428 SYLVIIDJE. 



yellow median coronal band ; lores, a distinct supercilium, cheeks, 

 ear-coverts, sides of neck, throat, and breast bright yellow ; middle 

 of the abdomen white, sides of the body pale grey ; vent and under 

 tail-coverts bright yellow ; upper plumage olive-yellow ; wings 

 dark brown edged exteriorly with olive-yellow ; wing-coverts olive- 

 yellow, the greater series tipped with yellow ; tail brown, the 

 feathers edged with olive-yellow externally, and near the tip inter- 

 nally with pale yellow except on the two median pairs. 



Maxilla brown ; mandible pale straw-colour ( Wardlaw Ramsay}; 

 legs fleshy-yellow ; iris hazel (Jerdon). 



Length about 4 ; tail 1 -8 ; wing 2*2 ; tarsus '65 ; bill from 

 gape *55. 



Distribution. Found from Sikhim to Assam ; also in Manipur 

 and in the Karen hills to the east of Toungngoo. It is said to occur 

 in Central India, and to be rare in Lower Bengal, but I have seen 

 no specimen from the plains of India. 



Habits, fyc. It is doubtful whether the nest and egg said to 

 belong to this species, and described in 'Nests and Eggs,' did really 

 belong to it, and consequently I shall not describe them. 



439. Cryptolopha fulviventris. Austen's Flycatcher- Warbler. 



Eeguloides fulvoventer, Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xliii, pt. ii, p. 167 ; 

 Hume, S. F. iii, p. 398 ; id. Cat no 4 564 ter. 



Coloration. A broad supercilium and a still broader coronal band 

 greenish yellow; the interspaces blackish brown; lores yellowish: 

 nape greenish ashy ; back, rump, scapulars, and wing-coverts ashy 

 grey, the greater coverts tipped with white ; quills dark brown, 

 the basal half of the outer webs edged with ashy, the terminal half 

 with greenish yellow ; upper tail-coverts bright green ; tail greenish 

 yellow, the inner webs edged with bright yellow as seen from below ; 

 sides of the head ashy and yellow mingled; chin tinged with yel- 

 lowish ; lower plumage greyish white ; under tail-coverts very 

 bright yellow ; axillaries and under wing-coverts greyish white. 



Bill above dark brown, below orange ; legs and feet grey 

 ( Godwin- Austen). 



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

 gape -6.^ 



Distribution. This well-marked and perfectly distinct species was 

 discovered by Godwin- Austen in the low country of the Dhansiri in 

 Assam. The description is taken from the type, which is a well- 

 carbolized specimen. 



Genus ABRORNIS, Hodgs., 1844. 



It is convenient to retain Hodgson's generic name Abrornis for 

 the Flycatcher- Warblers with ten tail-feathers, inasmuch as he 

 included one of these birds in it, when first introducing the name. 

 Hodgson did not apparently fix on any type for the genus, but 



