406 AVIFAUNA OF CHOTA NAGPUR. 



with Mr. Blyth's type. I find them to be absolutely identical. 

 Measurements in inches : — 



Length 4-2 ; wing 2"2 ; tail T55 ; bill at front *35 ; 

 tarsus '6. 



116.— Erythrosterna maculata, Tickell. (.323) 



The Little Pied Flycatcher was first obtained by Colonel Tickell 

 in Singhbhum. It was met with in Manbhum by Captain 

 Beavan, where I also have seen it. I have also observed it in 

 Sirguja, but it is decidedly a rare bird, frequenting the vicinity 

 of well-wooded streams, and sometimes seen in company with 

 Myialestes cinereocapilla. 



E. acornaus has, so far as I know, not been met with, though 

 it has, I believe, been found in the Central Provinces. 

 MERULIDJL. 



117.— Myiophoneus Horsfieldii, Vig. (342*) 



The Malabar Whistling Thrush has a much larger range 

 throughout the Continent than was supposed by Dr. Jerdon, 

 In the highlands of Sirguja I found it by no means rare. 

 The perennial spring-fed streams, which take their rise in the 

 layer of trap forming the top of the Main Pat and leap 

 from step to step in their torrential channels down the steep 

 sides of the plateau, are favorite resorts of this bird. 



When examining the geology of the plateau in April 1872, I 

 rarely came to one of the waterfalls over a layer of basaltic 

 columns which characterise these streams, without hearing the 

 whistle of this Thrush. I found it very wary and. difficult to 

 shoot, as it would, when first started, keep well in front, and then 

 when least expected, return overhead to its favorite spot at v 

 the foot of a fall. 



Recently, in the Satpuras, I again met with it in some of 

 the rocky streams at the base of Pachraari, and also on Pachmari 

 itself. I was told that in the hot weather the numbers on 

 Pachmari steadily increase, and this I can easily understand as 

 in March the rivers which it frequented below were rapidly 

 drying up. 



The following are measurements in inches of two specimens 

 in my collection : — 



Sirguja, April 1872 $ Wing 61; Tail 4'8 ; Tarsus 1-8; Bill from gape 1-5 

 Satpuras, March 1874 ^ „ 6-6 „ 4.8 „ 1"8 „ „ „ 1'5 



118.— Pitta coronata, Omel. (345.) 



The first occasion upon which I met with the Yellow-breasted 

 Ground Thrush is thus recorded in my note book. " To-day, when 



