BIRDS COLLECTED IN THE ETLAKANDY DISTRICT. 79 



Hume, No. 484 ; Oates, No. 611. 

 Pratincola leucura (BlytL). — The White-tailed Bush-Chat. 

 This is a very rare Bush-Chat here. I have only shot one male 77 



specimen. They frequent reeds. 



Genus Oreicola (Bonap., 1854). 

 Hume, No. 487 ; Oates, No. 614. 

 Oreicola jerdoni (Blyth.). — Jerdoni Bush-Chat. 

 This bird is fairly common in the cold weather. It is to he found 78 



on reeds or ekra grass, and is much shyer than the other Bush-Chats. 



Oates in his Key to the Species of Oreicola, in Fauna, British India, 

 Birds, Vol. II, says : — 0. jerdoni, no supercilium; but in the specimens 

 I have got, there is a decided supercilium. 



Hume No. 486 ; Oates, No. 615. 

 Oreicola ferrea (Hodgs.). — The Dark-grey Bush-Chat. 

 This species is rarer than 0. jerdoni. For four years I did not see 79 



a single specimen, and then I got four or five in one season. 

 Sub-Family Ruticillince. 

 Genus Henicurus (Temm.j 1823). 

 Hume, No. 586 ; Oates, No. 632. 

 Henicurus schistacels (Hodgs.). — The Slaty-backed Fork-Tail. 

 This is a rare Fork-Tail here, but it is sometimes found near streams 80 

 in the jungle. 



Hume, No. 585 ; Oates, No. 633. 

 Henicurus immaculatus (Hodgs.). — The Black- backed Fork-Tail. 

 This is the common Fork- Tail found here. It is found in all the 81 



streams, more especially where they run through the jungle. It has 

 the habit when frightened of uttering a whistle and flying off a few 

 yards and again settling on a stone or on the sand by the side of the 

 stream, wagging its tail incessantly. I found a nest with three young 

 ones on the 11th April. They were, I should say, about three days' 

 old. The nest was in the crevice of a rock on the bank of the stream, 

 about two and a-half feet above water-level. 



Genus Ruticilla (Brehm., 1828). 

 Hume, No. 497 ; Oates, No. 644. 

 Ruticilla rufiventris (Vicill.). — The Indian Redstart. 

 This bird is rather rare in this district, though I believe elsewhere 82 



it is fairly common. I have only obtained one pair. 



