7. CETTIA. 145 



Ilimalaj-as (Nepal, Sikkim, &c.) and the mountains of Chinese 

 Thibet (Moupiu), descending some distance into the valleys during 

 the cold season. 



"■ Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



(Type of Oiihofoimts (Prt/iia) hnmneifrons, Hodgs.) 

 h, c, d, e. Ad. sk. IVepal. B. H. Hodgsoii, Esq. [P.]. 



./• Ad. sk. Nepal. . B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P. 1. 



(Type of Orthotomus {Horeites) scliistilatus, Hodgs.) 

 .</, h, i. Ad. sk. ■ Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.J. 



^- Juv. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



(Tvpe of Orf/totonms (Horeifes) poUicaris, Hodgs.) 

 /■ Juv. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



m. Ad. sk. Darjeeliiig. W. Eotheringham, Esq. [P.]. 



11. Cettia major. (Plate YII.) 



Horeites major, Hodgs. MS. Drauiiit/s (in the Brit. Mus.) of B. of 



Nepal, Appendix, pi. 42. no. 946 (icoti. ined.) ; Moore, P. Z. S. 



1854, p. 105 {descr. prim.) ; Horsf. S,- Moore, Cat. B. Miis. B.I. 



Co. i. p. 323 (1854); Jerd. B. tnd. ii. p. 104 (1803); David et 



Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 203 (1877). 

 Prinia major (Hodr/s.), Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 196. no. 2712 (1869). 

 Cettia major (^Moore), Seebohm, Ibis, 1879, p. 36. 



General colour of the upper parts dark olive-brown, shading into 

 dark rich coffee-colour on the nape and head ; lores dark russet- 

 brown ; eye-stripe pale brown, somewhat indistinct and extending 

 to the nape ; wings and tail dark russet-brown, the outside webs 

 edged with daik olive-brown. Chin and centre of belly nearly 

 white, shading into ashy brown on the breast and into olive-brown 

 on the flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts ; axillaries and under 

 wing-coverts yellowish white ; inner margin of quills pale grey. 

 Eill Phylloscopine, dark brown, the under mandible paler at the base ; 

 rictal bristles moderately developed. ^Ving considerably concaved, 

 with the fifth and si.xth primaries nearly equal and longest; second 

 primary somewhat shorter than the secondaries ; bastard primary 

 considerably more than half the length of the second. Tail shorter 

 than the wing ; outside feathers 0"4 inch shorter than the longest. 

 Legs, fjet, and claws pale brown. Length of wing 2-63 to 2-41 

 inches, tail 2-24 to 2"0, culmcn 0-56 to 0'55, tarsus 1*02. 



The above description is that of tvinter plumage. It is not known 

 if tlie summer plumage varies, or if there is anj' difference between 

 the sexes or bird.f of the year. 



Moore's Bush-Warbler is probably a partial migrant, breeding at 

 or near the limit of forest-growth on the Himalayas (Nepal, 

 Sikkim, &c.) and the mountains of Chinese Thibet (ifoupin), de- 

 scending info the valleys in the cold season. 



a. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



(T^^e of Horeites major, Moore.) 

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