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towards the lesser end. The ground-colour is a very pale dull 

 green, and it is very faintly mottled, most densely towards the 

 large end, with very pale reddish brown. The coloration of the 

 egg is somewhat like that of a very feebly-coloured Pratincola 

 maura. The eggs measured 0-65 by 0-46 inch and 0*66 by 0*48. 



Mr. Brooks informs us that this Flycatcher is abundant in the 

 pine-woods of Cashmere, about 7000 feet elevation, where it breeds. 



Mr. Hodgson figures the nest, placed on the stump end of a 

 broad broken branch a very massive, rather shallow pad, with a 

 cup-shaped cavity composed of moss and lichens and lined with 

 black moss-roots. The egg is figured as above described. The 

 nest is about 4 inches across and less than 2 high, and the cavity 

 is a little less than 1-75 inch in diameter. 



Major Wardlaw Ramsay says, writing of this species in Afghan- 

 istan : " Breeding in May and June." 



559. Hemichelidon ferruginea, Hodgs. The Ferruginous 

 Flycatcher. 



Alseonax femigineus (Hodgs.), Jerd. B. Ind. i, p. 460. 

 Hemichelidon ferrugineus, Hodgs. , Hume, Rough Draft N. $ E. 

 no. 299. 



All I know of the nidification of the Ferruginous Flycatcher is 

 that Mr. Hodgson figures the nest as a beautiful compact circular 

 pad of moss and lichens, 5 inches in diameter and 2 in height, with 

 a small central circular cavity, placed upon the surface of an old 

 stump of a tree. The egg he figures as a sort of buff colour, cafe 

 au lait, minutely and feebly freckled with brownish red, and 

 measuring 0-69 by 0*5 inch. 



568. Siphia hyperythra, Cabanis. The Indian Red-breasted 

 Flycatcher. 



Erythrosterna hyperythra (Cab.), Hume, Rough Draft N. fy E. 

 no. 323 ter. 



Mr. Brooks says that the Indian Red-breasted Flycatcher 

 " breeds sparingly in Cashmir at from 6000 to 7000 feet elevation. 

 The males in breeding- plumage have the red of the breast bordered 

 on each side by a stripe of velvet-black. This is not shown in 

 Dr. Bree's illustration. In winter the black border disappears ; 

 nor is it regained before the birds leave the plains of India in 

 March and April. The song is sweet, loud and robin-like, but 

 short. I failed to find a nest." 



566. Cyornis hyperythrus (Bl.). The Rufous-breasted 

 Blue Flycatcher. 



Siphia superciliaris (BL), Jerd. B. Ind. i, p. 480. 



Digenea superciliaris (SI.), Hume, Rough Draft N. fy E. no. 321. 



According to Mr. Hodgson's notes the Rufous-breasted Blue 



