220 MUSCICAPID^E. 



249. Cryptolopha poliogenys, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 44 i ; 



Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vol. iv. p. 403. Abrornis poliogenys, Blyth, Cat. 

 B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 183 ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 203, No. 575; Seebohm, Ibis, 

 1878, p. 490. The GREY-CHEEKED WARBLER. 



Above yellowish green, brighter yellow on the rump; tail dark brown, 

 edged with olive green ; the three outermost feathers greenish dusky on the 

 terminal half of the outer web ; the basal half and whole of the inner web 

 white ; quills and wing coverts dark brown, narrowly edged with yellowish 

 green ; the greater coverts tipped with bright yellow, and forming a bar across 

 the wing; head slaty grey; the sides of the crown blackish, forming a broad 

 stripe reaching to the nape ; sides of the face ashy grey ; the ear coverts slightly 

 streaked with black ; orbital ring of feathers white ; lores and fore part of 

 cheeks ashy white, the feathers with dusky bases ; chin white ; rest of under 

 surface, including under wing coverts, bright golden yellow ; sides of the 

 breast washed with olive green ; bill blackish, horny above, yellowish beneath ; 

 feet yellowish horny. 



Length. 3*8 to 4*25 inches; wing 1*9 to 2 ; tail 175 ; tarsus 07; culmen 

 0-4. 



//fl3._The Himalayas, extending to Nepaul and Sikkim. 



Dr. Jerdon found this species near Darjeeling and in the Khasia Hills, where, 

 he says, it probably breeds. There is no record of its habits, nor of its nidifi- 

 cation. It is is also found in Upper Bengal. 



250. Cryptolopha CastaneOCepS, (Bp.} Sharpe, Cat. Birds Br. 

 Mus. iv. p. 404. Abrornis castaneoceps, Hodgs. Icon. ined. Passeres. pi. 57, 

 fig. 7; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 205, No. 578; Seebohm* Ibis, 1878, p. 490. 

 Culicepeta castaneoceps, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi. p. 442. Reguloides castaneo- 

 ceps, Bp. Consp. i. p. 202; Jerd. and Blyth, P. Z. S., 1861, p. 2OO. The 

 CHESTNUT- HEADED WARBLER. 



Crown of head chestnut, with a black stripe running down the sides of the 

 nape from above and behind each eye ; lores white, tipped with black ; 

 orbital ring of feathers white ; sides of the face grey, as also the sides of the 

 neck ; a white stripe below the black streak on the sides of the nape ; cheeks, 

 throat and upper breast light greyish ; the middle of the abdomen whitish ; 

 rest of under surface, including the under wing coverts, axillaries and edge of 

 the wing bright yellow ; back olive yellow ; rump and upper tail coverts 

 bright yellow, the least wing coverts the same but rather brighter ; median 

 and greater coverts dark brown, edged and tipped with bright yellow, forming 

 a double bar across the wing ; quills dark brown, externally edged with olive 

 yellow; tail light brown, edged with olive yellow, the two outermost feathers 

 white, brown only along the tip of the outer web ; bill dark horn brown, the 

 lower mandible paler ; legs pale. 



