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437. Cryptolopha castaneiceps. The Chestnut-headed 

 Flycatcher- Warbler. 



Abrornis castaneoceps, Hodys. in Grays ZooL Misc. p. 82 (1844) ; 

 Gray, Cat. Mamm. etc. Nepal, pp. 06, 152 (1846) ; Jerd. B. I. ii, 

 ]>. --05 ; Blanf. J. A. S. 21. xli, pt. ii, p. 54 ; Hume, N. $ E. p. 372 j 

 Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. S. xliii, pt. ii, p. 168, xlv, pt. ii, p. 80 ; 

 Hume, Cat. no. 578; Scully, S. F. viii, p. 310 5 Hume, S. F. 

 xi,p.27. 



Reg-uloic'es castaneiceps (Hod^s.), Horsf. Sf M. Cat. i, p. 344. 



Cryptolopha castaneiceps (Hodys.), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iv, p. 404 ; 



Oates in Humes N. Sf E. 2nd ed. i, p. 272. 

 The Chestnut-headed Warbler, J erd. 



Coloration. Forehead and crown bright chestnut, terminated on 

 the nape by two black patches separated from each other by a white 

 patch ; a second patch of white outside each black one ; a white 

 ring round the eye ; lores, sides of head, neck, and mantle slaty 

 blue ; chin, throat, and upper breast pale grey ; middle of abdomen 

 white ; sides of body, vent, and under tail-coverts bright yellow ; 

 back and scapulars olive-green ; rump bright yellow ; wings, coverts, 

 and tail dark brown edged with olive-green, the median and 

 greater coverts broadly tipped yellow, the two outer pairs of tail- 

 feathers white on the inner webs. 



The young bird has the crown paler chestnut. 



Upper mandible brownish black ; lower mandible buff-horny or 

 orange ; iris dark brown ; feet dingy brownish, the soles greenish 

 yellow ; claws dusky (Scully}. 



Length about 4; tail 17; wing 2; tarsus -65; bill from 

 gape *45. 



Distribution. Nepal and Sikhim. Godwin- Austen also observed 

 this bird in the Daphla hills, in the Naga hills, and in Manipur, 

 and 1 have seen specimens which were procured at Shillong. 



Habits, $c. According to Hodgson this species breeds in Nepal 

 from April to June, constructing a large oval nest of moss and 

 roots on the ground. He does not describe the eggs. 



438. Cryptolopha cantator. TickeUs Flycatcher- Warbler. 



Motacilla cantator, Tick. J. A. S. B. ii, p. 576 (1833). 

 Abrornis cantator (Tick.), Blyth, Cat. p. 183; Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, 

 p. 338 ; Hume, N. $ E. p. 370 ; id. Cat. no. 570 ; id. S. F. xi, 



S. 225. 

 icipeta cantator ( Tick.}, Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 200. 

 Abrornis chrysea, Wald. in Blyth, B. Bunn. p. 106 ; Hume, S. F. v, 



p. 55 ; Hume $ Dav. S. F. vi, p. 359 ; Hume, Cat. no. 576 bis. 

 Cryptolopha cantatrix, Tick., Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iv, p. 397. 

 Cryptolopha cantator (Tick.), Gates, B. B. i, p. 270; id. in Hume's 

 N. # E. 2nd ed. i, p. 272. 



The Lesser Black-browed Warbler, Jerd. 



Coloration. Sides of the crown broadly black, enclosing an olive- 



