Indian Birds 



A black bird, white cheeks and rump, and 

 white bar at base of wing; lower parts grey. 

 Beak orange with white tip ; orange patch of 

 skin behind the eye. 



This bird differs from the other mynas in 

 that it builds a large nest in a tree, usually at 

 no great altitude. 



Occurs only in U. P., C. P., the Bengals, and 

 Assam. (Illus. G. B., p. i6.) 



The Flycatchers^ 55-^0 



Flycatchers are birds which feed exclusively 

 on insects, which they catch upon the wing. 

 Their habit is to make, from some perch, little 

 sallies into the air after their quarry. It must, 

 however, not be forgotten that birds other 

 than flycatchers, as, for example, the king 

 crow and the wagtails, also hunt for insects in 

 this manner ; so that it is not safe to set down 

 a bird as a flycatcher merely because it makes 

 little sallies into the air after insect quarry. 



A considerable number of species of fly- 

 catcher occur in India, but the great majority 

 of them are confined to the hills. The follow- 

 ing, however, are likely to be seen in the plains, 

 Nos. 57-60 being especially abundant. 

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