also an eye-streak of the same colour; upper parts are dusky ash, 
with a greenish tinge ; some white on the outer tail feathers. This 
fantail has a pretty, soft warble, when at rest on the tip of a hig 
evergreen; this subdued song, so full of rich notes, recalls not a 
little the mellow trills of the canary. 
(295) CRYPTOLOPHA CINEREO-CAPILLA, Grey-headed Flycatcher, as 
it is called, owing to its greater display of J/uscicapine tendencies, 
than any of the Myiagrine. It gives us a convenient lnk between 
the two sub-families, more obvious perhaps, in birds in their natural 
state. Occasionally it may be seen to flutter its tail in true fantail 
fashion. In habits generally, it rivals typical qualities of the next 
group of Flycatchers. Like most of its family it is a spring visit- 
ant. It arrives amongst first of the migratory birds. Itis not nearly 
so friendly as the last two fantails. It prefers denser, more luxu- 
riant and secluded bowers, whilst in Darjeeling. In spring, its cheer- 
ful call is often heard, which is not unlike, more musical of course, 
the sound the wheels of a clock would make when wound, a rapid 
mechanical clicking. This merry, lively chir-r-7-7-il is pleasant to the 
ear. It has rather, a stimulating effect on the mind of the listener. 
This bird is bigger than last mentioned species, being about 4% 
inches in length, of a more robust build and temperament; plum- 
age, above, is light yellowish green, with prominent dark ashy head 
and nape. Its typical grey head will always help you to distinguish 
it from other little birds it usually associates with in Darjeeling ; 
rump and upper-tail coverts tinged yellow; breast pale ashy and 
lower parts of the body are a brownish yellow. Cinereo-Capilla has 
a pretty song quite apart from the clock-winding cackle, which is 
uttered more as a note of excitability. One of the characteristics 
in flight of this Flycatcher fantail, is a typical mid-air hover poised 
on the wing when securing an insect, this peculiarity in flight is 
often noticed in the kestrel, “king-crow” and some of the king- 
fishers; in the hills more often seen in Honey-suckers as they hover 
lightly over a flower to extract the honey. ‘Together with this 
hovering poise on the wing. I have noticed on several occasious 
a peculiarly typical lateral or horizontal motion quickly performed 
from side to side within radius of about a couple of feet or so. 
This peculiar flight I subsequently found was due, more or less to, 
the anxiety to secure as many mosquitoes it had got in amongst, 
whilst a biggish colony of these insects were fertilizing. The Fly- 
catcher in its act of snapping at the mosquitoes, kept up a quick 
excited rattle like noise. I have detected in no other species this 
quick lateral, back and forth flight. 
