Bescriytive List of Birds 



white. Lower plumage white save for a broad 

 dark blue collaret interrupted in the middle. 



Hen : Olive-brown above, tinged with dark 

 blue on the lower back. Lower parts pale buff, 

 which fades to white near the tail. 



Very common at Simla, where it sometimes 

 nests in houses. Abundant at most hill 

 stations except Darjeeling. 



67. Stofarola melanops : The Verditer Fly- 

 catcher. F. 579, J. 301, L E. W. 



This beautiful bird is the commonest fly- 

 catcher at all the Himalayan hill stations. 



The cock is arrayed in Cambridge blue — 

 blue of that peculiar shade knowm as verditer 

 blue. There is a black band running through 

 the eye. 



The hen's plumage is duller than that of the 

 cock. Young birds are greyish-blue and their 

 lower plumage is spotted with cream. 



This flycatcher likes to sit on a telegraph 

 wire or a high branch, from which the cock 

 emits a pleasant trill or warble of about 

 a dozen notes. 



This species nests in gardens and verandahs. 



68. Alseonax latirostris : The Brown Fly- 

 catcher. F. 588, J. 297, 298, -L W. K. 



The bird may pass for a hen sparrow unless 

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