156 TIMELIID^E. 



Orn. Works p. 661 (1881). Stachyris vocagii, Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civic. 

 Genov. xiv. p. 223 ; Hume, Sir. F. 1880, p. 1 17. The ALLIED TREE-BABBLER. 

 Adult female (type of species ; Karennee, R. G. Ward law-Ramsay). Above 

 ashy greenish olive, a little yellower on the rump ; wing coverts ashy brown, 

 narrowly margined with the same colour as the back ; quills dusky olive, 

 externally margined with olive yellow, brighter on the primaries ; tail feathers 

 light ashy brown, edged with olive greenish ; head pale golden yellow, brighter 

 on the forehead and lores ; the crown and nape streaked with dusky down the 

 centre of the feathers ; sides of face dusky yellowish, ashy on the ear coverts, 

 .which have indistinct streaks ; cheeks, throat and under surface of the body 

 light golden yellow ; a little greener on the sides of the breast and flanks ; 

 under wing coverts white or yellowish white, brighter on the edge of the 

 wing. (Sharped) Iris brown ; bill dark plumbeous, pinkish at base of lower 

 mandible; legs light greenish brown. (R. G. W.-R.) 



Length. 4'! inches; wing 1*9; tail 1*65; tarsus 0*7 ; culmeno'5. (Mus. 

 . G. W.- Rams ay). 



Hab. Karennee, B. Burmah. Gates says it was first discovered by Captain 

 Wardlaw-Ramsay in Karennee at 2,800 feet elevation, also that he has 

 examined the specimens and find them identical with others sent by Hodgson 

 from Nepaul and Sikkim. Davison found it on the slopes of the Mooleyit 

 in Tenasserim. 



Gen. Oligura- Hodgs. 



Bill of moderate length, slightly depressed, straight, and barely bent at the 

 tip ; rictal bristles few, not very evident ; wings feeble, round ; tail very short, 

 hidden by the upper tail coverts and not reaching beyond the tip of the closed 

 wing ; tarsus high, slender and without scutes ; toes slender and compressed ; 

 hind toe large ; claws long, slightly curved. Inhabitants of the Himalayas, 

 affecting moist woods. Two species are only known in India, and one, O. 

 superciliaris, in Java. 



633. Oligura castaneocoronata (Burton), Sharpc, Cat. B. Br. 



Mus. vii. p. 603. Sylvia castaneocoronata, Burton, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 152. 

 Tesia flavi venter, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. vi. p. 102. Tesia castaneocoronata, 

 Blytht y. A. S. B. xiv. p. 586; Bp. Consp. i. p. 257; Jerd., B. Ind. i. 

 p. 487 ; Godw.-Aust., y. A. S.B. xxxix. p. loi ; Hume, Sir. F. 1879, p. 93 ; 

 Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B. i. p. 217. The CHESTNUT-HEADED WREN. 



Above bright olive green ; wing coverts the same ; quills dusky, edged 

 externally with olive green ; tail dull olive green ; sides of the body, under 

 wing coverts and thighs darkish green, the latter with a yellow spot above the 

 tarsal joint ; under tail coverts greenish yellow ; crown of the head, sides of 

 the face and ear-coverts chestnut ; cheeks and under surface of the body pure 

 yellow. Bill dusky, yellowish beneath ; legs pale brownish yellow ; iris dark 

 brown. The young bird is paler in colour. 



