48 Mr. P. W. Munn on the Birds 



or end of October. Tbey do not usually lay before Juue — 

 at the beginning of tbe rains — though on June 8th, 1890, I 

 found a nest containing young, but on the same day I found 

 two other nests still unfinished. The nest takes about a 

 week to build, and the female apparently does all the work, 

 for the cock bird at this time is extremely shy, and 

 generally remains quietly perched in a tree near the nest, and 

 watches the operation and keeps the hen bird to her work. 

 The nests are commonly built in mango or jack-fruit trees. 

 In June 1890 I shot a cock bird in chestnut plumage, which 

 had half of one of the long tail-feathers white. 



I once watched a party of these birds bathing in a tank ; 

 they were perched on a bough overhanging the water, and 

 every now and then plunged right into the water, as a King- 

 fisher does, returning to the same bough after every plunge 

 to shake and preen their feathers. The cock bird is very 

 silent ; but the presence of these birds may be detected by 

 the sound of the female, which continually utters a harsh 

 call-note. 



29. Hypothymis azurea. (Black-naped Flycatcher.) 

 This Black-naped Flycatcher is an uncommon winter 



visitor, generally distributed in the wooded parts, but always 

 found singly. 



30. Rhipidura albicollis. (White-throated Fantail.) 

 Resident, generally distributed in wooded parts, and com- 

 mon. In this district it is entirely a bird of the woods, and 

 never found near houses. It thus differs from R. albifrontata 

 which I have seen in the N.W. Provinces, usually in the 

 native villages, catching insects around the cattle-sheds and 

 yards round the huts. 



31. Pratincola MAURA. (Indian Bush Chat.) 



A winter visitor and fairly common, in open country only. 



32. RuTiciLLA RUFivENTRis. (Red-bellicd Redstart.) 



An uncommon winter visitor. I have seen one as late as 

 March 23rd. 



