MYIAGRINA. 161 
p. 466 ; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 396; Rhipidura 
albofrontata, Frankl. ; Murray’s Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 
129; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, 1885, p. 66. 
THE WHITE-BROWED FANTAIL. 
Length, 7:5 ; expanse, 10 ; wing, 3°83 ; tail, 3°75 ; tarsus, 0°7 ; bill 
at front, 0:3. 
Bill black ; irides deep-brown ; legs black. 
Above the head and neck deep-black; a broad frontal band, 
extending over the eyes to the nape, pure white ; back ashy-black ; 
wings and tail dusky-black, the wing-coverts with some white 
spots; the tips of all the tail-feathers, except the central ones, 
broadly white ; beneath, the chin and throat black, more or less 
spotted and lined with white ; the breast and abdomen white. 
The White-browed Fantail Fly-catcher is common throughout 
the region, excepting, perhaps, the hilly and more wooded tracts, 
where it is replaced by the next species. It is a permanent 
resident and breeds from February to August, but March and 
July are the months in which most nests are to be found. They 
have at least two broods in the year, and if undisturbed use 
the same nest for the second brood. The nest is generally 
placed on the upper surface of a horizontal bough, and is difficult 
to. find, as it appears to be a mere excrescence on the branch, 
with which it assimilates in color. In shape it is a rather deep 
cup, about 1? inches in diameter, and rather more than an inch 
in depth ; it is rarely more than one-quarter of an inch thick. 
It is generally composed of fine grass or vegetable fibres, coated 
on the outside with cobwebs. 
After their eggs are laid, these little birds become very fussy 
and courageous, darting out and attacking any bird that 
approaches the nest, no matter how large. The eggs, three in 
number, are broad ovals in shape, and vary from white to dingy 
creamy-white or pale yellowish-brown in color, with a belt of 
greyish-brown and faint inky-purple specks and spots round the 
larger end. They average 0°66 in length by about 0°5 in breadth. 
Leucocerca leucogaster, Cuv, 
293.—Leucocerca pectoralis, Jerd.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. 
I, p. 458 ; Butler, Guzerat ; Stray Feathers, Vol. III, p. 293 ; 
Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 396. 
THE WHITE-SPOTTED FANTAIL. 
Length, 7 ; wing, 3; tail, 4; tarsus, 0°38 ; bill at front, 0°3. 
Bill black ; irides dark-brown ; legs black. 
Above, the whole head black, with a narrow white supercilium ; 
the rest of the upper plumage brownish-dusky ; wings dusky ; the 
coverts very slightly tipped with albescent ; tail dusky, all but the 
middle feathers passing gradually into dirty-whitish towards 
their extremity; beneath, the throat and belly white; the under 
tail-coverts edged with rufous; the sides of the throat, and the 
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