ROUGH LIST OF THE BIRDS OF WESTERN KHANDESH. 307 
and none of the Khandesh specimens seem quite as dark 
as those from further south. 
481.—Pratincola caprata,* Zin. The White-winged 
Bush Chat. 
Common in the rains and cold weather, apparently leaving 
in the hot weather. I saw no signs of breeding. 
483.—Pratincola maura,* Pal/. The Indian Bush 
Chat 
Cold weather visitant. Common as a rule everywhere except 
in the jungles. 
488. —Saxicola opistholeucus,* Strickl. Strickland’s 
White-tailed Wheatear. 
Cold weather visitant. Rare and only noticed singly on 
perhaps a dozen occasions among scrub jungle on the banks 
of the Tapti and in Nizampur and Virdeil. 
491.—Saxicola isabellinus,* Riipp. Menetries’ 
Wheatear. 
Cold weather visitant ; rare; noticed however on several occa- 
sions. 
? 492.—Saxicola deserti, Riipp. The Black-throated 
Wheatear. 
i am sure I have seen this species in the cold weather on one 
or two occasions, but, as 1 have never shot any specimens, I 
enter it as doubtful. 
497.—Ruticilla rufiventris,*  Vieill. The Indian 
Redstart. 
Cold weather visitant. Generally distributed. Common from 
the middle of September to the beginning of the hot weather. 
514. —Cyanecula suecica,* Zin. The Red-spot Blue- 
throat. 
Cold weather visitant. Common everywhere where there is 
any swamp, and also along the sides of bushy nullahs. 
515.—Acrocephalus stentorius,* Hemp. aud Ehr. 
The Large Reed Warbler. 
Noticed by me in the reedy nullah below the Mukhti tank near 
Dhulia, in September and October; also in May there. Noticed 
in December and April as very abundant on the busby islands 
