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Rariri Mis east of Tounghoo by Captain Wardlaw-Ramsay. It was first dis- 

 covered by Blanford in Sikkim,\vhereitis probably a partial migrant, ascending 

 to a considerable elevation to breed. 



328. Cettia brunneifrons, (Hodgs). Seebohm, Ibis, 1879, p. 36; 



id., Cat. B. fir. Mus> vi. p. 143. rtoreites brunneifrons, Hodgs., M. S. Draw- 

 \ngs> B. Nep. Passer es, pi. 62, a fig I ; Ely., J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 585; Jerd. 

 B. Ind. ii. p. 163, No. 527 ; Brooks, J. A. S. B. xli. pt. ii. p. 78, (1878). 

 Horeites pollicaris (Hodgs.), Jerd* JB. hid. ii. p. 163, No. 528. The NEPAUL- 

 ESE BUSH-WARBLER. 



Upper surface dark russet-brown, shading into brownish red on the nape and 

 head ; supercilium buffish white, extending to the nape ; wings and tail dark 

 fusset^brown, their outer webs edged with the same ; chin and centre of belly 

 nearly white, shading into ashy grey on the sides of the neck and breast and 

 into russet-brown on the flanks, thighs, and under tail coverts ; axillaries and 

 under wing coverts nearly white. Bill Phylloscopine, upper mandible dark 

 brown, the under mandible pale brown ; primaries, secondaries, and 1st quill 

 as in the last ; legs, feet, and claws pale brown. 



Length. 4-37 inches; wing 1*7 to 1*95; tail 1-5 to r8 ; tarsus 073 to 

 075 ; culmen 0-4 to 0-45. 



Hob. The Himalayas from Nepaul, the Mountains of Chinese Thibet to 

 Sikkim, as low as Darjeeling. Breeds at high elevations. 



329. Cettia major, (Moore), Seebohm, Ibis, 1879, p. 36; id., Cat. B. 

 Br. Mus. v. p. 145, pi. vii. Horeites major, Moore, P. Z. S., 1854, p. 105 ; 

 (descr. prem.) ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 164, No. 529. MOORE'S BUSH or LARGE 

 HILL-WARBLER. 



Upper surface olive brown, shading into russet on the wings and tail, which 

 are edged with dark olive brown, and into rich dark russet-brown colour on 

 the nape and head ; supercilium yellowish ferruginous, extending over the ear 

 coverts, which are brown tinged with ruddy ; chin and abdomen white ; 

 throat, sides of neck, and centre of breast olive brown, deeper on the flanks, 

 thighs, and under tail coverts. Bill Phylloscopine, dark brown ; under mandible 

 paler at base ; 5th and 6th primaries nearly equal and longest ; 2nd shorter 

 than the secondaries ; 1st more than half the length of the second ; legs, feet, 

 and claws pale brown. 



Length. 3-9 to 4-5 inches ; wing 2-41 to 2-63 ; tail 2-2 to 2-4; tarsus ro2 ; 

 culmen 0*55. 



ffab.The Himalayas, from Nepaul to Sikkim, and the Mountains of 

 .Chinese Thibet, descending into the valleys in the cold season. Seebohm adds 

 that it is probably a partial migrant breeding at or near the limit of forest 

 .growth on the Himalayas. 

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