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Auriculars black. Back, rump, and 

 upper surface of the wings, 

 dark cinnamon. Throat white. Breast 

 olive tinted with rufous, each 

 feather edged with white. Flanks, 

 abdomen, and under tail coverts olive- 

 gray. Tail and wings olive-brown. 



Variations in shade of plumage are 

 quite frequent. As a rule birds from 

 west China are much lighter than 

 those from the south. 



Distribution. — Himalayas and all 

 south China up to the Yellow River. 

 Eesident in the wooded hills of the 

 Yangtse Valley. 



Nest and Eggs. — The nest is an 

 oblong dome, constructed entirely of 

 leaves, those of the bamboo being pre- 

 ferred, with a lining of fine grass stems 

 and moss. The eggs are white. 



Notes. — These birds have a peculiar 

 habit of singing a sort of response. 

 One of them, presumably the male, 

 perches well up in a bamboo or shrub, 

 and gives a call of two whistled notes, 

 and the other from a lower perch 

 answers with a lower note in perfect 

 cadence. 



BROWN STREAKED HILL 

 WARBLER. 



SUYA OEINIGERA, HODGSON. 



Description. — Length seven and one 

 half inches. Bill in summer, black, in 

 winter, brown. Tarsus fleshy pink, 

 claws brown. Iris orange. 



Above, the feathers are brown in the 

 centers, and yellowish gray on the 

 edges, with a rufous tin on the lower 

 back and upper tail coverts, giving the 

 back a streaked appearance. Sides of 

 the head, neck, and sometimes the 



