342 CEKTIIIIDJE. 



of this species does not bear any remarks of his own 011 the reverse, 

 and I have found this absence of remarks, as a rule, to indicate that 

 the bird from which the plate was taken was procured in Sikhim 

 and not in Nepal. In these cases, instead of Hodgson's remarks 

 in English, there are some notes and measurements recorded in 

 Hindustani, probably by some native assistant. 



Habits, fyc. I can find no notes from Hodgson's pen on the nidi- 

 fication of this species, although he figures the nest. Hume, how- 

 ever, informs us that, according to Hodgson, this bird builds a deep 

 cup-shaped nest about the roots of trees or in a hole in fallen 

 timber ; the nest is a dense mass of moss and moss-roots, lined 

 with the latter. The eggs, four or five in number, are spotless 

 white and measure *75 by '54. 



Genus PNOEPYGA, Hodgs., 1845. 



The genus Pnoepyga contains two Wrens which are characterized 

 by an extremely short tail of only six feathers ; this short tail is, 

 moreover, entirely concealed from view by the long and very ample 

 rump-feathers. In other structural characters the genus resembles 

 Urocichla. 



The sexes differ considerably in colour, and the young are with- 

 out the markings of the adult. Both species are resident on the 

 Himalayas and the hill-ranges of Burma. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Wing about" 2*3 ; the greater coverts, secon- 



daries, and tertiaries not tipped with 



fulvous P. squamata, p. 342. 



b. Wing about 2 ; the greater coverts, secon- 



daries, and tertiaries tipped with fulvous. . P.pusilla, p. 343. 



356. Pnoepyga squamata. The Scaly-breasted Wren. 



Microura squamata, Gould, Icon. Av. pi. v (1837). 



Tesia albiventer, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. vi, p. 102 (1837). 



Tesia rufiventer, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. vi, p. 102 (1837). 



Pnoepyga unicolor, Hodgs. P. Z. S. 1845, p. 25. 



Pnoepyga squamata (Gould), Blyth, Cat. p. 179; Horsf. $ M. Cat.i, 



p. 180 ; Jerd. B. I. i, p. 488 ; Stoliezka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. ii, 



p. 32 ; Godtv.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xxxix, pt. ii, p. 101 ; Blanf. J. A. 



S. B. xli, pt. ii, pp. 55, 160 ; Hume fy Dav. S. F. vi, p. 234 ; 



Hume. Cat. no. 329. 

 Pnoepyga albiventris (Hodgs.}, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vi, p. 302 ; Oates, 



B. B. i, p. 152 ; id. in Hume's N. % E. 2nd ed. i, p. 223. 



The Scaly-breasted Hill- Wren, Jerd. j Marchok-bong, Lepch. 



Coloration. Male. Forehead and the sides of the head and neck 

 rich brown with bright fulvous shaft-streaks ; the whole upper 

 plumage and the lesser wing-coverts also rich brown with a fulvous 

 drop on each feather, the drops becoming bars on the rump and 



