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MANUAL or THE NILAGIRI DISTRICT. 



CHAP. VIII, 

 PART I. 



Zoology. 



Centropus rufipennis. 

 Taccocua LesclienaTiltii. 



The Common Cotical. 

 The Southern Sirkeer. 



TEIBE TENUIROSTRES. 

 FAMILY NECTARINID^. 



A-i'aclinotliera pusilla. 

 Le2:»tocoma Zeylonica. 



,, minima. 



ArachnecMlira Asiatica. 

 Dicaeum concolor. 



The Little Spider-hunter. 



The Araethyst-nt^mped Honey-sucker- 



TJie Tiny Honey-sticker. 



The Ptirple Honey-sucker. 



The NiJagiri Floiuer-pecker. 



FAMILY CERTHIAD^. 



Sitta castaneoventris. Tlie Chesnut-hellied Nuthatch- 



Dendrophila frontalis. The Velvet-fronted Blue Nuthatch. 



Upupa epops. 

 ,, nigripennis 



FAMILY UPUPID^. 



Tlie European Hoopoe. 

 The Indian Hoopoe. 



TRIBE DENTIROSTRES. 

 FAMILY LANIAD^. 



Lanius erytlironotus. 

 Tephi'odornis sylvicola. 

 Hemipus picatus- 

 Volvocivora Sykesii. 

 Pericrocotus flammeus. 



„ brevirostris. 



„ erythropygius. 



Dicrurus longicaudatus. 



„ casrulescens. 

 Chaptia fenea. 

 Edolius Malabaricns. 



The Rufous-hacked Shrike. 



The Malabar Wood- Shrike. 



The Little Pied Shrike. 



The Black-headed Cuckoo- Shrike. 



The Orange Minivet. 



The Short-hilled Minivet. 



The White-hellied Minivet. 



The Long-tailed Drongo. 



The White-bellied Drongo. 



The Bronzed Drongo. 



The Malabar Racket-tailed Drongo. 



FAMILY MUSCICAPID^. 



Tchitrea paradisi. 

 Myiagra azurea. 

 Leucocerca pectoralis. 

 Cryptolopha cinereocapilla. 

 Ochromela nigrorufa. 

 Eumyias melanops. 



„ albicaudata. 

 Cyornis ruficauda. 



„ pallipes. 

 Erythrosterna leucura. 



The Paradise Fly-catcher. 



The Black-naped Blue Fly-catcher. 



The White-spotted Fan-tail. 



The Grey-headed Fly-catcher. 



The Black and Orange Fly-catcher. 



The Verditer Fly-catcher. 



The Nilagiri Blue Fly-catcher. 



The Rufotis -tailed Fly-catcher. 



The White-hellied Blue Fly-catcher. 



The White-tailed Robin Fly-catcher. 



FAMILY MERULIDJS. 



Callene rufiventris. 

 Myiophonus Horsficldii. 

 Petrocossyphus cyanens. 

 Orocetes cinclorhynchus. 

 Turdus Wardii. 



The Rufous-bellied Short-tving. 

 The Malabar Whistling Thrush. 

 The Blue Rock-Thrush. 

 The Blue-headed Chat-thrush. 

 Ward's Pied Blackbird. 



