LIOPAEUS. 293 



Measurements. Wing 53 to 57 mm. ; tail about 54 mm. ; tarsus 

 about 22 mm. ; culmen about 9 mm. 



Distribution. Yunnan and W. China and ?Shan States. 



Eggs of a Fulvetta sent me from the Eastern Shan States 

 probably belonged to this race. 



Nidification and Habits. Frequents mountains between 7,000 

 and 11, 000 feet elevation. 



Genus LIOPARUS Gates, 1889. 



As pointed out by Gates this genus differs from Fulvetta in 

 having the hairs over the nostrils longer and the rictal bristles 

 much longer ; a shorter, broader bill and, especially, by its much 

 shorter hind claw. The genus contains but. one very little-known 

 species which Hodgson first called chrysotis and then later altered 

 to chrysceus. The former name, however, must stand. 



(309) Lioparas chrysotis. 

 THE GOLDEN-BREASTED FULVETTA. 



Proparus chrysotis (Hodgs.), Blyth, J. A. S. R, xiii, p. 938 (1884) 



(Sikkim). 

 Lioparus chrysaus. Blanf. & Gates, i, p. 174, 



Vernacular names. Prong-samyer-pho (Lepcha). 



Description. Forehead, crown, nape and lores soft blackish- 

 ashy ; ear-coverts, cheeks and a ring round the eye silvery-white, 

 the first streaked with ashy ; back and scapulars ashy-olive ; rump 

 and upper tail-coverts olive-green ; tail brown, tho basal two- 

 thirds of all the feathers margined with orange-yellow ; wing- 

 coverts black ; wings dark brown, the first five primaries edged 

 with orange-yellow ; the outer secondaries all broadly margined with 

 the same and tipped with white ; the inner secondaries broadly 

 margined with white on the inner webs ; chin and throat silvery- 

 ashy-brown ; remainder of lower plumage bright orange-yellow. 



Colours of soft parts. Iris brown ; bill plumbeous, paler below; 

 legs pale fleshy. 



Measurements. Total length about 110 mm.; wing 50to54 ram.; 

 tail about 50 mm. ; tarsus about 23mm. ; culraen about 8 mm. 



Distribution. Nepal, Sikkim and Assam in the higher ranges 

 both North and South of the Brahmaputra, Mauipur. 



Nidification. Hodgson describes the nests as oval, measuring 

 about 6"x4-5", made almost entirely of bamboo leaves and 

 grass and lined with grass and moss roots. Nests taken by 

 H. Stevens in Nepal agree well with the above but are smaller 

 and are very deep cups, not domed, densely lined with feathers. 

 They were placed in clumps of bamboo as were Hodgson's. The 

 eggs, three in number, are white, deeply tinged with pink before 

 being blown, with blotches and spots of sienna-brown and pale 



