422 SYLYIID^!. 



and third graduated ; the tail is moderate, square or slightly forked 

 in some cases. 



The Flycatcher-Warblers resemble the Willow-Warblers in 

 their mode of life, frequenting trees and shrubs and feeding on the 

 insects which infest the leaves. They are not known to have any 

 song. They are most numerous on the hills and are somewhat 

 rare in the plains. So far as is known all the species lay pure 

 white eggs. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Entire lower plumage deep yellow. 



a Lateral bands on crown black, median band 



well-defined. 

 a". A white ring round eye ; sides of head 



bluish grey $ C. affinis, p. 422. 



b". A yellow ring round eye; sides of 



head yellowish. 



a'". Lateral black coronal bands not ex- 

 tending to forehead C. tephrocephala, p. 423. 



b'". Lateral black coronal bands extend- 

 ing to base of bill C. burkii, p. 424. 



b'. Lateral bands on crown ashy; median 



band ill-defined, 

 c". Lateral bands pale ashy, concolorous 



with back C. xanthoschista, p. 425. 



d". Lateral bands dark blackish ashy, much 



darker than back C. jerdoni, p. 425. 



b. Lower plumage not entirely yellow. 



c'. Inner webs of outer tail-feathers white. 



e". Chin grey ; crown blackish C. poliogenys, p. 426. 



/". Chin, throat, and upper breast grey ; 



crown chestnut C. castaneiceps, p. 427. 



d'. Inner webs of outer tail-feathers not 



white. 

 y". Chin, throat, and under tail-coverts 



bright yellow ; abdomen white C. cantator, p. 427. 



h". Whole lower plumage greyish white 

 except under tail-coverts, which are 

 bright yellow C.fulviventris, p. 428. 



431. Cryptolopha affinis, The Allied Fly catcher- Warbler. 



Abrornis affinis, Hodgs., Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, p. 341 (1854) ; Jerd. B. 

 I. ii, p. 204 ; Godw.-Aust. J. A. 8. B. xlvii, pt. ii, p. 18 ; Hume. 

 Cat. no. 576 ; id. S. F. xi, p. 226. 



Cryptolopha affinis (Hodas.), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iv, p. 398 (part.). 

 The Allied Warbler, Jerd. 



Coloration. Sides of the crown broadly black, enclosing a broad 

 median band of bluish grey ; a very conspicuous white ring round 

 the eye, a short indistinct black line over it, between which and 

 the black coronal streak is a bluish-grey superciliurn reaching to 

 the nape ; entire sides of the head bluish grey ; lores yellowish 

 green ; entire lower plumage bright yellow ; the whole upper 



