Distinguished by its very broad white eyebrow and forehead. The common species of N. India. Nest a cup.
[59]. Rhipidura albicollis: The White-throated Fantail Flycatcher. (F. 605), (J. 291), (+I.)
Distinguished from [58] by the black forehead and narrow white eyebrow, and from [60] by the black abdomen. Nest an inverted cone. The common fantail of S. and E. India.
[60]. Rhipidura pectoralis: The White-spotted Fantail Flycatcher (F. 607), (J. 293), (+I.)
Distinguished from [58] by the black forehead and narrow white eyebrow, and from [59] by the whitish abdomen. Nest cup-shaped. The common fantail of S.W. India. (Illus. B. B., p. 76.)
The Robins, 61-69
61 and 62. The Pied Bush Chats.
The cock is a black bird (brownish in early winter), with a conspicuous white wing patch and a white rump.
The hen is a reddish-brown bird (greyish in winter), with a black tail with a reddish patch over the tail. The hen may be distinguished from other brownish birds by the peculiar colouring of her mate.
The nest is in a hole in the ground at the base of a tussock of long grass.