282 STLVIID^. 



454. Phyllergates coronatus (Jerd. & Bl.). The QolcUn-lieaded 



Warbler. 



Ortliotomus coronatus, Jerd. Sf BL, Jerd. B. Lid. W, p. 168 ; Hume, 

 Roiujh Draft N. ^ E. no. 531. 



Dr. Jerdon says : — " A nest and eggs were brought to me, said to 

 be those of this bird. The nest was similar to that of the last \_0. 

 siitorius], but not so carefully made ; the leaves were loosely at- 

 tached, and with fewer stitches. The eggs were two in number, 

 white, with rusty spots." 



455. Horeites hrunneifrons, Hodgs. The Rufous-capped 



Bush-M"arbler. 

 Horeites brunueifrons, Hodgs., Jerd. B. Lid. \\, p. 163. 



The egg is a rather broad oval, a good deal pointed towards the 

 small eud ; the shell is pretty stout for the size of the egg, and is 

 entirely devoid of gloss. The ground-colour is a pale drablDy stone- 

 colour, and all about the large end is a broad dense zone of dull 

 bro\^uish purple. The zone consists of a nearly confluent mass of 

 extremely minute ill-defined speckles, and outside the zone similar 

 speckles and tiny spots occui', though nowhere very noticeable unless 

 closely examined. 



Two eggs of this species were brought from Native Sikhim, to- 

 gether with one of the parent birds ; they are regular ovals, slightly 

 pointed towards the small end. 



The ground-colour is dull, glossless, pinky white ; the markings 

 consist chiefly of a broad ill-defined zone of dull dark ])urple ; the 

 other parts of the egg are sparingly, but pretty evenly speckled 

 and spotted with pale purple. 



The eggs measure 0-66 by 0-49 and 0-64 by 0-48*. 



458. Suya crinigera, Hodgs. The Broivn Hill-Warbler. 



Suya criniger, Hodgs., Jerd. B. Lid. ii,p. 183 ; Hume, Iiou(/h Draft 

 iV. ^- K no. .547. 



The Brown Hill- Warbler breeds throughout the Himalayas, at 

 elevations of from 2000 to GOOO feet, at any rate from 8ikhim, 

 where it is comparatively rare, to the borders of Afghanistan. 



The breeding-season lasts from the beginning of May until the 

 middle of July, but the majority of the birds lay during May, 



A nest which 1 took at Uilloo, in the Kangra Valley, on the 

 26th May, was situated near the base of a low bush on the side of 

 a steep hill ; it was placed in the fork of several twigs near the 

 centre of the bush, about 2 feet from the ground. It was an 



* I cannot find any note about the nest of this species amongst Mi-. Hume's 

 papers. There is nothing beyond tlie above two notes on the eggs. — Ed. 



