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with rufous ; the tail is broadly edged w,ifch olive-brown, tipped 

 with dull rufous-white, and subterminally black, these marks being 

 very clear when viewed from below. 



The male and female in winter resemble each other and are like 

 the female in summer. 



Iris burnt sienna ; lower mandible, legs, feet, and claws fleshy ; 

 upper mandible pale brown (Davison). 



Wing 1*9 ; tarsus *75 ; bill from gape "55 ; in summer the 

 tail is 1'5, and the total length of the bird about 4; in winter the 

 tail is 2, and the total length about 4'5. 



The bird described by Jerdon appears to have been a male in 

 summer plumage, with a tail of the length it usually is in winter. 



The young are like the adults in winter, but differ in being rich 

 yellowish below. 



Distribution. This bird has been found at Saugor in the Central 

 Provinces ; on the Brahmagiris in Coorg, and the Peria Forest hills ; 

 in the Karkur Pass leading from the Wynaad into Lower Malabar ; 

 and upon the Palni hills, at Mount Nebo, Kukal, and Kodaikanal ; 

 in all which places there is no doubt this is a resident species. It 

 frequents grass like the other Fantail- Warblers. 



379. Cisticola tytleri. The Yellow-headed Fantail- Warbler. 



Cisticola tytleri, Blyth, fide Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 176 (1863) ; Godw.- 

 Aust. J. A. S. B. xlv, pt. ii, p. 199 ; Hume, S. F. v, pp. 94, 350 ; 

 id. Cat. no. 541; id. S. F. xi, p. 211. 



Cisticola melanocephala, Anders. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 212 ; Godw.-Amt. 

 J. A. S. B. xliii, pt. ii, p. 165, pi. x, fig. 1, xlv, pt. ii, p. 80; Hume, 

 S. F. v, pp. 93, 350 ; Anders. Yunnan Exped., Aves, p. 041 ; 

 Hume, Cat. no. 539 ter. 



Cisticola ruticollis, Wold. A. M. N. H. (4) vii, p. 241 (1871) ; Hume, 

 S. F. iii, p. 283. 



Cisticola exilis, Vig. $ Horsf., Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 269 (part.). 

 The Cream-coloured Grass- Warbler, Jerd. 



Coloration. Male. In summer the forehead and crown are clear 

 pale yellow ; nape, hind neck, and sides of neck dusky yellow ; sides 

 of the head and the whole lower plumage pale fulvous or yellowish 

 buff ; back ashy brown, streaked with black ; wing-coverts and 

 quills dark brown, edged with fulvous ; rump and upper tail-coverts 

 fulvous-yellow ; tail black, narrowly tipped white. 



Female. In summer the forehead, crown, and upper tail-coverts 

 are streaked with black ; the hind neck and the sides of the neck 

 rufous-brown, forming a broad collar ; otherwise she resembles the 

 male. 



Both sexes in winter have the forehead, crown, and nape deep 

 black, with narrow fulvous edges ; hind neck and sides of neck 

 rufous, forming a broad, immaculate collar ; back and upper tail- 

 coverts black, with fulvous edges ; rump plain fulvous ; tail dark 

 brown, very broadly edged with olive-brown and subterminally 

 darker, the middle pair of feathers being almost entirely olive- 

 brown ; all the feathers tipped with dull rufous-white ; wings and 



