350 TIMALIID®, 
Female. A moustachial streak pale cobalt; primaries and outer 
secondaries brown, the former narrowly, the Jatter broadly, edged 
with green ; centre of breast and abdomen and under tail-coverts 
orange, paler than in the male. 
The young are wholly green and take over the year to acquire 
their full plumage. 
Distribution. The Himalayas from Simla and Mussoorie to 
Eastern Assam, South through Manipur, Lushai Hills to ‘Tenas- 
serim, East to the Shan States and North and Western Siam. 
It also oceurs in the Malay Peninsula. 
Nidification. The Orange-bellied Chloropsis breeds throughout 
its range during the rains, occasionally in May, making a nest 
quite indistinguishable from that of aurifrons but which is some- 
times placed lower, rarely within 8 or 10 feet of the ground. It 
breeds more exclusively in forest and less in the more open parts 
than does the previous species. The eggs cannot be separated 
from those ot the awrifrons group. ‘Twenty eggs average 22:8 x 
15-9 mm. 
Habits. The Orange-bellied Chloropsis is found from the foot- 
hills and the plains adjoining up te about 6,000 feet; it is much 
more a forest bird than most members of the genus, but haunts 
the thinner parts near rivers, glades and openings rather than the 
deeper parts. It may be seen “either in pairs or small parties, and 
is very active and quick on its legs and flies well. It is a really 
beautiful songster and has a w onderful range of notes in addition 
to great powers of mimicry. It is a very favourite eage-bird in 
Assain and is easily taught tricks and becomes very tame. In a 
wild state it lives principally on insects, though it also eats some 
seeds and most fruit; in captivity, however, it is almost exclu- 
sively frugivorous. 
Cochinchinensis Cochinchinens/s (Crue/ri1) 
(372) Chloropsis ietereeephata ehlerecephata. 
Tue BurRMESE CHLOROPSIS. 
Phyllornis chlorocephalus Wald., A. M.N. H., (4) vii, p. 241 (1871) 
(Tounghoo). 
Chloropsis chlorocephala. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 237. 
Vernacular names. Dao-bulip gurrimo (Cachari). 
Description.—Male. Lores, feathers under and in front of the 
eye, cheeks, chin and throat black; forehead and bread band 
from eye to eye passing round and encircling the throat pale 
yellowish green; front of the crown above the forehead and a 
broad streak passing over the eyes and ear-coverts pale green ; 
a very short moustachial streak cobalt; crown of the head and 
nape golden green ; back, rump, upper tail-coverts and scapulars 
deep green; tail blue; primaries and their coverts black, edged 
with blue; outer secondaries black on the inner, blue on the 
outer webs edged with green; inner secondaries and greater 
