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were concluded to be a pair, and hence my former conclusion, 

 which Dr. Jerdon quotes in his supplementary notes, that the 

 sexes are alike, I having shown him the two birds, eggs and 

 nest/' 



Of course true banyumas of Horsfield is a different bird 

 and does not occur in India, while Jerdoni, Blyth's name for 

 the male, must give place to his prior title of Tickellice, also 

 assigned by him, but to the female. — A. 0. H.] 



307.— Cyornis ruficauda, Swains. 



The Rufous-tailed Flycatcher occurs sparingly at Mount 

 Aboo during the rains and in the cold weather, but not in the 

 plains so far as my observations go. 



[Unknown throughout the whole of the rest of the region. — 

 A. 0. H.] 



323 bis. — Erythrosterna parva, Bechst. ? 



The "White-tailed Robin Flycatcher is one of the commonest 

 birds at Mount Aboo in the cold weather, making its first appear- 

 ance about the beginning of September. Jerdon says that the 

 red breast is assumed by the end of March or beginning of April. 

 1 shot specimens at Aboo, though not common at that season, 

 in the months of September and October, with the red breast, 

 ashy lores, side of neck, &c. 



It is not uncommon in the plains, and arrives about the 20th 

 September. At Aboo it appears quite at the beginning of 

 September. 



[Captain Butler put this down as leucura, Gmel, but as it 

 was certainly not this, I have entered it as parva. I have 

 seen no specimens recently from this part of the country, and 

 none in full breeding plumage that I can remember at any 

 time, and the species may be hjperijthra, Cab. One or other 

 or both species is common throughout the whole region, but 

 I cannot now get at my specimens to examine, and when my 

 catalogue was prepared, hijperythra had not been discrimi- 

 nated.— A. O. H.] 



342.— Myiophoneus Horsfieldi, Vigors. 



The Malabar Whistling Thrush is rare. I saw a pair at 

 Mount Aboo in a ravine half way down the hill in thick jungle, 

 and have not met with it upon any other occasion. I recog- 

 nised the well-known whistle long before I saw the birds. 



[Entirely unknown in the rest of the region. This is 

 (25° N. Lat.) much the most north-westerly locality where this 

 species occurs. In the Central Provinces it gets to about 22°80' 

 N. Lat., and eastwards in Chota Nagpore to nearly 23° 

 30' N. Lat.— A. 0. H.] 



