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be readily understood from this description, vary very considerably 

 in appearance, some inclining more to the type of Terpsiplionc 

 paradisi, others to those of Stoparola melanops, but the character 

 of all is the same. 



In length they vary from O66 to 0*71 inch, and in width from 

 0-5 to O55 inch, but the average of seventeen eggs is a little less 

 than 0-69 inch by a little less than 0*53 inch. 



602. Hypothymis tytleri (Beavan). The Andaman Blaclc-naped 

 Flycatcher. 



MyiagTa tytleri, Beavan, Hume, Rouyh Draft N. 8f E. no. 290 bis. 



A nest of the Andaman Black-naped Flycatcher was found at 

 Aberdeen, 8. Andaman, on the 23rd April, 1878; it was fastened 

 to the branch of a small tree that overhung the path. In shape it 

 is an inverted cone, 3 inches in depth exteriorly and 2^ inches in 

 diameter ; the egg-cavity, which is nearly hemispherical, is 2 inches 

 in diameter and 1*1 in depth. The nest is very compactly woven, 

 of soft vegetable fibre, with which also it is firmly bound against 

 the slender stem to which it is attached. Towards the exterior 

 a good deal of green moss, a number of satiny white cocoons, 

 and a little bright ferruginous fern-root have been incorporated 

 in the nest, and the whole carefully coated, though not thickly 

 so, with gossamer threads and spiders' webs, and the cavity of the 

 nest neatly lined with black hair-like moss-roots. 



The eggs were three in number, very similar to those of H. 

 azurea, but perhaps more strongly marked ; in shape they are 

 regular broad ovals ; the shell is smooth and fine, and has a faint 

 gloss ; the ground-colour varies from pinky to creamy white, and 

 towards the large end there is a broad irregular zone of red or 

 brownish-red specks or spots, in one egg very minute and closely 

 set, in another larger and less numerous, surrounded more or less 

 with a pinkish Jialo ; here and there a few tiny spots or clouds of 

 lilac may be detected amongst the other markings of the zone ; 

 outside the zone tiny specks, few and far between, diversify the 

 rest of the surface of the egg. 



In length the eggs measured 0*67 and 0'68 inch, and in breadth 

 0-52 and 0'53 inch. 



603. Chelidorhynx hypoxanthum (Bl.). The Yellow-bellied 

 Flycatcher. 



Chelidorhynx hypoxantha (-#/.), Jerd. B. Ind. i, p. 455 ; Hume, Rouyh 

 Draft N. $ E. no. 294. 



I know nothing of the breeding of the Yellow-bellied Fantail. 



Dr. Jerdon tells us that at Darjeeling he had the nest brought 

 him, but after the young had flown. " It is an exceedingly neat, 

 deep, cup-shaped nest, made of moss, lichen, hairs, and wool, well 

 carded into a compact structure." 



