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CATALOGUE. 
This bird lives solitarily on the most elevated mountain-peaks of 
Java. It is very rarely observed. Its retired habits lead it into the 
thickest forests, where the uniformity of its plumage tends most 
effectually to conceal it. During one of my excursions on Mount 
Prahu, I discovered a few individuals perched on the branches of a 
tree extending across the road. I also observed it on the declivities 
of the mountain Merbaboo. It emits a feeble plaintive sound in 
short frequently-repeated notes." — (Horsf Zool. Hes.) 
450. HYPOTHYMIS ALBICA UDATA, Jerd. Sp, 
Muscicapa albicaudata, Jerd., Madr. Joum. XI. p. 16 
(1840) ; m. Ind. Orn. t. xiv. 
Hypothymis albicaudata, Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 320. 
Niltava albicaudata, G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, 1. p. 264.- 
Stoparola albicaudata, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XVI. 
p. 125 ; Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 175. 
A. B. ? . Madras. From Wight's Collection. 
" This species is found on the Neilgherries, in the dense woods of 
which it is far from being uncommon. It captures insects of various 
kinds on the wing, from a fixed perch ; occasionally a small flock of 
five or six of them are seen together in a state of continual movement, 
taking short darts and gambols in the air, as much in sport apparently 
as in actual pursuit of insects. I discovered its nest twice, built in 
a slight hole on a steep earthen bank on a roadside, but did not 
procure the eggs, both birds having forsaken their nests." — (Jerd., 
Madr. Journ. XI. p. 16.) 
451. HYPOTHYMIS MELAN0P8, Vigors Sp. 
Muscicapa melanops. Vigors, P. Z. S. (1831), p. 171. 
Gould, Cent, of Birds, t. 6. SgJces, P. Z. S. (1832), 
p. 85. Jerd., Madr. Journ. XI. p. 15. 
Hypothymis melanops, Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 320. 
Niltava melanops, G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. p. 264. 
Hodgs., Cat. B. ofNep. p. 92. 
Stoparola melanops, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XYI. p. 125 ; 
Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 174. Hutton, J. A. S. 
Beng. XVn. p. II. p. 686. Layard, Ann. N. H. 
(1854), p. 127. 
Muscicapa lapis, Less., Bev. Zool. (1839), p. 104. 
