1. STACHYRIDorSIS. 6Ul 



along the edge of the inner web ; " bill sordid sanguine ; legs pale 

 tleshy brown ; iria blood-red " (Jerdon). Total length 4-S inches, 

 culmen U-6o, wing 2-1, tail 2, tarsus O'S. 



A considerable ditterenco in the tone of colour in this species is 

 observable, some individuals being so much more olive and others 

 more rufescent in shade. The palest examples are those from the 

 North-west Himalaj-as. 



Youmj. Coloured like the adult, but much more fluff)- in appear- 

 ance and everywhere paler ; the black shaft-lines on the head nearly 

 obsolete. 



Hah. Himalayas. 



a. Ad. sk. N.W. Himalayas {Dr. A. L. Goidd Collection. 



Adams). Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill 

 6,e, rf.Ad.sk. N.W. Himalavas. [!'.]. 



e. Ad. sk. Dehra {G. King). Dr. J. Seully [P.]. 



f,(j,h. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



(Types of species.) 



i, k. Ad. sk. Nepal {Hodijson). India Museum. 



5. Stachyridopsis chrysaea 



Stachyris chrysEea, Hodgs. Icon, ined., App. pi. 88 (no. 869) ; id. in 

 Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 83 (1844) ; id. J. A. S. Beng. xiii. p. 379 

 (1844) ; id. P. Z. S. 1845, p. 23 ; Gray, Cat. Manim. etc. Nepal pres. 

 Hodgs. p. 75 (Ls46) ; Bhjth, Cat. B. Miis. As. Soc. p. 150 (1849) ; 

 Bp. Consp. i. p. .332 (1850); Hors,". ^- Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. 

 Miis.i. p. 2.32 (1854); Jerd. B. hid. ii. p. 23 (1863); Godwin- 

 Aiisfen, J. A. .S'. Beng. xxxix. p. 103 (1870); Hume, Nests S,- Eqqs 

 hid. B. p. 245 (1873) ; Blgtli Sf Wald. B. Burm. p. 115 (1875) ; 

 Godwin-Austen, J. A. S. Beng. xlv. p. 75 (1876) ; Anders. Zool. 

 Yunnan, p. 636 (1878) ; Hume, 8tr. F. 1879, p. 95. 



Timalia chrysoea, Gray, Gen. B. iii., Ajyp. p. 10 (1849) ; id. Hand-l. 

 B. i. p. 315, no. 4709 (1869). 



Adult. General colour above yellowish olive ; wing-coverts and 

 quills dusky brown edged with greenish, a little more yellowish 

 on the primaries ; tail-feathers ashy brown, edged with yellowish 

 olive ; crown golden yellow, broadly streaked with black centres to 

 the feathers ; forehead and a line over the eye bright golden ; lores 

 and feathers above and below the eye black : ear-coverts yellowish 

 olive ; cheeks, throat, and under surface of body golden yellow, 

 paler on the breast and abdomen and under tail-coverts ; under 

 vriug-coverts yellow, with silky white bases ; quills dusky brown 

 below, yellowish white along the edge of the inner web ; " bill 

 plumbeous ; legs pale brownish yellow ; irides light brown '" {Jerdon). 

 Total length 4-^ inches, culmen O'o, wing 1-95, tail I'T, tarsus 0-7u. 



YouiKj. Differs from the adult in being browner and wanting the 

 yellow tint of the upper surfacv: . while the golden yellow of the fore- 

 head and underparts is paler aud only faint yellow. In the very 

 young birds the under surface is ashy whitish washed with yellow. 



The Golden-headed Wren Babbler inhabits the Himalayas from 



