SOME OF THE FAMILIAR BIRDS OF INDIA. s 465 
= mon in the more highly wooded districts along the Western 
 Ghauts. 
) Leucocerca albofrontata. The white-browed fantail. An occa- 
sional visitor to the trees in front, and always welcome for the 
beauty of its song as well as the oddity of its manners. 
Cyornis banyumas. Horsfield’s blue red-breast. The female 
of this bird is not, as Dr. Jerdon supposes, “ olive brown above.” 
I have repeatedly obtained undoubted females, determined by dis- 
section, which differed from the males only in having the colors 
slightly more dull. An allied species, C. ruficauda has been 
found in this vicinity, but all my specimens have proved to be 
females. It is still a question whether this last is a good species, 
or whether it is the female of some other race. 
Petrocossyphus cyaneus. The blue rock thrush. According 
to Dr. Jerdon and the Rey. H. B. Tristram this, and not Passer 
domesticus is the “sparrow” of Ps. cii, 7, that sitteth ‘alone 
upon the housetop.” 
Malacocireus Matcolmi. The large gray babbler.. Very abun- 
dant and exceedingly noisy. 
Pyenonotus pusillus. The common Madras bulbul. Distinct 
ftom the P. heemorhous (Gmelin) of authors. 
Oriolus kundoo. The Indian oriole. 
Copsychus saularis. The magpie robin. 
Thamnobia fulicata. The Indian black robin. 
Ruticilla rufiventris. The Indian redstart. 
Acrocephalus dumetorum. The lesser reed warbler. 
Prinia socialis. The dark ashy wren warbler. 
Drymoipus longicaudatus. The long-tailed wren warbler. 
Phyllopneuste rama. Sykes’ warbler. 
Sylvia afinis. The allied gray warbler. : 
- Motacilla Dukhunensis. The black-faced wag tail. During 
: he cold weather when this bird is with us its whole face to the 
top of its head is pure white. The observer iy this latitude there- 
fore fails to see the propriety of the English name that has been 
_ Siven to it. a ; 
_ Budytes viridis. The Indian field wagtail. ‘The green wag- 
_ are very difficult of identification. Mr. Hume thinks that 
: = are at least six species in India, only two of which occur in 
_ AMER. NATURALIST, VoL. v1. 
us culminatus. The carrion crow. Of the seven species 
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