466 TROGLODYTID^E. 



Habits. The Chestnut-headed Wren has been found as hio;h 

 as 11,000 feet in Sikkim and, on the other hand, Stevens has found 

 them in the low foot-hills of the Assam Himalayas. Jn their 

 haunts and actions they very closely resemble Tesia cyaniventer. 

 Osmaston says : " This pretty little bird, like Tesia, 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. 



"It has a shrill call of four notes resembling that of Oulicicapa 

 ceylonensis which it utters as it moves restlessly about in thick 

 cover." 



It is entirely insectivorous in its diet and just as averse to 

 taking flight as is the Slaty-bellied Wren. 



