282 STLYIID^E. 



454. Phyllergates coronatns (Jerd. & Bl.). The Golden-headed 



Warbler. 



Orthotomus coronatus, Jerd. $ Bl., Jerd. B. Ind. ii, p. 168 j Hume, 

 Rough Draft N. 8? E. no. 531. 



Dr. Jerdon says : " A nest and eggs were brought to me, said to 

 be those of this bird. The nest was similar to that of the last [0. 

 sutorius], but not so carefully made ; the leaves were loosely at- 

 tached, and with fewer stitches. The eggs were two in number, 

 white, with rusty spots." 



455. Horeites brunneifrons, Hodgs. The Rufous-capped 



Bush- Warbler. 

 Horeites brunneifrons, Hodgs., Jerd. B. Ind. ii, p. 163. 



The egg is a rather broad oval, a good deal pointed towards the 

 small end ; the shell is pretty stout for the size of the egg, and is 

 entirely devoid of gloss. The ground-colour is a pale drabby stone- 

 colour, and all about the large end is a broad dense zone of dull 

 brownish purple. The zone consists of a nearly confluent mass of 

 extremely minute ill-defined speckles, and outside the zone similar 

 speckles and tiny spots occur, though nowhere very noticeable unless 

 closely examined. 



Two eggs of this species were brought from Native Sikhim, to- 

 gether with one of the parent birds ; they are regular ovals, slightly 

 pointed towards the small end. 



The ground-colour is dull, glossless, pinky white; the markings 

 consist chiefly of a broad ill-defined zone of dull dark purple ; the 

 other parts of the egg are sparingly, but pretty evenly speckled 

 and spotted with pale purple. 



The eggs measure 0-66 by 0-49 and 0-64 by 0-48*. 



458. Suya crinigera, Hodgs. The Brown Hill- Warbler. 



Suya criniger, Hodgs., Jerd. B. Ind. ii,p. 183 ; Hume, Rough Draft 

 N. 8> E. no. 547. 



The Brown Hill- Warbler breeds throughout the Himalayas, at 

 elevations of from 2000 to 6000 feet, at any rate from Sikhim, 

 where it is comparatively rare, to the borders of Afghanistan. 



The breeding-season lasts from the beginning of May until the 

 middle of July, but the majority of the birds lay during May. 



A nest which I took at Dilloo, in the Kangra Valley, on the 

 26th May, was situated near the base of a low bush on the side of 

 a steep hill ; it was placed in the fork of several twigs near the 

 centre of the bush, about 2 feet from the ground. It was an 



* I cannot find any note about the nest of this species amongst Mr. Hume's 

 papers. There is nothing beyond the above two notes on the eggs. ED. 



