162 MUSCICAPIN/E. 



whole breast, black, the middle of the latter marked with oval 

 white spots. 



The White-spotted Fantail Fly-catcher is found in various 

 parts of the Deccan ; it is also common at Mount Aboo ; it is a 

 permanent resident, and breeds during March and April. The 

 nest is placed in a fork of some low thick bush, generally a 

 cowranda bush, and is a neat, well-made cup, composed of grass 

 stems, and coated on the exterior with cobwebs ; the sides are 

 nowhere more than a quarter of an inch in thickness, but the 

 bottom is often continued to a point. The eggs, three in 

 number, are broad ovals in shape, of a buffy- white color, with a 

 zone of lavender and brownish spots towards the larger end. 



They measure 0*67 inches in length by about O52 in breadth. 



GENUS, Culicicapa. 



Bill short, broad, suddenly compressed at tip, and much deflect- 

 ed, barely notched ; nareal bristles long and strong ; rictal bristles 

 a little shorter ; wings, with the first quill shorter, and the third 

 longer, the fourth and fifth very little longer ; tail moderate, almost 

 even ; tarsus short ; feet very feeble. 



Culicicapa ceylonensis, Swains. 



295. Cryptolopha cinereocapilla, Vieill. Jerdon's Birds of 



India, Vol. I, p. 455 ; Butler, Deccan ; Stray Feathers, Vol. 



IX, p. 396 ; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India ; Ibis, 1885, 



p. 66. 



THE GEEY-HEADED FLY-CATCHER. 



Length, 4'5 to 475 ; wing, 2'4 ; tail, 212 ; tarsus, 0'5. 



Bill blackish above, horny-reddish beneath ; irides deep-brown ; 

 feet dingy-red. 



Above, the head, nape, and ear-coverts, dark-ashy; back, 

 wings, and tail light-yellow green ; quills and tail-feathers dusky 

 internally ; rump and upper tail-coverts tinged yellow ; beneath, 

 the chin, throat, neck, and breast, pale-ashy ; the rest of the 

 lower plumage dingy-yellow, greenish on the flanks. 



The Grey-headed Fly-catcher is a not uncommon cold weather 

 visitant to Satara, and has been recorded from the Ahmednagar 

 district. It is fairly common in Central India, but does not occur 

 elsewhere within our limits. 



SUB-FAMILY, Muscicapinse. 



Bill depressed, moderately wide, slightly hooked and notched 

 at the tip ; rictal bristles moderate ; wings moderate ; tarsus short 

 or slightly lengthened, moderately strong ; feet small or moderate, 

 chiefly of small size. 



GENUS, Alseonax. 



Bill much depressed and very shallow, wide at the base, slender 

 and suddenly narrowed at the tip, and faintly hooked and 



