290 . ~ TIMALIID 2. 
about equal in length and the latter is graduated. The plumage 
is soft and dense. 
Three species are found within Indian limits and these again 
divide into numerous races extending to China and Formosa. 
Key to Species and Subspecies. 
A. A white supercilium commencing at 
the eye. 
a. Crown reddish - brown, bordered 
on the sides of the occiput with [p. 290. 
Grd Girone ago dein ae toad ab F’. vinipecta vinipecta, 
b. Crown dull chestnut, bordered 
on the sides of the occiput with 
TOCGISM DLOWAls ferrets. ciel «<= orale F.. v. austeni, p. 291. 
B. White supercilium commencing at 
the ibasetofhthebill ey Acs so. sok ciate F. v. rippont, p. 291, 
C. No white supercilium. [p. 292. 
2. Orown ChestHut pisyiis cee 6s copes F. ruficapilla sordidior, 
d. (Crown PTOWM | cchi ces ose ose eels F.. manipurensis, p. 292. 
(304) Fulvetta vinipecta vinipecta. 
Hopeson’s FULVETTA. 
Siva vinipectus Hodgs., Ind. Rev., 1838, p. 89 (Nepal). 
Proparus vinipectus. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 173. 
Vernacular names. None recorded. 
Description. Lores dusky ; forehead, crown, ear-coyerts, cheeks 
and nape reddish-brown: a broad white supercilium from the 
eye to the nape, bordered above by a black line, the two on either 
side of the head converging on the back; back brown with a 
vincus tinge; rump, wing and upper tail-coverts ferruginous ; 
tail brown, washed with rusty-red on the outer webs; primary- 
coverts chestnut; the earlier primaries edged with bluish grey, 
the others edged with black; secondaries ferruginous on the 
outer webs; chin, throat aud upper breast whitish with dusky 
streaks ; sides of the breast like the back but paler; abdomen and 
under tail-coverts dark fulvous. 
Colours of soft parts. Iris pale ochre (Godw.-Aust.), dark brown 
(Hume) or reddish-brown ; bill dark fleshy- or horny-brown 
above, paler livid-fleshy below; legs and feet fleshy-brown or dull 
purplish-fleshy. 
Measurements. Total length about 120 mm.; wing 57 to60mm.; 
tail about 55 mm.; tarsus about 24 mm.; culmen 10 mm. 
Distribution. Simla, Nepal, Sikkim and Assam North of the 
Brahmaputra. 
As Harington has pointed out, birds west of Nepal have the 
head somewhat brighter and have fewer markings on the throat, 
but more material is required to show whether the differences are 
individual or subspecific. 
