. Birds. Birds. 224 CEATEEOPOBID^, The wing is rounded; the tail is about two thirds the length of the wing and slightly rounded, and its coverts reach to about the middle of the tail. The tarsus is strong and smooth. The birds of this genus are entirely arboreal, being found in flocks traversing the highest trees. They are confined to the hilly portions of the country, and feed upon both insects and berries. Key to the Species. « a. Tertiaries chestnut. a'. Crown black P. erythroptems (J, p. 224. 6'. Crown bluish grey P. en/thropterus J, p. 224. h. Tertiaries golden yellow P. (srcdatm tS, p.
. Birds. Birds. 224 CEATEEOPOBID^, The wing is rounded; the tail is about two thirds the length of the wing and slightly rounded, and its coverts reach to about the middle of the tail. The tarsus is strong and smooth. The birds of this genus are entirely arboreal, being found in flocks traversing the highest trees. They are confined to the hilly portions of the country, and feed upon both insects and berries. Key to the Species. « a. Tertiaries chestnut. a'. Crown black P. erythroptems (J, p. 224. 6'. Crown bluish grey P. en/thropterus J, p. 224. h. Tertiaries golden yellow P. (srcdatm tS, p. 226. c. Tertiaries green tipped with P. ceralatus 5, p. 225. d. Tertiaries bluish grey or green, c'. Crown greenian yellow. a". Nape bluish ashy. a'". Tips of wing-coverts white .... P. melanotic J, p. 226. b'"- Tip of wing-coverts salmon- colour P. melanotis $, p. 226. 6" Nape greenish yellow, c'". Tips of wing-coverts white .... P. intermedius iS > P- 227. d". Tips of wing-coverts salmon- colour P. intermedins $, p. 227. d'. Crown blackish P. xanthochloris^, p. 227. e'. Crown dark grey P. xanthochloris ?, p. 227. 237. Pteruthius erythropterus. The Eed-winged Shrike-Tit. Lanius erythropterus, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1831, p. 22; Gould, Cent. pi. 11. Pteruthius erythropterus ( Viff.), Blyth, Cat. p. 99; Hoi-af. Sr M. Cat. i, p. 172; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 245; Stolicxka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. ii, p. 49; J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. ii, p. 108; Cock l^- Marsh. S. F. i, p. 356; ITume, N. Sr E. p. 389; J. A. S. B. xlv, pt. ii, p. 81; meme, Cat. no. 609; id. S. F. xi, p. 243 ; Oates in Htime's N. ijr F. 2nd ed. i, p. 150. Ptererythrius erythropterus ( Fig.), Gado%o, Cat. B. M. viii, p. Fig. 67.—Head of P. m/thropiems. Coloration. Male. Porehead, crown, nape, lores, ear-coverts, and under the eye black; a broad white supercilium from the eye to the nape; upper plumage bluish grey, some of the upper tail- coverts tipped
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