292 TIMALIIDyE. 



Measurements. Total length about 110 mm.; wingol to55mm.; 

 tail about 54mm.; tarsus about 22 mm.; culmen 9mm. 



Distribution. Mt. Victoria and highest peaks of Chin Hills. 



Nidiflcation. Nests taken by Mr. F. Grant on Mt. Victoria 

 were similar to those of F. v. vinipecta, being made of grass and 

 leaves thickly bound together with green moss, the leaves only 

 showing through in small patches here and there ; the lining was 

 of fine roots and in shape the nests were rather deep, well-made 

 cups. They were placed in low bushes in forest. Two eggs sent 

 me by Mr. Grant are like those of Hodgson's Fulvetta but 

 measure only 16-3 x 1-3*0 mm. 



Habits. Those of the genus. It is found on Mt. Victoria up 

 to 9,000 feet. 



(307) Fulvetta manipurensis. 

 THE MANIPUR FULVETTA. 



Proparus manipurensis O. -Grant, Bull. B. 0. C., xvi, p. 123 

 (Manipur). 



Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Similar to F. v. vinipecta but differs in wanting 

 the white supercilia and in having the flanks and sides bright 

 tawny-rufous ; the coronal stripes are chocolate, not black, and 

 the lower back, rump and upper tail coverts are dull ochraceous 

 orange. 



Colours of soft parts. The legs in the dried skin are light 

 brownish-yellow. 



Measurements. Wing 50 to 56mm. ; tail about 47 mm. ; tarsus 

 about 22 mm. ; culmen 8 mm. 



Distribution. Obtained by God win- Austen on theOwen-khulno 

 Peak, Manipur, and not again by anyone else. 



Nidification and Habits. Unknown ; found at 8,000 feet. 



(308) Fulvetta ruficapilla sordidior. 



BIPPON'S FULVETTA. 



Proparus sordidior Rippon, Bull. B. 0. C., xiii, p. 60 (1903) (Talifu). 

 Vernacular names. None recorded. 



Description. Lores and in front of the eye greyish ; a white 

 ring round the eye; forehead, crown and nape dull chestnut; 

 a faint grey supercilium and over that a black stripe ; ear-coverts 

 greyish brown ; back and wings olive-grey ; outer edge of first 

 primaries bluish grey, inner black ; lower back, rump and upper 

 tail-coverts and tail fulvous ; chin and throat grey, obsoletely 

 striped ; breast vinous. grey ; flanks and abdomen pale fulvous. 



Colours of soft parts. "Iris dark brown; bill black-brown, 

 lower mandible yellow-brown; legs and feet dark olive-brown'' 

 (Rothschild, Nov. Zool., xxviii, p. 27). 



