. Birds. Birds. 102 TTJEDID^. 650. Calliope camtschatkensis. The Common Ruby-throat. Motacilla calliope, Pall. Beise Buss. EeicJn, iii, p. 697 (1776). Tardus camtschatkensis, Omel. Syst. Nat. i, p. 817 (1788). Calliope camtschatkensis {Gtnel), Blyth, Cat. p. 169; Horsf. ^ M. Cat. i, p. 313; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 150; Hvme 8r Dav. S. F. vi, p. 337; ,Aves,-^.Q\fi; JIttme,; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 209; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 199. Calliope yeatmani, Tristram, Ibis, 1870, p. 444. Erithacus calliope {Pall), Seebohm, Cat. B. M. t, p. 305; Gates, B. B. i, p. 14. Gunpigora, Beng.; G
. Birds. Birds. 102 TTJEDID^. 650. Calliope camtschatkensis. The Common Ruby-throat. Motacilla calliope, Pall. Beise Buss. EeicJn, iii, p. 697 (1776). Tardus camtschatkensis, Omel. Syst. Nat. i, p. 817 (1788). Calliope camtschatkensis {Gtnel), Blyth, Cat. p. 169; Horsf. ^ M. Cat. i, p. 313; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 150; Hvme 8r Dav. S. F. vi, p. 337; ,Aves,-^.Q\fi; JIttme,; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 209; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 199. Calliope yeatmani, Tristram, Ibis, 1870, p. 444. Erithacus calliope {Pall), Seebohm, Cat. B. M. t, p. 305; Gates, B. B. i, p. 14. Gunpigora, Beng.; Gangula, Pig. 29.—Head of C. camtschatkensis. Coloration. Male. The whole upper plumage olive-brown, the head darker, and all the feathers indistinctly edged paler; a line from the forehead over the eye white; lores and under the eye black; a broad moustachial streak white; throat and fore neck scarlet, each feather margined at the tip with white, and the whole patch bordered by black ; upper breast brownish grey, paling and becoming bufEy grey on the lower breast and sides of the body; abdomen and under tail-coverts white; tail brown, edged on the outer webs with olive-brown ; wing-coverts and quills brown, edged with bright oUve-brown ; axillaries buff. Female. Superciliary streak huffy white; lores and in front of the eye dusky brown; the bright scarlet of the throat and the surrounding black line absent, and replaced by dull white; mous- tachial streak olive-brown ; other parts as in the male.* The young are mottled, and moult into the plumage of the adult female at the first autumn, and the crimson throat-patch is assumed in the first winter without a moult. Bill light brown, white at the gape; mouth flesh-colour; iris brown; legs pale plumbeous ; claws horn-colour. Length 6 ; tail 2"4; wing 2*9 : tarsus 1'15 ; bill from gape S. Distribution. A winter visitor to Nepal and Sikhim, extending through the plains of the Eastern portion of India proper as far south a
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