LIOPARUS., 293 
Measurements. Wing 53 to 57 mm.; tail about 54mm.; tarsus 
about 22imm.; culmen about 9mm. 
Distribution. Yunnan and W. China and ? Shan States. 
Eggs of a Fulvetta sent me from the Eastern Shan States 
probably belonged to this race. 
Nidification and Habits. Frequents mountains between 7,000 
and 11,000 feet elevation. 
Genus LIOPARUS Oates, 1889. 
As pointed out by Oates this genus differs from Pulvetta in 
having the hairs over the nostrils longer and the rictal bristles 
much longer; a shorter, broader bill and, especially, by its much 
shorter hind claw. The genus contains but one very little-known 
species which Hodgson first called chrysotis and then later altered 
to chryseus. The former name, however, must stand. 
(309) Lioparus chrysotis. 
THe GOLDEN-BREASTED FULvErTa. 
Proparus chrysotis (Hodgs.), Blyth, J. A.S. B., xiii, p. 938 (1884) 
(Sikkim). 
Lioparus chryseus. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 174. 
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Vernacular names. Prong-sainyer-pho (Lepeha). 
Description. Forehead, crown, nape and lores soft blackish- 
ashy ; ear-coverts, cheeks and a ring round the eye silvery-white, 
the first streaked with ashy; back and scapulars ashy-olive ; rump 
and upper tail-coverts olive-green; tail brown, the basal two- 
thirds of all the feathers margined with orange-yellow ; wing- 
coverts black; wings dark brown, the first five primaries edged 
with orange-yellow; the outer secondaries all broadly margined with 
the same and tipped with white; the inner secondaries broadly 
margined with white on the inner webs ; chin and throat silvery- 
ashy-brown ; remainder of lower plumage bright orange-yellow. 
Colours of soft parts. Iris brown ; bill plumbeous, paler below ; 
legs pale fleshy. 
Measurements. Total length about 110 mm.; wing 50to54 mm.; 
tail about 50 mm.; tarsus about 23mm.; culmen about 8 mm. 
Distribution. Nepal, Sikkim and Assam in the higher ranges 
both North and South of the Brahmaputra, Manipur. 
Nidification. Hodgson describes the nests as oval, measuring 
about 6x45", made almost entirely of bamboo leaves and 
grass and lined with grass and moss roots. Nests taken by 
H. Stevens in Nepal agree well with the above but are smaller 
and are very deep cups, not domed, densely lined with feathers. 
They were placed in clumps of bamboo as were Hodgson’s. The 
eggs, three in number, are white, deeply tinged with pink before 
being blown, with blotches and spots of sienna-brown and pale 
