290 TIMALIID.E. 



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. 



black F. vinipecta vinipecta, 



b. Crown dull chestnut, bordered 

 on the sides of the occiput with 



reddish brown F.v. austeni, p. 291. 



B. White supercilium commencing at 



the base of the bill F. v. ripponi, p. 291. 



C. No white supercilium. [p. 292. 



c. Crown chestnut F. ruficapilla sordidior, 



d. Crown brown . . . , F. manipurensis, p. 292. 



(304) Fulvetta vinipecta vinipecta. 

 HODGSON'S FULVETTA. 



Siva vinipectus Hodgs., Ind. Rev., 1838, p. 89 (Nepal). 

 Proparus vinipectus. fJlanf. & Gates, i, p. 173, 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Lores dusky ; forehead, crown, ear-coverts, 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 

 vinous 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 57ro60mm.; 

 tail about 55 mm. ; tarsus about 24 mm. ; culraen 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. 



