398 MUSCICAPID^. 



4. Cryptolopha afflnis. 



Abrornis affinis, " Hoch/s.'' (nee Phyllopneuste affinis, Hodgs.), Horsf. 



8f Moore, Cat. B. Mas. E.I. Co. i. p. 341 ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 204 ; 



Gmii, Cut. Hodgs. Coll. Nepal, 1863, p. 33. 

 Sylvia' affiuis, Grag, Haiid-l. B. i. p. 217, no. 3084. 

 Culicipeta tepLrocephala. Anders. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 213 ; Blgth ^• 



Wald. B. Btirm. p. 107; Hume, Str. F. 1874, p. 479; Hume ^• 



Davison, Str. F. 1878, p. 358 ; Seehohm, Ibis, 1878, p. 490. 

 Culicipeta burkii, David, N. Arch. Mas. vii. Bull. p. 5 {nee Burton). 

 Cryptolopha tephrocephala, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 358 ; David &f 



Oustalet, Ois. Chine, p. 272. 

 ? Abrornis affinis, Pi-jev. in Bowleg's Orn. 3Iisc. ii. p. 172 ; David Sf- 



Oustalet, Ois. Chine, p. 273. 



Adult (type of G. tephrocephala). Upper surface dull yellowish 

 green, the rump and upper tail-coverts brighter yellow ; head and 

 nape ashy grey, with a blackish streak along each side of the crown ; 

 frontal plumes, as well as those above the eye, yellowish, a circlet 

 of feathers round the latter bright yellow ; ear-coverts and sides of 

 neck dull yellowish green, like the back ; entire under surface of 

 body bright yellow, including the under wing- and tail-coverts and 

 thighs, the sides of the body inclining to greenish ; wings and tail 

 sepia-brown, externally washed with the same yellowish green as 

 the back, the wing-coverts being uniform with the latter ; the outer- 

 most tail-feathers white for the whole extent of the inner web ; 

 " upper mandible black, the lower one yellow ; feet and claws yel- 

 lowish grey ; iris brownish red " {David) ; " irides dark brown ; eye- 

 lids plumbeous ; upper mandible dark horny brown, the edges pale 

 reddish yellow ; inside of mouth reddish fleshy ; legs fuscous yeUow ; 

 claws pinkish homy" {Gates). Total length 3'6 inches, culmen 0'5, 

 wing 2-1, tail 1-8, tarsus 0'7. {Mas. Gale.) 



Hah. Eastern Himalayas, extending into the Burmese countries 

 and Western China. 



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



h. Ad. sk. Lower Pegu, Nov. 20, 1877. E. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 

 {E. Gates). 



5. Cryptolopha xanthoschista. 



Phyllopneuste xantboschistos, Hodgs. Icon, med., Passeres, pi. 56 



(Hodgs. no. 380) ; id. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 82 ; Gray, Cat. 



Mamm. Sfc. Nepal Coll. Hodgs. A^ip. p. 151 (descr. orig.). 

 Phylloscopus schisticeps (nee Gray), Blgth, J. A. S.B. xiv. p. 592. 

 Culicipeta schisticeps, Blgth, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 441 (nee Grag). 

 Abrornis xantboschistus, Horsf. Sf Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. i. 



p. .339; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p." 202; Gray, Cat. Mamm. i^-c. Hodgs. 



1863, p. 32; Blgth ^ Wald. B. Burnt, p. 106; Hmne, Lahore to 



Yark. pi. 20. fig. 2 ; id. Str. F. 1873, p. 494. 

 Abrornis, sp., Adams, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 182. 

 Abrornis albosuperciliaris, " Bli/th,'' Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 202 ; Hume Sf 



Ilenders. Lahore to Yark. pl.20. fig. 1 ; Hume, Str. F. 1873, p. 493; 



Brooks, Str. F. 1875, p. 245. 



