PSEUDOMINLA. 287 
Key to Species and Subspecies, 
A. Head grey ; a long black supercilium. P. cinerea, p. 287. 
B. Head chestnut; no black super- 
cilium. [p. 288. 
a, Crown dark chestnut............ P. castaneiceps castaneiceps, 
6. Crown light chestnut.......... .. P.c. brunneicaudata, p. 289. 
(301) Pseudominla cinerea, 
THe Dusky-GREEN Trr-BaBBLER. 4 
Minla cinerea Blyth, J. A. 8. B., xvi, p. 449 (1849) (Darjeeling). 
Sittiparus cinereus. Blanf. & Oates, ieee 71. 
Vernacular names. Dao-péré kashiba (Cachari). 
Description. Upper plumage greyish green, the feathers of the 
forehead, crown and nape margined with black; a broad black 
band on either side of the crown from the forehead to the nape, 
terminating in a number of streaks on the upper back ; a broad 
Fig. 54.—Head of P. cinerea. 
pale yellow supercilium from the back to the nape; a line through 
the eye black ; ear-coverts mixed grey and black ; cheeks yellow, 
tipped with black; wing and tail-feathers suffused on the outer 
webs with the colour of the back; whole lower plumage yellow, 
the sides of neck, breast and abdomen olivaceous. 
Colours of soft parts. Iris brown or reddish brown; bill dark 
horny-brown to nearly black; legs fleshy- or reddish-brown ; ; 
“ fleshy yellow ” (Jerdon). 
Measurements. Total length about 110 to 115 mm.; wing 53 to 
-58 mm.; tail about 42 to 44 mm.; tarsus about 23 mm.; culmen 
10 nm. 
Distribution. Nepal, Sikkim and Assam North and South of 
the Brahmaputra. 
Nidification. The Dusky-green Tit-Babbler breeds from 2,500 
up to at least 6,000 feet but not often below some 3,500 feet. 
The nesting season commences early in April and continues up to 
the latter partof July. The nest is either a deep cup, semi-domed 
cup or a complete oval and is placed either low down in bushes, 
bamboo clumps, vines and creepers or, more rarely, very low down 
in amongst the roots of the same. The principal materials in all 
cases where bainboos are handy are bamboo leaves ; elsewhere soft 
