29. <em>Pratincola atrata</em>. The southern pied bush-chat or hill-robin. Not nearly so abundant on the Palnis as on the Nilgiris.
30. <em>Merula simillima</em>. The Nilgiri blackbird. In spring its delightful song gladdens the groves of the higher Palnis.
31. <em>Copschychus saularis</em>. The magpie-robin. Has been observed as high as 5000 feet. The cock is black, and the hen grey, with a white breast and white in the wings and tail. The distribution of the black and white is like that in the common magpie.