TROGLODYTES. 445 
Troglodytes troglodytes. 
Key to Subspecies. 
A. Upper plumage very dark rufous-brown .. 7, ¢. nipalensis, p. 445. 
B. Upper plumage rufous-brown, not very dark. 77 t. talifuensis, p.446. 
C. Upper plumage a much paler rufous-brown. 
a. Wing 47 to 51 mm.; culmen 11 to 
NEO Matra Sea ciaisiesSiei<tS- <1! vic Wsshss os a's 2 T. t. neglectus, p. 446. 
6. Wing 53 to 56 mm.; culmen about 
Np TATA Ney atc sia rah G's: < aa ee Biers apdisktcls wee Tt, tibetanus, p. 448. 
Fig. 88.—Head of T. t. nipalensis. 
(458) Trogolodytes troglodytes nipalensis. 
THe NEPAL WReEN. 
Troglodytes nipalensis Hodgs., Blyth, J. A. S, B., xiv, p. 589 
(1845) (Nepal). 
Anorthura nipalensis. Blanf. & Oates, i, p. 387. 
Vernacular names. JMarchek-pho (Lepeba). 
Description. Upper plumage dark rufous-brown, the lower 
back, wings and tail closely barred with black; sides of the head, 
lores and an indistinct supercilium brown with tiny rufous-ashy 
spots; lower plumage rutous-brown, almost immaculate on the 
chin, throat and upper breast in old birds, elsewhere closely 
barred with black, often with some albescent on the belly and 
with some white spots on the under tail-coverts. 
Some birds have a few small white spots on the lesser and 
median wing-coverts, a feature found occasionally in all the races 
of this species. In the same way the barring on the sides of the 
throat and neck varies very much in extent. 
Colours of soft parts. Iris hazel; bill dark brown, fleshy at the 
base; legs fleshy-brown to horny-brown. 
Measurements. ‘T'otal length about 95 mm.; wing 48 to 53 mm.; 
tail 27 to 30 m.; tarsus 19 to 20 mm.; culmen 11 to 12mm. 
Distribution. Sikkim and Nepal to Bhutan. Specimens from 
Garhwal appear to be of this race, whilst those from Simla are 
nearer to neglectus. Specimens collected by Whymper are un- 
doubtedly nipalensis but Osmaston records two specimens of 
neglectus taken by him in the Northern parts of Garhwal. Very 
possibly Garhwal forms the connecting area between the two sub- 
species. 
