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Length 3|- inches ; whig 1| ; tail 1^ ; bill at front j\ ^^ "^ ^'^^- 5 

 tarsus not quit6 -f^. 



Eictal bristles black, strong, nearly half as long as the bill ; 

 and the hind toe and claw long and strong. 



This pretty bird has been found in Nepal and Sikhim, -where I 

 procured one or two specimens only. 



578. Abrornis castaneoceps, Hodgson. 



Gray, Cat. Nep. Birds, App. p. 152— Blyth, J. A.S., XIV., 

 593— HoKsF., Cat. 541. 



The CnESNUT-HEADED Waubler. 



Descr. — Top of the head chesnut, edged by black at the sides 

 posteriorly ; cheeks and nape cinereous ; above vernal green ; 

 wings and coverts edged pale yellow ; greater coverts and quills 

 dusky, edged green ; outer tail-feathers white ; chin to belly bluish 

 white ; belly, vent, and sides of the rump, pale canary-yellow. 



Bill and legs pale. Length 4 inches ; wing nearly 2 ; tail -| ; bill 

 at front 7 miU. ; tarsus f . 



This species has only as yet been procured in Nepal, and Sikhira, 

 in which district I procured one or two specimens, near Darjeeling. 



A nearly allied species is figured in Jardine's Contributions 

 to Ornithology, as Pycnosphrys grammicepSf Strickland, from 

 Java. 



Gen. TiCKELLTA, Jerdon and Blyth. 



Char. — Bill flat, depressed, broad throughout, ending in a blunt 

 point, laterally very slender and shallow ; culmen very slightly 

 curved, faintly notched ; nostrils apert, at the anterior end of a 

 large hollow ; rictal bristles long, slender ; wing short, rounded, the 

 first quill graduated, 4th and 5th about equal ; tail moderate, even, 

 or slightly rounded ; tarsus lengthened ; feet rather large ; middle 

 and hind claws long. 



The sole member of this genus, whilst clearly related to the last- 

 named species of Abrornis, has, at the same time, considerable 

 affinity for Ort/wtomus, and more especially for O. coronatus, which 

 it very closely resembles in coloration. 



