550 Mr. W. Jesse on the 
It breeds in June and July^ as I have seen the eggs. 
Unfortunately the only nest 1 actually found myself was 
destroyed by heavy rain. It was in a mango-tree about 
ten feet from the ground. Reid^ however^ got the eggs here, 
and says : — ''^On the 6th of June last (1881), I took a nest 
and four eggs from a low branch of a mango-tree. The eggs_, 
of a delicate white salmon-colour^ were minutely spotted with 
red^ and ringed with similar spots at the large end.^^ These 
four eggs averaged '80" x •58". 
No. 601. Hypothymis azurea. Indian Blach-naped Fly- 
catcher» 
I am very ignorant concerning our migratory Flycatchers, 
as_, during their stay here^ whenever I have spare titoe, I 
am on the jheel shooting rather than in the tope collecting. 
According to Held this species is not common. " It does 
not seem to care for mango-topes^ in which I have never 
seen it ; but in forest-looking tracts, with plenty of under- 
wood or shrubs, it may occasionally be seen, generally two 
or three together.''^ 
No. 604. Ehipidura albifrontata. White-browed Fan- 
tail-Flycatcher. 
This pretty little bird with its plaintive note is common 
all iDver the Division, chiefly, I think, in mango-groves, but 
also in avenues and gardens. It is_, of course, a permanent 
resident. It is interesting to watch it darting from a 
branch after insects^ returning to its perch and spreading 
out its tail. It breeds, I think, twice — in March or 
early April_, and again in the " rains. '^ The nest is a most 
delicate little inverted cone of fine grass, coated with cobwebs, 
and is placed on the branch of a tree — generally a mango, 
but sometimes a guava or other species. Reid has given an 
excellent account of the nest-building, which is worth 
quoting : — " The place selected was a horizontal and slender 
mango branch about six feet from the ground, at a point 
where the branch terminated and three slender uprights 
started. In this fork they commenced the nest by twisting 
spiders-webs round the main or horizontal stem upon which 
