/ . FULVETTA. 629 



mouth yellow; feet ashy rufous ; claws grey. Total length 5-15 

 inches, tail 2-5, wing (closed) 2-5, tarsus 0-85, bill from chin 

 0-25. 



Female similar to the male. 



Hah. China : Western Szechuen and Southern Chensi. 



2. Fulvetta ruficapilla. 



Siva ruficapilla, J. Verr. N. Arch. 3Ius. vi. p. 37 (1870) ; id. op. cit. 



viii. pi. 5. fig. -2 (1872). 

 Proparus ruficapilla, J. Verr. N. Arch. Mus. vii. Bull. p. 49 (1871). 

 Fulvetta ruficapilla, David ^- Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 221, pi. 72 (1877). 



Crown of head and nape rufous, bordered on each side with black ; 

 back olive ; rump and upper tail-coverts bright olive-rufous ; middle 

 of the chest and belly whitish, as is the throat, but with several 

 indistinct brown stripes ; sides of the chest violaceous ; flanks and 

 under tail-coverts olive-rufous ; forehead, feathers round the eye, 

 and sides of the neck ashy grey, with two white spots, one above 

 and the other below the eye ; auricular feathers silky violet ; a broad 

 ashy eyebrow, bordered with black, extending from the eye onto 

 the nape ; tail brownish, shaded with golden rufous on the upper 

 surface ; quills brown and edged on the outer webs, the first with 

 ashy grey, the succeeding ones with black, and the tertiaries with 

 olive-rufous. Iris hazel ; bill light brown, yellowish at base ; feet 

 and claws obscure grey. Total length -I'S inches, tail 2"5, wing 

 2-5, tarsus 0-85, biU from front 0-25. {David cj- Oustalet.) 



Hah. Western Szechuen and Southern Chensi. 



3. Fulvetta striaticoUis. 



Siva striaticoUis, /. Verr. N. Arch. Mus. vi. Bull. p. .38 (1870). 

 Proparus striaticoUis, J. Verr. op. cit. vii. Bull. p. 50 (1871). 

 Fulvetta striaticolHs, Z>a«(/ 4' Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 222, pi. 71 (1877). 



Upper parts of the body olive-brown, becoming greyish on the 

 neck, and marked with blackish stripes on the head and nape ; lower 

 surface of body silky grey, striped with blackish on the throat, and 

 with an olive shade on the flanks ; lores black ; taU greyish, slightly 

 rounded ; wings brown, edged with ashy grey on the remiges, with 

 black on the secondary quills, and with olive on the tertiaries. Iris 

 yellowish white ; bill brownish grey on the upper mandible and 

 whitish on the lower one ; feet and claws grey. Total length 4-8 

 inches, tail 2-5, wing 2-5, tarsus 0"0, biQ from front 0-25. (David 

 ^- Oustalet.) 



Hah. Monpin. 



