396 A TENTATIVE CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS OF 



Decean." Adams also records it as common at Poona, but he 

 does not mention albofrontala which is common there ; possibly 

 he may have mistaken the species. I have no record of its 

 occurrence. 



292. — Leucocerca aureola, Vieill. The White- 

 browed Eantail. 



Permanent resident in some districts, but seems to be far 

 more common in the Decean than in the southern portion of the 

 region, where, if it does occur, it is decidedly rare. Mr. Vidal 

 has not observed it in Ratnagiri, and I have only once heard 

 of its occurrence in the neighbourhood of Belgaum ; at Satara 

 it is common. 



293.— Leucocerca leucogaster, Cuv. The White- 

 spotted. Fantail. 



Permanent resident. Common in the southern portion of the 

 region aud in some parts of the Decean, according to Mr. Fair- 

 bank, who observed it at Satara and Poona. Mr. Davidson 

 mentions it also from Igatpuri. All along the Sahyadri range 

 and in the neighbouring forests it is plentiful, also in Ratnagiri 

 and about Belgaum. 



295. — Culicicapa ceylonensis, Swains. The Grey- 

 headed Elycatcher. 



Probably only a cold weather visitant. Common in Satara, 

 where, Mr. Davidson thinks, it breeds, but this, in the absence 

 of proof, I am strongly inclined to doubt. Mr. Fairbank also 

 mentions it from the Nagar districts. I have no record of its 

 occurrence in the southern portion of the region. 



297. — Alseonax latirostris, Baffl. The Southern 

 Brown Flycatcher. 



Cold weather visitant. Occurs sparingly throughout the 

 region, but seems to be more plentiful in the south-west 

 portion of the region about Ratnagiri and Belgaum than in 

 the north. 



301.— Stoporala melanops, Vig. The Verditer Fly- 

 1 catcher. 



Cold weather visitant. Generally distributed in suitable 

 localities throughout the region, but most common along the 

 Ghats and in the better-wooded districts. It is not uncommon 

 in Belgaum, and has been obtained at Nagar, Sholapur, Maha- 

 bleshwar and in Ratnagiri. 



