34 THE BIRDS OF THE LUCKNOW CIVIL DIVISION. 
commencement of the hot weather; at any rate, I have not 
been able to find its nest, nor have I seen it during the breeding 
season. 
286.—Chibia hottentotta, Zin. 
The Hair-crested Drongo can only, I think, be considered 
as a rare yisitor during the rains. It is then occasionally 
brought into the market, but I have only once seen it in its 
wild state frequenting the outer trees of a mangoe tope near 
Lucknow. It seems strange that it should be found here at all 
during the rains, and not in the cold weather. 
288.—Muscipeta paradisi, Zin. Native names— 
Shah-Bulbul and Sham-Bulbul. 
5th June—Brown, Female.—Length, 8:50; expanse, 10°40; 
wing, 3°89; tail, 4°25; tarsus, -62; bill, from gape, 1:; 
weight, *62 oz. 
The Paradise Flycatcher, though by no means common, is uni- 
versally spread over the Division. Occasionally it may be seen 
flitting about mangoe topes, but oftener in bamboo brakes and 
other thickets, and is a frequent visitor to the Horticultural 
Gardens at Lucknow, where it breeds. On the 6th June last I 
took a nest and four eggs from a low branch of a mangoe tree. 
The eggs, of a delicate white salmon color, were minutely spotted 
with red and ringed with similar spots at the large end. 
Their measurement averages 0°80 by 0°58 inches, 
A complete account of the changes of plumage of this 
species is still very much required. Personally, I am inclined 
to regard the chestnut phase as its breeding plumage, the 
female having a short, and the male a long, tail at this season ; 
while it is also the universal livery of the young, but for how 
long Heaven only knows. At any rate, during May, June and 
July, these birds are generally in the chestnut plumage, white 
ones being then the exception, though it is these very excep- 
tions that puzzle one so much. Perhaps, some day, we may 
get to know all about them. 
In the “ Gulistan of Hafiz” the chestnut and white bird are 
considered as distinct species; the white—I write from 
memory—being called the Shah, and the chestnut bird the 
Sultana Bulbul. 
290.—Hypothymis azurea, Bodd. 
The Black-naped Blue or Azure Flycatcher is only a cold 
weather visitor, and even then is by no means common. It 
does not seem to care for mangoe topes, in which I have never 
seen it; but in forest-looking tracts, with plenty of under- 
