SCH(ENIPAEUS. 169 



p. 447 ; Wald. in BlytKs Birds Burm. p. 110 ; Davison, S. F. v, 



p. 459 ; Hume 8f Dav. S. F. vi, pp. 372, 519 ; Hume, Cat. no. 622 



bis ; Oates, B. B. i, p. 148. 



Minla dubia (Hume}, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. yii, p. 611. 

 Schceniparus dubius (Hume), Hume, S. F. ii, p. 449 ; Salvador*, Ann. 



Mus. Civ. Gen. (2) v, p. 607 ; Oates in Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. i, 



p. 117. 



Coloration. Forebead, crown, and nape reddish brown, each 

 feather obsoletely margined darker, and the forehead tinged with 

 chestnut ; lores and a band on each side of the crown, the two bands 

 more or less blending on the upper back, black ; a white super- 

 cilium commencing at the eye and reaching to the nape ; ear- 

 coverts and sides of neck pale fulvous brown ; upper plumage 

 olive-brown, tinged with rufous on the exposed parts of the wings 

 and tail ; lower plumage pale fulvous, whitish on the chin and 

 throat, suffused with olivaceous on the sides of the breast and 

 abdomen and on the under tail-coverts. 



Legs, feet, and claws fleshy ; bill dull black or dark brown, 

 generally pale at the base of the lower mandible ; iris sometimes 

 yellowish red, sometimes pale yellowish or sienna-brown or slaty- 

 pink (Hume fy Davison). 



Length about 5'5 ; tail 2-3 ; wing 2-3 ; tarsus '85 ; bill from 

 gape -6. 



Distribution. The northern portion of Tenasserim, where this 

 bird has been procured at Pabpoon, and the central portion, where 

 it has been found on Muleyit mountain at 5000 to 6000 feet of 

 elevation. 



Habits, $c. Davison informs us that this bird feeds much on the 

 ground and among the low brushwood, entirely on insects. It is 

 by no means shy, and when alarmed utters its note repeatedly. 

 He found the nest on Muleyit, a globular structure of dry reed- 

 leaves lined with fibres, situated on the ground at the base of a 

 plant. The eggs, three in number, are white, spotted with black 

 and smudged with brown, and measure *78 by -59. 



179. Schceniparus mandellii. Mandelli's Tit-Babbler. 



p. 610. 



Proparus mandellii (Godie.-Aiwt.}, Hume, Cat. no. 622 ter ; id. S. F. 

 xi, p. 250. 



Coloration. Forehead, crown, and nape reddish brown, each 

 feather distinctly margined with dark brown, and the forehead 

 tinged with chestnut ; lores and a band on each side of the crown, 

 the two bands more or less blending on the upper back, black ; 

 the upper back, the hind neck, and the sides of the neck streaked 

 with fulvous and dark brown or black, the inner webs of the feathers 

 being fulvous, and the outer brown or black ; a white supercilium 

 commencing at the eye and reaching to the nape ; ear-coverts dark 

 hair-brown ; upper plumage olive-brown, tinged with rufous on the 



