404 mscicAPiD^. 



dusky brown below, whitish along tlie edge of the inner web ; 

 " bill blackish horny above, yellowish beneath ; feet yellowish 

 horny" {Jerdon). Total length 3-8 inches, culmen 0*4, wing 1"9, 

 tail l-7o, tarsus O'T. 



Hah. Himalaya Mountains. 



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



12. Cryptolopha castaneiceps. 



Abrornis castaneocepa, Hodys. Icon, ined., Passeres, pi. 57. tig. 7, 



pi. 68. tig. 5, pi. 04. %."2, App. pi. 44 {Ifodt/s. no. 46U) ; id. in 



Gray''s Zoul. Misc. p. 82 ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. ^-c. Nepal Coll. Hodys. 



p. 6(3, et App. p. 1.52 (descr. jvinceps) ; Blyt.h, J. A. i>. B. xiv. 



p. 59.3 ; Jcrd. B. hid. ii. p. 205 ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1878, p. 490. 

 Regulus castaneocepp, Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 175, pi. 49. tig. 1 ; Bp. 



Consp. i. p. 292. 

 Culicipeta castaniceps, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 442. 

 Regidoides castaneiceps, iBp. Consp. i. p. 202 ; Horsf. 8f Moore, Cat. 



B. Mus. E.I. Co. i. p. 344 ; Grai/, Cat. Matnm. ^-c. Nepal Coll. 



Hodys. 1863, p. 32 ; Jerd. Si Blyth, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 200. 

 Abrornis castaneoveutris (lapsu), Jerd. ^- Blyth, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 199. 

 Sylvia castaneiceps, Gray, Iland-l. B. i. p. 21 7, no. 3083. 



Adult. General colour above olive-yellow, the least wing-coverts 

 rather brighter than the back ; median and greater coverts dark 

 brown, edged and tipped with bright yellow, forming a double bar 

 across the wing ; quills dark brown, externally edged with olive- 

 yellow ; rump bright yellow ; tail-feathers light brown, edged with 

 olive-yellow, the two outermost white, brown only along the tip of 

 the outer web ; crown of head chestnut, with a black stripe running 

 doAvn the sides of the nape from above the hinder part of each eye ; 

 lores white, tipped with black ; round the eye a ring of white 

 feathers ; sides of face grey, as also the sides of the neck and hinder 

 neck ; a white stripe below the black streak on the sides of the nape ; 

 cheeks, throat, and chest light greyi.sh, the centre of the body white, 

 the aides of the breast, flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts bright 

 yellow ; under wing-covcrts, axillaries, and edge of wing bright 

 yellow ; quills dusky brown below, whitish along the inner web ; bill 

 dark horn-brown, the lower mandil)le paler ; legs pale. Total length 

 3-5 inches, culmen 0-4, wing 1-8-5, tail l"o, tarsus 0"65. 



Hah. Himalaya Mountains. 



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



b-h. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.J. 



13. Cryptolopha grammiceps. 



Sylvia grammiceps, Verreaiix, MS'., i/nde 



Pycnosphrys grammiceps, Str/ckl. Contr. Orn. 1849, p. 124, pi. 34. 



fig. 1 ; Bp. Cmsp. i. p. 324. 

 Muscicapa grammiceps, Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. .323, no. 4850. 

 Sylvia ]ei(corrhi)a, Blyth, /iV.f , 1 870, p. 169 {ex Midler, MS., in Mus. 



Ltu/d.). 



