218 , MUSCICAPID^. 



Lah to Yarkand, p. 220 pi. xx. fig. 2 ; Hume, Sir. F.i. p. 493 ; Brooks, Sir. 

 F. iii. p. 245 ; viii. p. 483 ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 102; Scully, Sir. F. vii. 

 p. 309. Abrornis albosuperciliaris (Bl) apud. Jerd. B. India, ii. p. 202, No. 

 573 ; Hume and Henders. Lah t6 Yark. pi. xx. fig. i ; Hume, Sir. F. i. 

 p. 493; Brooks, Str. F. iii. p. 245 j Hume y Str. F. vii. p. 245. HODGSON'S 

 GREY-HEADED FLY-CATCHER. 



Head, nape and back dark ashy grey in some, the latter washed with yellowish ; 

 wing coverts, rump and upper tail coverts olive yellow ; quills dusky brown, 

 externally edged with olive yellow, brighter on the primaries ; tail dark ashy 

 brown, edged narrowly with white on the inner web, increasing in extent to- 

 wards the two outermost, which are almost entirely white, except at the base and 

 towards the tip of the outer web ; outer web of rest of tail feathers edged with 

 olive yellow ; a white supercilium from the nostril to the nape ; lores dark grey ; 

 ear coverts greyish white ; feathers below the eye the same ; cheeks and entire 

 under surface of body bright yellow ; the feathers on the flanks with a subter- 

 minal shade of white ; under wing coverts and edge of the wing yellow ; 

 axillaries whitish, washed with yellow ; bill, the upper mandible, brownish 

 black ; the lower horny yellow j irides blackish brown. 



Length*^ to 4-2 inches; wing 2'i to 2'2 ; tail 17 to r8 ; tarsus 

 075 ; culmen 0*4 ; from gape 0-5. 



Hab. The Himalayas extending to Assam, Arrakan, British Burmah and 

 Nepaul. It occurs in the Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Bengal, Central India, the 

 Khasia Hills, Burmah and Nepaul, also Bhootan. Mr. Sharpe, under "Obs." 

 (Cat. B. Br. Mus. vol. iv. p. 399), says : " The specimens of this bird from the 

 North Western Himalayas are generally rather more ashy brown on the head 

 and are rather larger ; in this state they are Cryptolopha albosuperciliaris of 

 Indian authors. These birds can, however, be matched by some Nepaulese 

 examples. In the Eastern Himalayas, the specimens have the head rather 

 clearer blue grey, and are smaller in dimensions. (Crypfohpha xanthoschista, 

 Hodgs. and C. Jerdoni, Brooks)'' Hodgson's Grey-headed Warbler breeds in 

 Nepaul and Sikkim up to 6,000 or 7,000 feet during April and May. It nests 

 on the ground under thick bushes, under roots of trees, or in holes in banks. 

 Mr. Gammie found a nest in Sikkim : it was a domed structure made of 

 moss. The eggs are pure white, four in number, and in size 0*56 x 0*47. 



247. Cryptolopha SChisticepS, (Hodgs.), Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. 

 iv. p. 400. Abrornis schisticeps, Hodgs. Icon. ined. Passeres> pi. 57, fig. 6; 

 pi. 28, fig. 2; pi. 64, fig. I ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1878, p. 490; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. 

 p. 20 1, No. 571. Abrornis melanotis, Jerd,. and Blyth, P. Z. S. 1861, 

 p. 200. The BLACK-EARED WARBLER. 



Head and hind neck dark slaty grey ; a narrow frontal line, lores, feathers 

 in front of and below the eye, ear coverts and sides of the neck slaty grey ; 

 forehead and a very broad eye-brow brilliant yellow ; the cheeks, throat, 



