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Habits. The Chestnut-lieaded Wren has heen found as hi2:h 

 jis 11,000 feet in Sikkiin and, on the other hand, Stevens has found 

 tlieni in the h)w foot-hills of the Assam Himalayas. In their 

 haunts and actions they very closely resemhle Tenia ciianiventer. 

 Osmaston savs : — " This pretty little hird, like Tesia, has the 

 liabits of a AVren and frequents hrushAvood under high forest, 

 rarely ascending more than a few feet above the ground. It is 

 common in tlie neighbourhood of Dai-jeeling at all elevations up 

 to 8,000 feet, according to season. 



"It has a shrill call of four notes resenibling that of Cidicicapa 

 ceylonensis which it utters as it moves restlessly about in thick 

 cover." 



It is entirely insectivorous in its diet and just as averse to 

 taking flight as is the Slaty-bellied Wren. 



