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Female. Resembles the male, but has the lower plumage more 

 tinged with buff. 



The young resemble the adult, but the back and the wing- 

 coverts are broadly tipped and fringed with rufous. 



Iris brown ; bill black, fleshy at the base of the lower mandible 

 {Hume and Davison). 



Length about 7^5 ; tail 3"6 ; wing 3 ; tarsus *75 ; bill from 

 gape -7. 



Distribution. Tenasserim from Tavoy southwards, extending to 

 Siam, Cochin China, the Malay peninsula and islands. 



607. Rhipidura pectoralis. The White-spotted Fantail 

 Flycatcher. 



Leucocerca pectoralis, Jerd. III. hid. Orn. text to plate ii (1847) ; 



Blijth, Cat. p. 200 ; Jerd. B. I. i, p. 453 ; Hume, N. 8f E. p. 203. 

 Muscipeta leucogaster, Cuvier, Jide Pucher. Arch. Mus. vii, p. 333 



(1854). 

 Rhipidura pectoralis (Jerd.), Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii, p. 935 (1843) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. B. 31. iv, p. 335 ; Oatesin Hume's N. ty E. 2nd ed. ii, 



p. 38. 

 Leucocerca leucogaster (Cuv.), Hume, Cat. no. 293; Barnes, Birds 



Bom. p. 161. 



The White-spotted Fantail, Jerd. 



Coloration. Resembles R. javanica. Differs in having the breast- 

 band ocellated with white and the outer tail-feathers merely paler 

 towards the tips, not abruptly aud broadly pure white. 



Iris blackish brown; legs, feet, and bill black (Butler). 



Length about 7 ; tail 3*8 ; wing 3; tarsus -7 ; bill from gape -6. 



Distribution. Found chiefly and most abundantly in the western 

 portion of India from Abu nearly down to Cape Comorin. To the 

 eastward this species has been found at Raipur (Ball), Chikalda 

 (McMaster), Goona (King), Chanda (Blanford), and a line con- 

 necting these localities probably represents its eastern limits. It 

 appears to be found up to 6000 feet or even higher. 



Habits, Sfc. Breeds from April to August, constructing a nest 

 very similar to that of R. albifrontata. The eggs are buffy white, 

 with a zone of brownish spots round the larger end, and measure 

 about '6Q by *47. 



