BIIiDS FROM THE NORTH CHIN HILLS. 86 



TOO. Sooty Flycatcher — Hemichelidon sibirica. (558). 



101. Little Pied Flycatcher — Ci/ornis melanoleucus. (569). 



A nest brought in with this bird, containing 4 eggs, raeaauring 

 •66"x"o4'', of the same type as C. rubeculoides and C sujyercihans. 

 Shot 2 or 3 birds, but did not manage to find a nest myself. 



102. Blue-throated Flycatcher — Cyornis rubeculoides. (575). 



Common. 



103. Verditer Flycatcher — Stopaiola melanops. (579). 



Fairly common. 



104. Sharpe's White-gorgeted Flycatcher — Anthipes leucop.i. (584). 



A bird brought with a nest, a very deep cup, placed in the 

 grass growing from holes in a tree stump. Nest made of grass, 

 leaves, and a little moss lined with fine grass fibres, a few 

 bamboo leaves, and skeleton leaves being worked into the out- 

 side. The eggs were •69"X'53", and were white, spotted with 

 reddish brown. 



105. Grey-headed Flycatcher — Culicicapa ceylonensis. (592). 



106. Large ^\\t2k\a.—Niltava grandis. (593). 



107. Burmese Paradise Flycatcher — Terpnphone affinis. (599). 



A nest and bird from the Chin Hills — Manipur boundary. 



108. Indian Black-naped Flycatcher — Hypothymis azurea. (601). 



109. White-browed Fantail Flycatcher — Rhipidura albifrontata. (604). 



Shot a bird low down. It changes higher up into the next 

 species. 



110. White-throated Fantail Flycatcher — Rhipidura albicollis. (605). 



111. Common Pied Bush-Chat — Pratincola caprata. (608). 



112. Harington's Bush-Chat — Oreicola ferrea haringtoni. (615 a). 



Not uncommon. The nest is built in a bank, often along a 

 path, and is large for the size of the bird. It is a deep cup, 

 made of moss, grass and grass roots, or of moss only, lined 

 with fine grass bark-fibre, roots, and often goat's hair ( or in one 

 nest only, fine yellowish roots only). The sides and bottom 

 of the nest are thick, and in two cases the nest was made 

 entirely of moss. This was the only nest found in which hair 

 was much used. The eggs are pale blue — almost "hedge- 

 sparrow " blue — and have a series of faint reddish markings 

 ( spots, or speckles ) round the large end of the eggs. These 

 vary greatly, in some cases forming a distinct ring ( in 2 eggs 

 a cap) and in others being only seen with difliculty ; in a few 

 eggs, and in one whole clutch, they were entirely absent. 

 Clutches generally numbered 4 or 5, but in one case I found 3 

 hard set eggs. Average size of 43 eggs is "72" X '56. 

 Length from -67" to -78", and the breadth from 53" to -58. 



113. Eastern Spotted Forktail — Henicurus guttatus. (631). 



