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RHIPIDUEA ALBIFEONTATA. 
ir/oTh7sman f consists of mosquitos 
ottier small dipterous insects, as also the small CicadellcB - whieh are abundant in India. 
^'lycatclier breeds in Ceylon during the early part of the year. I have not had the 
Lscriberrm its cleverly-constructed little nest myself j but Mr. Jefferies, of Gangaroowa estate 
belS^S, ""v T ‘constructed in an orange-tree in his compound at Hindugllla as beimr a 
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SSSS ™ 
white to vellnxiGTi 1 ^ A' ^ usually three m number, the ground-colour varying from pure 
endtvi. fn cream-colour, spotted and speckled in a broad irregular zone near the W 
size 0-66 byThl inZ""’ intermingled with spots or tiny clouds of faint inky purple.- Average 
Genus ALSEOK'AX. 
Bill wide at the base, stout, triangular, the under mandible rounded beneath and pale at the 
base; nctal bristles long. Wings with the 2nd quill longer than the 6th, and the and 4th 
he longest, fail shorter than the wings and even at the tip. Legs and feet small. 
