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tailed white bird, and the female a short-tailed chestnut one. 

 I met with no exception to this rule, but some most compe- 

 tent observers have found long-tailed chestnut males breeding 

 in other parts of India. Taking all the evidence, the 

 following conclusions seem to be fairly justified :— (1) The 

 young of both sexes are short-tailed chestnut birds with very 

 slight crests. (2) The adult female is a short-tailed chestnut 

 bird. (3) The young male of the second year is a long-tailed 

 chestnut bird, and often breeds in that garb, and possibly even 

 breeds before it has acquired the long uropygials. (4) The 

 change of colour is always from chestnut to white, and a male 

 having once acquired white plumage never again changes to 

 chestnut. (5) The fully adult breeding male is a long-tailed 

 white bird. (6) The long uropygials, in the white bird at least, 

 are certainly seasonal, being shed when the breeding season 

 is over. 



294.— Ohelidorhynx hypoxantha, Bly, 



Male, Valley, ilfarc^.— Length, 4-8 ; expanse, 6-5 ; wing, 

 2-23 ; tail, 24 ; tarsus, 0-65 ; bill from gape, 0-45 j bill at fron*t, 

 0'3 ; closed wings short of tail, 1"1. 



Bill black above ; the lower mandible entirely yellow ; irides 

 brown. 



Three females, Nawahot district, November. — Length, 4-55 to 

 4^65; expanse, 6*4 to 6-5; wing, 2'1 to 2-14 ; tail, 2'13 to 

 2-23 ; tarsus, 0-56 to 0-6 ; bill from gape, 0-4 ; bill at front, 

 0'25 ; closed wings short of tail, 1*25. 



Upper mandible black, lower yellowish horny; irides 

 blackish brown ; gape orange ; feet brownish. 



The Yellow-bellied Fantail is common throughout the 

 Nawakot district in winter, frequenting orchards and" trees by 

 the roadside. _ In the Nepal Valley it was only obtained in 

 March, when it was found about the thorny hedges round the 

 Hesidency grounds. • 



295.— Culicicapa ceylonensis, Sws. 



Twelve specimens, Valley and Nawahot district, Februaiy to 

 December. — Length, 4'4 to 5*3 ; expanse, 7 to 7*8 ; wing, 2*25 

 to 2-6 ; tail, 2*1 to 2-4 ; tarsus, 0'5 to 0-55 ; bill from gape, 

 0-48 to 0-55 ; bill at front, 0-3 to 0-42 ; closed win^s short of 

 tail, I'O to 1-25. 



Bill dusky or black above, below horny brown, and the base 

 of lower mandible yellowish ; irides dark brown ; feet orange 

 or dingy reddish. 



This Flycatcher is exceedingly common in the central woods 

 ©f the Nepal Valley throughout the year; and is abundant in 



