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Schcenicola affinis (Hodgs.), Hume, Cat no. 519 ; id. 8. F. xi, p. 205. 

 Schoenicola brimneipectus (Blyth). Hume, Cat. no. 519 bis. 

 Schcenicola flaviventris (Hodgs.), Hume, Cat. no. 524. 

 Lusciniola thoracica (Blyth), Seebohm, Cat. B. M. v, p. 124, pi. vi. 

 Lusciniola flaviventris (Hodgs.\ Seebohm, Cat. B. M. v, p. 131. 

 Tribura thoracica (Blyth), Oates in Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. i, p. 229. 



The Spotted Reed-Warbler the Yellow-bellied Hill- Warbler, .Terd. 



Coloration. In summer the whole upper plumage, wings, and 

 tail are rufescent olive-brown ; lores and a rather distinct super- 

 cilium ashy white ; sides of the head and neck ashy brown ; chin 

 and abdomen pure white ; throat ashy brown, with numerous black 

 spots ; breast ashy; sides of body, vent, and under tail-coverts dull 

 rufous-brown, the last broadly tipped with dull white. The sexes 

 appear to be alike, judging from the specimens I have examined. 



In winter a good deal of the ashy brown on the sides of the head 

 and neck and on the throat and breast becomes ochraceous, and the 

 spots on the throat are reduced in size and number. 



The young bird has the chin, throat, and abdomen dull yellow 

 with a greenish tinge : and the remainder of the lower plumage is 

 dull ochracous brown ; there are a few brown mottlings or irregular 

 bars on the throat, and in this plumage the birds are Horornisflavi- 

 ventris, corresponding exactly with Hodgson's types. 



In winter the bill is brown ; legs pale fleshy ; iris hazel (Cock- 

 burn); in summer the bill is deep black. 



Length about 5 ; tail 2'5 ; wing 2*1 ; tarsus '75 ; bill from 

 gape -6. 



Distribution. Nepal and Sikhim, extending to the Bhutan Doars 

 and across the valley to Shillong. Godwin-Austen also records this 

 species from the Megna river in Sylhet. In the British Museum 

 there are specimens collected in the N.W. Himalayas by Pinwill, 

 and in Kashmir by Jerdon. 



Habits, 6fc. This species appears to be resident wherever it is 

 found, or to migrate very locally. It occurs up to 9000 feet of 

 elevation. Its nest has been found in Nepal and Sikhim, a cup 

 loosely made of dry leaves and grass, and built in a low bush. The 

 eggs, three or four in number, are white with purplish-red spots 

 and specks, and measure *68 by '55. The breeding-season appears 

 to be June and July. 



372. Tribura luteiventris. The Broivn , Bush- Warbler. 



Tribura luteoventris, Hodgs. P. Z. S. 1845, p. SO ; Horsf. $ M. Cat. 

 i, p. 335 ; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 161 ; Hume, N. $ E. p. J329 ; Brooks, 

 J. A. S. B. xliii, pt, ii, p. 246 ; id. S. F. iii, p. 285 ; Hume, Cat. 

 no. 522 ; Oates in Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. i, p. 231. 



Pseudoluscinia luteoventris (Hodc/s.), Blyth, Cat. p. 182. 



Horornis erythrogenys, Hume, Ibis, 1872, p. 108 ; id. S. F. iii, p. 410. 



Tribura erythrogenys (Hume), Hume, Cat. no. 522 bis. 



Lusciniolaluteiventris (Hodgs.), Seebohm, Cat. B. M. v, p. 125. 



The Plain-brown Reed- Warbler, Jerd. 



