MUSCICAPIN ®. 167 
Genus, Erythrosterna, Bon. 
Bill moderately wide at the base, depressed, slightly hooked and 
notched at the tip; rictal and nareal bristles moderate ; wings 
moderate, or rather long, third quill nearly as long as the fourth ; 
tail moderate, even, or emarginate ; tarsus slighly lengthened ; 
feet moderate. 
Erythrosterna albicilla, Pall. 
323.—Erythrosterna leucwra, Gmel—Jerdon’s Birds of India, 
Vol. I, p. 481. 
THE WHITE-TAILED ROBIN FLY-CATCHER. 
Length, 5 ; wings, 2'6 ; tail, 2 ; tarsus, 0°7. 
Bill dusky-brown ; irides dark-brown ; legs pale-brown. 
Above greyish olive-brown ; wings brown ; tail blackish-brown ; 
the four outer tail-feathers on each side white for the greater 
part of their length, broadly tipped with brown ; beneath white, 
. tinged with ashy-brown on the breast and flanks. 
In spring, by the end of March or the beginning of April, the 
male by a partial moult assumes a bright orange-rufous chin and 
throat, and the lores, cheeks, and sides of the neck become 
tolerably pure ashy. This livery is again cast at the autumnal 
moult. 
The occurrence of the White-tailed Robin Fly-catcher within 
our limits is very doubtful. 
Erythrosterna parva, Bechst. 
323bis—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Supplementary List ; Ibis, 
1872 ; Butler, Guzerat; Stray Feathers, Vol, III, p. 469; 
Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 397; Muscicapa parva, 
Bechst ; Murray’s Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 128 ; Swinhoe 
and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, 1885, p. 67. 
The EUROPEAN WHITE-TAILED FLyY-cATCHER differs only 
from the last in having the ferruginous coloring spread down the 
breast, instead of being confined to the neck and throat. It is 
doubtful if the male ever assumes the garb of the female. It is 
spread generally throughout the district, but only asa rather 
common cold weather visitant 
: Erythrosterna maculata, Tickell. 
326.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. I, p. 483. 
THE LITTLE PIED FLY-CATCHER. 
Length, 4°5 ; expanse, 7°5 ; wing, 2°4; tail, 1°85 ; tarsus, 0°9. 
Bill black; irides dark-brown ; legs red-brown. 
Above, with the lores, cheeks, and sides of neck black ; a broad 
white eyebrow extending to the nape ; large spot on the wings 
formed by the greater-coverts, and the edges of the secondaries 
white, and all the tail-feathers, except the central ones, white for 
two-thirds of their length ; beneath pure white. 
