400 jnuscicAriDJ^. 



6. Cryptolopha schisticeps. 



p. 201 ; Omit, Cat. Hodgs. Coll. 1863, p. 32; Seebohm, Ibis, 1878, 



p. 490. 

 Kegulus schisticeps, Grai/, Gen. B. i. p. 175. 

 Culipeta schisticeps, Gray, Cat. Mumm. i^c. Nepal Coll. Hodgs. 



p. 153 (descr. ofti/.). 

 Abroinis melano^s', Jerd. ^- Bli/tb, P. Z. S. 18G1, p. 200. 

 Sylvia schisticeps, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 217, no. 3076. 



Adult. General colour above dull olive-yellow, rather lighter on 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts, the rump-feathers subtcrmiually 

 white ; wing-coverts like the back ; quills dusky blackish, the pri- 

 maries narrowly edged with brighter yellow, the secondaries more 

 broadly washed with the latter colour ; tail-feathers dusky brown, 

 with olive-yellow edges, whitish on the edge of the inner web, 

 increasing in extent towards the outermost feathers, which have 

 the inner web entirely white ; head and hind neck dark slaty 

 grey, slightly washed with olive-yellow on the latter ; forehead 

 and a very broad eyebrow brilliant yellow ; a narrow frontal line, 

 lores, feathers in front of and below the eye black ; ear-coverts 

 and sides of neck slaty grey ; cheeks and throat brilliant yellow ; 

 fore neck and chest rather paler yellow, the sides of the breast 

 dull greenish : lower breast and abdomen white, the flank-feathers 

 long and silky, white tipped with yellow ; thighs and under tail- 

 coverts yellow ; under wing-coverts and edge of wing bright yellow ; 

 axillaries white, washed with yellow ; quills ashy brown below, 

 whitish along the edge of the inner web ; " bill and feet horny " 

 {Jerdon). Total length 3-5 inches, culraen 0"35, wing 1'75, tail 

 1-55, tarsus Q-G. 



Young. Similar to the adult, but with the head dusky greenish, 

 a little darker than the back, and the yellow eyebrow and throat 

 not so bright. 



JIab. Himalaya Mountains. 



7. Cryptolopha ruficapilla.* (Plate XII. fig. 1.) 



Pogonocichla ruhcapilla; Sundev. K. Vet.-Akad. Fork. Stockh. 1850, 



p. 105. 

 Culicipeta ruficapilla, Crrill, Zool. Anteckn. p. 27. 

 Pindalus ruficapillus, Hartl. Ibis, 1862, p. 152, pi. 5 ; Gurney, t. c. 



p. 152; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. B. p. 35; Barratt, Ibis, 1876, p. 202; 



Gurney, t. c. p. 429 ; SeeboMn, Ibis, 1878, p. 490. 



* Lellcrcd on the Plate, by mistake, Cidicipeta ruficapilla. 



