AND IN PARTS OF WYNAAD AND SOUTHERN MYSORE. 389 
481.—Pratincola caprata, Zin. The Black Bush 
Chat. 
. Occurs sparingly in the Mysore country, and J observed it 
two or three times in the Wynaad, in cultivated land. It 
keeps to the plains country. 
482.—Pratincola bicolor, Sykes. The Hill Black 
Bush Chat. 
This is one of the. most common, and certainly the most 
familiar bird on the Nilghiris. It is especially common on the 
plateau at Ootacamund and its vicinity, and about Coonoor, 
Kotagherry, &. It loves to frequent the neighbourhood of 
houses, and it is a most familiar and pleasing little bird. 
When found away from towns, it keeps to open cultivated land, 
seldom, I think, descending lower than about 5,000 feet. It 
breeds freely on the Nilghiris, commencing as early as Feb- 
ruary. 
[483.—Pratincola maura, Pall. The Indian Bush 
Chat. 
This is reported common in 8S. W. Mysore during the cold 
season.— A. O. H 
497.—Ruticilla rufiventris, Viei//. The Indian Red- 
start. 
This Redstart is only a winter visitant to the south, and even 
then it is not numerous. I have never known it to ascend the 
hills. I have seen it most often about the stony ground at the 
base of the hills, and procured specimens near Seegore. 
507.—Larvivora superciliaris, Jerd. The Blue 
Wood Chat. 
This Wood Chat is very abundant on the Nilghiris and their 
slopes. It also occurs not uncommonly in the Wynaad, and 
I found it in the forests on the Bramagherries. It usually 
keeps in the forests, frequenting chiefly banks of streams and 
marshy spots, usually singly, sometimes in pairs, hopping 
about on the ground, and when disturbed, flying up into some 
low tree, but only to alight again almost immediately. 
It is a permanent resident on the Nilghiris (breeding in holes 
of trees), but whether it is so in the Wynaad or not I cannot 
say. Itis a noticeable fact that the males seem to be very much 
‘more numerous than the females. 
Jerdon gives the bill as dusky, so it is in the immature, but 
