THE YELLOW-BELLIED FANTAIL. 
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Genus CHELIDORHYNX, Hodgs. 
254. CHELIDORHYNX HYPOXANTHA. 
THE YELLOW-BELLIED FANTAIL. 
Rhipidura hypoxantha, JBl. J. A. S. B. xii. p. 935, Chelidorhynx hypo- 
xantha, Jerd. B. Ind. i. p. 455 ; Hmne, Nests and Eggs, p. 204 ; Wald. in Bl. 
B. Biirni. p. 132 ; Htwie, S. F. viii. p. 93 ; Sculhj, S. F. viii. p. 275 ; Sharpe, 
Cat. Birds B. Mus. iv. p. 279. 
Description. — Male and female. Forehead, a broad supercilium, commen- 
cing at the forehead,, and the whole lower plumage bright yellow ; lores, 
feathers round the eye, cheeks and ear-coverts dark brown tinged with 
green, the shafts of the latter parts whitish ; tail brown, with conspicuous 
white shafts, and all the feathers but the central ones tipped with white ; 
upper plumage and wing-coverts olive-brown; wings brown, very narrowly 
margined with olive-brown. 
Bill black above ; the lower mandible yellow ; irides brown ; gape orange ; 
feet brownish. {Scully.) 
Length 4*7 inches, tail 2*3, wing 2'I, tarsus '6, bill from gape "4. The 
female is a trifle smaller. 
The Yellow-bellied Fantail was procured in the Tonghoo hills by Capt. 
Wardlaw Bamsay, and it has not been recorded from any other part of the 
province. 
It extends through the Indo-Burmese countries into the Himalayas, 
where it has been found as far w^est as Nipal. 
Dr. Jerdon says : — It frequents the skirts of large woods and low trees 
by the roadsides, either in pairs or small flocks ; is very active and lively, 
making short sallies after insects with a low pleasant twitter. I had the 
nest brought to me, but after the young had flown. It is an exceedingly 
neat, deep cup-shaped nest^ made of moss, lichen, hairs and wool, well 
carded into a compact structure.^'' 
