426 STLYIID^l. 



to 

 398 



Abrornis albosuperciliaris, Blyth, apud Hume fy Holders. Lali. 



Yark. pi. xx, fig. 2. 

 Cryptolopha xanthoschista (Hodc/s^, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iv, p. ' 



(part.) ; Oates, B. B..i, p. 272. 

 Cryptolopha jerdoni (Brooks'), Oates in Hume's N. fy E. 2nd ed. i, 



p. 271. 



Th c Grey-headed Warbler, Jerd. 



Coloration. Eesembles C. xanthoschista. Differs in being much 

 smaller ; in having the forehead, crown, and nape dark blackish 

 ashy, with a fairly distinct mesial coronal band of a lighter colour, 

 and the mantle and back ashy brown. 



Iris bright wood-brown, bill above horny brown ; below yellow ; 

 legs plumbeous (Cripps). 



Length about 4 ; tail 1*6; wing 2; tarsus *7 ; bill from gape *5. 



Distribution. Throughout the Himalayas from Nepal to the head 

 of the Assam valley. This Warbler has also been found in the 

 Kbasi hills and Manipur, and, according to Blyth, in Arrakan. 



Habits, &fc. In Sikhim this species, according to Gammie, makes 

 a domed nest of moss, lined with thistle-do^ n, on the ground in 

 May. The nest he found contained four white eggs measuring 

 55 by -47. 



436. Cryptolopha poliogenys. The Grey-clieeked Flycatclier- 

 Warbler. 



Culicipeta poliogenys, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi, p. 441 (1847). 

 Abrornis poliogenys (Blyth), Blyth, Cat. p. 183 ; Horsf. $ M. Cat. 



i, p. 340; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 203 ; Godw.-Awst. J. A. S. B. xxxix, 



pt. ii, p. 107; Hume, Cat. no. 575; Hume fy Cripps, S. F. xi, 



p. 226. 

 Cryptolopha poliogenys (BlytJi), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iv, p. 403 ; 



Gates in Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. i, p. 272. 



The Grey-cheeked Warbler, Jerd. 



Coloration. Forehead, crown, and nape dark blackish slaty, with 

 only an obsolete indication of a paler median coronal band ; a con- 

 spicuous white ring round the eye ; sides of the head dark grey 

 mottled with blackish ashy; chin and cheeks pale grey; whole 

 lower plumage bright yellow ; back, scapulars, rump, and upper 

 tail-coverts olive-green ; wings, coverts, and tail brown edged with 

 olive-green ; the greater coverts tipped with yellowish white, the 

 three outer pairs of tail-feathers nearly entirely white on the inner 

 webs. 



Length about 4'5 ; tail 1*9; wing 2-2; tarsus '7; bill from 

 gape '55. 



Distribution. Sikhim ; Dibrugarh in Assam, where this species is 

 pretty common, and Cherra Poonjee in the Khasi hills. Hodgson's 

 specimens in the British Museum were probably obtained in Sik- 

 him and not in Nepal. He does not figure this bird. 



Habits, fyc. Breeds in Sikhim in May. 



