268 BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
253. RHIPIDURA ALBIFRONTATA. 
THE WHITE-BROWED FANTAIL. 
Rhipidura albofrontata, Franklin, P. Z. S. 1831; p. 116; Anders, Yunnan Exped. 
p. 655; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. Mus. iv. p. 338. Rhipidura aureola, Less. 
Traite, p. 390. Leucocerca albofrontata, Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 452; Hume, 
Nests and ^ggs, p. 201 ; Bl. 8f Wald. B. Burm. p. 132. Leucocerca aureola, 
Hume, S.F. i. p. 436, iii. p. 104, viii. p. 92. Leucocerca burmannica, Hume, 
S. F. ix. p. 175 (footnote). 
Description. — Male. Crown of head^ lores^ the ear-coverts and the feathers 
round the eye black ; forehead and a very broad stripe over the eye to the 
nape white ; upper plumage and wings ashy brown_, the wing-coverts all 
tipped with white ; tail brown, all but the centre pair of feathers tipped 
white j the pair next the centre ones tipped slightly only, the others pro- 
gressively more so_, the outermost feathers becoming almost entirely white j 
cheekS; chin and throat black, each feather broadly terminated with white 
except on the lower throat, where the white is reduced to narrow margins ; 
sides of the breast black ; remainder of lower plumage white. 
The female hardly differs at all from the male. The upper plumage is 
slightly browner. 
The young have the upper plumage margined with rufous. 
Bill, legs and feet black ; irides brown. 
Length 7'2 inches, tail 3*7, wing 3*2, tarsus '8, bill from gape '7. The 
female is of about the same size. 
The White -browed Fantail appears to be rather an uncommon bird in 
Burmah. I noticed it only at Thayetmyo and Tonghoo, and at other places 
not far from the northern frontier. 
In the Thoungyeen valley in Tenasserim, Capt. Bingham procured some 
birds which for the present I associate with this species. They are 
remarkable in wanting the white tips to the upper wing-coverts, and in 
having less white on the tail. Mr. Hume also notices that in the specimen 
he examined and named L. burmannica, the chin, throat and upper breast 
were white. In a specimen which Capt. Bingham has kindly allowed me 
to examine, killed in the Thoungyeen valley, there are no differences by 
T^^hich it can be separated from the Indian bird, except the absence of 
white tips to the wing-coverts. Under these circumstances I consider it 
better to retain it at present under the same name as the Indian bird. 
This species ranges through the Indo-Burmese countries, and is found 
over nearly the whole peninsula of India. 
The habits of this bird are very similar to those of i?. albicoUis. 
