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foreneck and upper breast dull yellow ; sides of the breast dull greenish ; lower 

 breast and abdomen white ; thig-hs and under tail coverts dull olive yellow, also 

 the wing coverts ; quills dusky blackish ; the primaries narrowly edged with 

 yellow, and the secondaries broadly washed with the same ; tail feathers dusky 

 brown, with olive yellow on the outer web, and whitish on the inner web ; the 

 inner web of the outermost entirely white ; under wing coverts and edge of 

 wing bright yellow ; axillaries very pale yellow ; bill and legs horny. 

 Length. 3-5 inches; wing 175 ; tail 1-55 ; tarsus Cr6 ; culmen 0-35. 



Hab. The Himalayas, extending to Sikkim and Nepaul. Dr. Jerdon re- 

 cords it from Nepaul, Mussoorie, and Sikkim. Hutton found the nest at 

 Mussoorie in March and May, and says that it breeds at about 5,000 feet. It 

 makes a round ball-like nest, with a lateral entrance. The nest is composed of 

 grass, moss, wool, cotton, feathers, thread, and hair. The eggs, three in 

 number, are oval and glossy white, and in size 0-82 x 0-48. 



248. Cryptolopha superciliaris, Tick, J. A. S. B t xxviii. 



p. 414; S/iarpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. iv. p. 402; Oates, B. Br. Burm, i, p. 273. 

 Abrornis superciliaris (Tick), Jerd. B- Ind. ii. p. 203; Hume, Str. F. iii. 

 p. 140; Hume and Dav., Str. F. vi. p. 359; Anders., Yunnan Exp. p. 626; 

 Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 102 ; B ing ham, Str. F. ix. p. 188. Abrornis albigularis, 

 Jerd. and Blyth, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 200 (nee. Moore). Abrornis flaviventris, 

 Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 203, No. 5 74. The YELLOW-BELLIED WARBLER. 



Forehead and crown light ashy brown, slightly washed with olive ; rest of 

 upper plumage dull olive brown ; supercilium from the bill over the eye to 

 the nape white ; lores and behind the eye brown ; cheeks and ear coverts 

 greyish white ; chin, throat, foreneck and upper breast white, rest of lower sur- 

 face bright yellow, paler on the abdomen ; under wing coverts whitish, washed 

 with yellow ; quills and wing coverts dark brown, edged with olive green; tail 

 brown, edged on the outer web with olive, and on the inner with pale rufous 

 for the greater part of the web ; bill more or less of a dark olive brown or horn 

 colour, plumbeous at the base of the lower mandible; inside of mouth yellow; 

 eyelids grey ; iris dark brown ; legs yellow. 



Length $2 to 4-4 inches; wing 2-05 to 2'i ; tail 175 to rS; tarsus 075; 

 culmen o - 4S. 



Hab.T^Q Himalayas, British Burmah and Java ; also Sikkim and Nepaul. 



Jerdon found this species at Darjeeling. It also occurs in Upper Bengal. 

 Gates obtained it in various parts of Pegu, both on the hills and in the plains. 

 Captain Wardlaw- Ramsay procured it in the Tounghoo Hills, and alsoin Karin, 

 while in Tenasserim Davison states it is sparingly distributed throughout the 

 country. Captain Bingham found the nest in March near the Zammee River 

 in Tenasserim. It consisted of a mass of fibres placed in a bamboo which 

 had been cut down, and then left leaning against a bush. The eggs, three in 

 number, are white, speckled with pinkish claret colour. 



