the Z. euttatus frequents
Sikhim, Bhotan, and probably proceeds even still further to the eastward.

The birds constituting the genus Enicurus must form a conspicuous feature in the landscape among the
rocky gullies of the elevated regions they inhabit.

Dr. Leith Adams remarks that the Z. maculatus is “common on the mountain-streams southwards of
the valley of Cashmere. Among the tangled jungles by the sides of the mountain-torrents this beautiful
creature sports from rock to rock ; it flutters like a huge butterfly, intently searching after its winged prey,
now and then uttering a harsh scream as it runs along the water’s edge with its tail expanded like a fan.”

This beautiful Wagtail,” says Mr. Jerdon, “‘ may be said to be one of the adjuncts of Himalayan scenery ;
if you come suddenly on a mountain-stream crossing the road or path, and still more certainly if there bea
waterfall, you are sure to see one of these birds, either on the road or in a rock in the stream. If on the
former, it will at times fly before you to the next stream that crosses the path, and repeat the movement
for a dozen times in succession ; but more commonly as you approach it flies rapidly into the jungle and
disappears up the stream, but, owing to the density of the jungle, does not go far. I cannot say that I have
seen it perch, but on one or two occasions thought I did. In the larger sineains it may be seen ee
the shingle at the edge of the river, but still more frequently on TOCKS, especially on hose iH ae s ve _
washed over by the spray. There it picks up the various small insects and their larvee which constitute 1
sagen oo. : r each other, but in that case

“Tn general it is a solitary bird ; occasionally two or three may be seen near eac ;

5 -oots res, ¢ ittle moss; the eves, which are
one usually drives away the rest. The nest is made of roots, fibres, and a litt ; ges,

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three or four in number, are of a greenish white, with a few rusty-brown spot

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The adults of both sexes differ but little in size and colouring ; the dress of the young

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light olivaceous
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brown, with a stripe of grey down each feather ; ae
which characterizes the older birds, and which, when once acquired, 1s ee | a a en
The adult birds have the forehead and frontal half of the crown, greater W oe , : mie ee
back, De UP pet tail-coverts, abdomen, thighs, anu une ie - 1 a the lower edge of
crown, sides of the head and neck, throat, and breast black; a few of the feather: e

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