210 MUSCICAPID/E. 



237- Rhipidura albifrontata, Sharps, Cat. B. Br. Mus. iv. p. 



338; Oates, B. Br. Burm., i. p. 268; Murray, Vert. Zool. Sind, p. 129. 

 Rhipidura albofrontata, Frank!., P. Z. S. 1831, p. 116; Blyth, J. A. S. B. 

 xii. p. 935. Leucocerca albofrontata, Jerd., Madras Journ., xi. p. 12 ; id. B. 

 Ind. i. p. 452 ; Hume, Nests and Eggs, p. 20 1 ; Blyth and Wald, B. Burm. 

 Leucocerca aureola, Hume, Sir. F. i. p. 436; in- p. 104 ; viii. p. 92. Leuco- 

 cerca burmannica, 'Hume, Sir. F. ix. p. 175 (footnote). The WHITE-BROWED 

 FANTAIL. 



Head, neck, lores, and sides of the face slaty black ; a broad frontal band, 

 extending over the eyes to the nape, white ; throat white, the feathers black at 

 their bases ; lower throat black, slightly edged with white ; back and wing- 

 coverts ashy brown, the latter, including the primary coverts, tipped with trian- 

 gular spots of white ; axillaries dark brown, edged with whitish ; breast, 

 abdomen, under tail and thigh coverts white, the feathers of the latter with black 

 bases ; tail dark brown, all, except the centre ones, broadly tipped white ; bill 

 and legs black ; irides deep brown. 



Length. 6 to 67 inches ; bill at front 0*5 ; wing 3- 3 to 3-15 ; tail 3'6 ; tarsus 

 075. 



Hal. India generally and Ceylon to Burmah, Pegu and N. W. Hima- 

 layas. Common in the Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Oudh, Central India, Raj- 

 putana, Kutch, Kattiawar and Jodhpore ; also in Southern India, the Concan 

 and Deccan, especially in gardens. Breeds in Sind from March to August. 

 The nest is a very neat cup, made of fine fibres, &c., covered on the outside 

 and inside with cobweb, and usually attached towards the end of a low branch. 

 Eggs 2 to 3 in number, not unlike those of the preceding. 



Gen. Terpsiphone. Gloger. 



Bill long, wide, depressed at base, narrowing at tip, hooked and notched ; 

 the culmen keeled ; rictal bristles numerous, long and stout, not reaching be- 

 yond half the length of the bill ; wings rather long and somewhat pointed ; tail 

 long, cuneate, with the central feathers greatly elongated in the males. Head 

 crested. 



238. Terpsiphone paradisi, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 224 ; Sharpe, 

 Cat. Passerif. p. 347; Cat. Mus. Heine. Th. i. p. 58. Muscicapa paradisi, 

 Cuv. Regne. Anim. 1817, i. p. 344; Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 84; Jerd. III. 

 Ind. Orn. pi. 7. Tchitrea paradisi, Less. Traite, p. 386 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. 

 p. 259; Hume, Ibis, 1869, p. 9; Jerd. B. Ind. p. 444, No. 288; Str. F. 

 1873, pp. 403, 474; 1875, p. 102; Murray Hdbk. Zool., fyc. p. 138. THE 

 PARADISE FLY-CATCHER. 



Adult Male. Head with a long occipital crest ; sides of face, neck, and 

 entire throat glossy steel green; above and below pure white, some of the 

 feathers more or less black shafted ; quills black, externally white ; the edges of 



