340 



subterminal white spot bordered above and below with black ; inner 

 webs of quills brown, the outer barred with chestnut and black ; 

 tail reddish brown, cross-barred with black ; lower plumage pale 



Fig. 107. Head of E. punctata. 



fulvous, inclining to rufous on the abdomen and flanks, each feather 

 with a triangular white spot, above which is a smaller black one, 

 and all the feathers delicately vermiculated with black. 



Bill horny brown ; legs pale brown ; iris brown (Jerdon). 



Length about 4'5; tail 1'2; wing 1'8 ; tarsus '65; bill from 

 gape -6. 



Distribution. Confined to Sikhim, where this Wren appears to be 

 found at high elevations only. 



Genus UROCICHLA, Sharpe, 1881. 



The genus Urocichla contains two Wrens which may be recognized 

 by their short tail of ten feathers. Their upper plumage is squa- 

 mated or scale-like. They are resident species and owing to their 

 very short, rounded wings they probably are incapable of flying far. 



In, Urocichla the bill is rather stout and very similar to that of 

 Elactmra ; the tail is rounded, the outer feather reaching to about 

 three quarters the length of the middle pair, and the tarsus and 

 toes are long. The sexes are alike and the young somewhat 

 resemble the adult. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Lower plumage plain rufous; middle of 



abdomen white U. longicaudata, p. 340. 



b. Lower plumage rufous, variegated with 



black and white bars U. caudata, p. 341. 



354. Urocichla longicaudata. The Long-tailed Wren. 



Pnoepyg-a longicaudata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 74 ; id. fy Horsf. Cat. 



i, p."398 ; Jerd. B. I. i, p. 490 ; Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xxxix, 



pt. ii, p. 101 ; xliii, pt. ii, p. 178 ; Hume, Cat. no. 332. 

 Pnoepyg-a chocolatina, Godw.-Aust. $ Wald. Ibis, 1875, p. 252; 



Godiv.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xlv, pt. ii, p. 195; Hume, S. F. iv, 



p. 218 ; id. Cat. p. 332 bis ; id. S. F. xi, p. 120. 

 Urocichla longicaudata (Moore), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vi, p. 263. 



The Long-tailed Hill- Wren, Jerd. 



Coloration. Forehead, crown, nape, back, and the sides of the 

 neck olive-brown, each feather with a narrow brown or blackish 



