292 TIMALIiniE. 



Measurements. Tola,! length about 110 mm.; \ving51 to55mm.; 

 tail about 54 mm.; tar.sus about 22mm.; culmeu 9 mm. 



Distribution. Mt. Victoria aud bigliest peaks of Chin Hills. 



Nidification. Nests taken by Mr. Y. Grrant on Mt. Victoria 

 were similar to those of F. v. vmipecta, being made of grass tind 

 leaves thickly bound together with green moss, the leaves only 

 showing through in small patches here and there ; the lining was 

 of fine roots aud in shape the nests were rather deep, well-made 

 cups. They were placed in low bushes in forest. Two eggs sent 

 me by Mr. Grrant are like those of Hodgson's Pulvetta but 

 measure only 16-3xl3'0 mm. 



Habits. Those of the genus. It is found on Mt. Victoria up 

 to 9,000 feet. 



(;>07) Pulvetta manipurensis. 

 'I'uE Makipuk Fulvetta. 



FrojxirKs maiiipurovsis O.-Graut, Bull, B. 0. C, xvi, jx 123 



(Manipur). 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Similar to /''. v. vinipecta but differs in wanting 

 the while supercilia and in having the flanks and sides bright 

 tawnjf-rufous ; the coronal stripes are chocolate, not black, and 

 the loAver back, rump and upper tailcoverts are dull ochraceous 

 orange. 



Colours of soft parts. Tbe legs in the dried skin are light 

 brownisli-yellow. 



Measurements. AA^ing 50 to 56 mm. ; tail about 47 mm. ; tarsus 

 about 22 mm. ; culmen 8 mm. 



Distribution. Obtained by Godwin-Austen on theOwen-lihulno 

 Peak, Manipur, and not again by anyone else. 



Nidification and Habits. Unknowii ; found at 8,000 feet. 



(308) Fulvetta ruficapilla sordidior. 

 Eippon's Fulvetta. 

 Proparus sordidior llippon, Bull. B. 0. C, xiii, p. 60 (1903) (Talifu). 

 Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Lores and in front of the eye greyisli ; a white 

 ring round the eye; forehead, crown and nape dull chestnut; 

 a faint grey supercilinm and over that a black stripe ; ear-coverts 

 greyish brown ; back and wings olive-grey ; outer edge of first 

 primaries bhiish grey, inner blacJi ; lower bade, rump and upper 

 tail-coverts and tail fulvous; chin and throat gre}', obsoletely 

 striped : breast vinous grey; flanks and abdomen pale fulvous. 



Colours of soft parts. "Iris dark brown; bill black-brown, 

 lower mandible yello\\-hrown ; legs and feet dark olive-brown'' 

 {Rothschild. Nov.' Zool, xxviii, p. 27). 



