406 MrscicAPiD^. 



long and strong " (Jerdon). Total length 3-3 inches, culmen 0-35, 

 •wing l'7o, tail I'o, tarsus 0-6. 



In the specimen collected by Mr. Fotheringham the crown is ashy 

 brown, with a streak of black from above the eye down the sides 

 of the neck, as in the allied Javan species. The mixing of the 

 black and fawn-colour is probably due to bad preparation of the 

 skins. 



Hah. Eastern Himalayas. 



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



h. Ad. sk. Darjiling. J. Fotheringham, Esq. [C.]. 



15. Cryptolopha fulvifacies. 



Abromis fulvifacies, Sn-uih. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 132, et 1871, p. 357 ; 

 David ^ Oustakt, Ois. Chine, p. 273, pi. 23. 



Adult male (Chungchow, Szechuen, May 4, 1869, R. Sivinhoe ; 

 type of species). General colour above duU olive-yellow, the wing- 

 coverts like the back ; quills dusky brown, edged with somewhat 

 brighter olive-yellow ; rump white ; upper tail-coverts olive-yellow ; 

 tail-feathers light brown, edged with olive-yellow ; crown of head 

 light brownish olive, with a black line running from above the fore 

 part of the eye down to the sides of the nape and skirting the crown ; 

 forehead, feathers round the eye, eyebrow, sides of face, and ear- 

 coverts fine pale rufous ; cheeks and under surface of body white, 

 the breast washed with olive-yellow, the lower throat-feathers with 

 black bases, forming a blackish throat-patch ; thighs olive-yellow ; 

 under tail-coverts bright yellow ; under wing-coverts pale yellow ; 

 axillaries white, washed with yellow ; quiUs dark brown below, 

 yellowish white along the edge of the inner web : " biU brownish, 

 the tip and the lower mandible lighter ; feet greenish grey, the nails 

 grey ; iris chestnut-brown " (David). Total length 3-4 inches, cul- 

 men 0-3, wing 1-95, tail 1-5, tarsus 0-65. (Mus. H. Seehohm.) 



This species only differs from A. alhigularis in the colour of the 

 crown, and may turn out to be nothing but that bird. 



Hah. Western China. 



16. Cryptolopha hodgsoni. 



Abromis, sp., Hodgs. Icon. ined. App. p. 48 (Hodgs. no. 899). 

 Abrornis ? hodgsoni, Moore, App. to Horsf. Sr Moore, Cat. B. Mus. 



E.I. Co. i. p. 412 ; Gray, Cat. Hodgs. Coll. 1863, p. 33. 

 Tickellia hodgsoni, Jerd.' 8f Bhjth, P. Z. S. 1801, p. 199; Jeid. B. 



Ind. i. p. 206; Seehohm, Ibis, 1878, p. 490. 



Adult. General colour above dark olive-green, duller on the nape 

 and hind neck ; rump bright yellow ; upper tail-coverts dull green ; 

 tail-feathers brown, with olive margins, the two outer ones white 

 alono- the inner web, brovm on the outer ; wing-coverts and quills 

 dull brown, edged with the same colour as the back ; lores white, 

 with blackish tips ; sides of head, eyebrow, and sides of neck dull 



