FULVETITA,. 289 
Measurements. Total length about 115 to 120 mm.; wing 535 
(Harington) to 67 mm.; tail about 45 mm.; tarsus about 22 to 
23 mm.; culmen 9 mm. 
Distribution. Sikkim, Nepal, Assam North of the Brahma- 
putra, Lakhimpur, Chin and Kachin Hills, Shan States and hills 
of Central East Burma to Tenasserim. 
Specimens from N. Assam are perhaps a little more rufous or 
fulvous than those from the Shan States South to Tenasserim, 
but the average difference is so little that it seems hardly enough 
for the purposes of subspecific rank. Individual specimens 
vary greatly. 
Nidification. The nests, though similar in shape and site to 
those of the last, differ in construction in having a great deal of 
moss mixed with the other material. Davison describes nests as 
made wholly of this material and worked beautifully into the 
living moss growing on trees. The eggs are very like those of 
the last bird and twenty measure on an average 18:1 x 13°6 nm. 
Habits. Those of the genus, but Stevens says that this bird is 
more arboreal in its habits than the last. It is found from almost 
the level of the plains up to 7,000 feet. 
(303) Pseudominla castaneiceps brunneicauda. 
THe SHittone CHESTNUT-HEADED BABBLER, 
Minla brunnetcauda Sharpe, Cat. B. M., vii, p. 609 (1883) (Shillong). 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. Differs from the last in having the head much 
paler and more rufous, the chestnut on the wings paler; the tail 
brownish. 
Colours of soft parts as in the last. 
Measurements. Wing 58 to 62 mm.; tail about 45 mm.; tarsus 
22 mm.; culmen 9 to 10 mm. 
Distribution. Khasia Hills, Cachar Hills and probably Manipur. 
Nidification. Nests in the Khasia Hills in April, May and 
June. The nest is like that of the last but with less moss and 
more grass and bamboo leaves both in the lining and the outer 
part. Forty eggs average 17-9 x 13-4 mm. 
Habits similar to those of the last two. 
Genus FULVETTA David & Oust., 1877. 
The name Proparus having been first applied to a species of 
Minla is only a synonym of that genus and cannot be used for 
this. David and Oustalet’s name, originally given to a Chinese 
species, is therefore available. In fulvetta the nostrils are . 
covered by a membrane and are overhung by numerous hairs but 
the rictal bristles are short. The hind claw is very long and 
thick, equal in length to the hind toe. The wing and tail are 
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