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(261) Pratincola caprata.— The Common Pied Bush-Chat. 

 Oates, No. 608 ; Hume No. 483. 

 A common bird ; a few resident throughout the year. 

 (262) P. maura — The Indian Bush-Chat. 

 Oates, No. 610 ; Hume, No. 483. 

 A very common bird throughout the cold season, but very few seem 

 to stay to breed. During the six years I have been in Cachar I have 

 taken but a single nest, and have seen but few birds during the breed- 

 ing season. Those I have seen were all at an elevation of about 4,000 

 feet. 



(263) P. leucura.— The White-tailed Bush-Chat. 



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

 I have seen very few specimens of this bird in North Cachar, and all 

 my notes refer to birds seen in April and May, so that it would seem 

 that these birds merely pass through North Cachar on the way to their 

 breeding haunts, which may, possibly, be some of the high ranges in 

 the Naga Hills of Manipur. 



(264) Oreicola jerdoni. — Jerdon's Bush-Chat. 



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

 Very common in the cold weather, and some few do undoubtedly 

 remain here to breed on the higher hills, but hitherto I have never 

 been so fortunate as to get their nest or eggs. 



(265) O. ferrea.— The Dark Gray Bush-Chat. 

 Oates, No. 615 ; Hume, No. 486. 

 Even more common than the last bird and a good many stay and 

 breed in the east of the District, here and there also a pair remaining 

 elsewhere. On one occasion only have I found a nest ; this was in 

 1890, but the nest and eggs were just as usual, and I seem to have 

 recorded no notes on them. 



Sub-family Ruticillince. 

 (266) Henicurus guttatus. — The Eastern Spotted Fork-tail. 

 Oates, No. 631 ; Hume, No. 584 Bis. 

 Fairly common everywhere, but deserting the larger streams and 

 rivers entirely during the breeding season. Most of my eggs are de- 

 cidedly drawn out and often considerably pointed towards the smaller 

 end, and almost invariably they are very long in proportion to their 



