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I may here rectify a mistake I made in writing in this journal, 

 Vol. xii, page 202, that Stoparola sordida is found in Travaucore. It 

 does not occur. 



(84) Alseonax latirostris— The Brown Flycatcher. 

 Oates, No. 588; Jerdon, No. 297. 

 Common in winter from the foot of the hills to about 3,000 feet, 

 found occasionally also in the low country. Some birds, however, 

 are resident, as I have specimens collected in June and in August. 

 Oates in his key to the genera of the Muscicapidce puts Alseonax in 

 the division having the " second primary very much shorter than the 

 fifth." This does not hold good, as all my Travancore specimens have 

 the second primary quite equal to and sometimes longer than 

 the fifth. 



(85) Alseonax ruficaudus. — The Rufous-tailed Flycatcher. 

 Oates, No. 589 ; Jerdon, No. 307. 

 Mr. F. W. Bourdillon records this without any notes as to its habits. 

 I have not met with it and therefore conclude that it is a rare winter 

 visitor. 



(86) Alseonax muttui, — Layard's Flycatcher. 

 Oates, No. 590 ; Hume, No. 307 bis. 

 Under the name Cyornis mandelli Hume mentions two specimens 

 sent to him by Mr. F. W. Bourdillon. I have since secured another. 

 It is a rare winter visitor. 



(87) Ochromela nigrirufa. — The Black-and-oi'ange Flycatcher. 

 Oates, No. 591 ; Jerdon, No. 300. 



This flycatcher is common on the High Range and at elevations 

 of 3,500 to 4,000 feet in the south. It frequents thick jungle, and 

 though of silent habit is by no means shy. 



Mr. T. F. Bourdillon writes : — " The nest, unlike that of most fly- 

 catchers, is domed, and is composed of the leaves of the Irul reed, lined 

 inside with fine lichen and small roots ; it is usually placed on a small 

 bush from four to six or eight feet from the ground. The number of 

 eggs is two or three, of a brownish-yellow colour, thickly mottled and 

 blotched with red and darker shades of the ground colour, generally 

 forming a zone at the larger end. I have taken fresh eggs in April, 

 which month and May are its breeding season. 



The average of several eggs is '65X'o0.' 3 



