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142.— Pratincola caprata, Lin. Motacilla 



sylvatica, Tickell. (481) 



The White-winged Black Robin cannot be very common in 

 Chota Nagpur, as although I have seen it, I find I have not a 

 single specimen in my collection from the Division. On the 

 other hand I found it extremely abundant in the Satpura hills 

 (Central Provinces). Colonel Tickell's description of the eggs, 

 not of the nest, resembles that which I have given of the 

 preceding species. 



The last-mentioned writer, in his paper on Borabhum, &c, 

 says the bird is rare and shy, while Captain Beavan does not 

 appear to have met with it at all. 



143.— Pratincola indica, Blyth. (483.) 



The Indian Bush Chat is tolerably abundant in the more 

 open parts of the Division. The next species, P. leucura, Blyth, 

 may very possibly occur in Chota Nagpur, but I have not 

 collected it. 



Cercomela fusca, Blyth. (494.) 



I think it highly probable that the Brown Rock-ctafc occurs 

 in Chota Nagpur, as I found it somewhat common on the 

 Kymores at Rotasgurh. Neither of the specimens which I 

 obtained had the wing so long as Dr. Jerdon gives it 3'6. The 

 measurements are : — 



3 Wing 3-3 ; Tail 27 ; Tarsus 1 

 ? „ 3-5 „ 275 „ 1 



144.— Ruticilla rufiventris, Vieill. (497.) 



The Indian Redstart is common in Chota Nagpur ; but is not 

 absolutely abundant in any part of the Division. 



Sirguja 8 Wing 3 4 ; Tail ? ; Tarsus 95 ; Bill from gape '7 

 Eaj. hills $ „ 3-35 „ 2 4 „ '9 „ „ „ '65 



145.— Calliope camtschatkensis, Gm. Mot. 



calliope, Pallas apud Tickell. (512 ) 



Of the Common Ruby-throat Colonel Tickell writes : — " Rare, 

 solitary, silent. Haunts thickets and underwood ; found at 

 Dampara in Dholbhum." I have never seen this bird in Chota 

 Nagpur ; but once met it in the Satpura hills, and have frequently 

 obtained it from the neighbourhood of Calcutta. 



