396 MrsciOAPTP.T;. 



crown yellowish green, on each side of whicli is a very broad band 

 of black, slightly shaded with grey on the inner margin ; round the 

 eve a circlet of bright ycUow feathers ; lores, eyebrow, and sides of 

 face olive-yellow ; cheeks and entire under surface of body liright 

 yellow, including the under wing-coverts and the edge of the wing ; 

 inner lining of quills ashy brown, the inner web white along the 

 edge from the base for nearly the entire length ; bill dusky above, 

 beneath amber ; legs brownish yellow : iris dark. Total length 4 

 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2-2, tail 1 -85, tarsus 0-7. 



Females or young birds have the colours duller, the upper surface 

 being dusky greenish, as also the crown, the lateral black streaks 

 being dusky blackish and v*y indistinct ; under surface greenisli 

 yeUow. 



Hah. India. 



a, b. Ad. sk. India. Purchased. 



c, d. Ad. sk. Between Simla and Capt.Stackbou8erinwal][P.l. 



Mussoori. 



e-h. Ad. ; i. Juv. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



k, I. Ad. sk. Behar. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



m. Ad. sk. Darjiling. J. Fotheringham, Esq. [C.1. 



n. Ad. .sk. Bootan. Secretarv of State for India 



[P.]. ^ 



2. Cryptolopha trivirgata. 



Syhda trivirgata, " Temm." Verreaux MS., undi 



Phylloseopus trivirgatus, Strickl. Contr. Orn. 1849, p. 123, pi. 34. 



fig. 2. 

 Sylvia trivirgata, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 217, no. 3087. 

 Culicipeta trivirgata, Seehohm, Ibis, 1876, p. 490. 



Adult. General colour above yellowish green, rather brighter on 

 the crown of the head, which has a broad black band running from 

 the base of the forehead on each side to the sides of the nape ; a 

 distinct line of bright yellow from the base of the bill running above 

 the eye, and forming a conspicuous eyebrow ; in front of and behind 

 the eye a blackish spot ; sides of face j-ellow, with a dingy shade 

 along the upper edge of the ear-coverts ; entire under surface of 

 body bright yellow, the sides of the body and flanks greenish yellow ; 

 under wing-coverts yellow ; axillaries white, washed with yeUow ; 

 wing-coverts above like the back, the greater series a little brighter 

 yellow ; quills dusky brown, with bright yellow edges ; centre tail- 

 feathers duU olive, the rest of the rcctrices dusky brown, externally 

 olive yellowish, the outer ones narrowly edged with white along the 

 inner web ; quills dusky brown below, white along the edge of the 

 inner webs, shading off into yellow towards the tips. Total length 

 4-3 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2'15, tail 1-6, tarsus 0-8. 



Bab. Java. 



a. 2 ad. sk. W. Java. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



b. Ad. sk. W. Java. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



