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Habits. The Chestnut-headed Wren has been found as high 
as 11,000 feet in Sikkim and, on the other hand, Stevens has found 
them in the low foot-hills of the Assam Himalayas. In their 
haunts and actions they very closely resemble Tesia cyaniventer. 
Osmaston says :—‘ This pretty little bird, like Zesta, has the 
habits of a Wren and frequents brushwood under high forest, 
rarely ascending more than a few feet above the ground. It is 
common in the neighbourhood of Darjeeling at all elevations up 
to 8,000 feet, according to season. 
“Tt has a shrill eall of four notes resembling that of Culicicapa 
ceylonensis which it utters as it moves restlessly about in thick 
cover.” 
It is entirely insectiverous in its diet and just as averse to 
taking flight as is the Slaty-bellied Wren. 
