430 SYLTTID^E. 



Bhtinio ; the Pegu bills ; the Toungngoo hills ; Karennce ; tlie 

 better-wooded portions of the plains of Pegu ; the Tonzaleen, 

 Salween, and Thoungyeen rivers, and Mergui. In the British 

 Museum there is a specimen from Singapore labelled Burnesia 

 flaviventris, to which bird the present species has a great resem- 

 blance in everything except the shape of the bill. 



Habits, $-c. Bingham found the nest in Tenasserim in March in 

 a hole in a bamboo. The nest was made of fibres, and the eggs, 

 three in number, were white speckled with pinkish claret-colour. 

 They measured '58 by "43. Gammie found a similar nest in Sik- 

 him in June, also with three eggs. 



441. Abrornis schisticeps. The Block-faced Flycatcher- 

 Warbler. 



Oulipeta schisticeps, Hodgs., Gray, Cat. Mamm. etc. Nepal, pp. 67, 



153 (1846). 

 Abrornis schisticeps (Hodgs.}, Bh/th, Cat. p. 183; Horsf. $ M. Cat. 



i, p. 339 ; Jerd. B. I. ii, p . 201 ; Hume, Cat. no. 57'l ; Gates in 



Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. i, p. 274. 



Abrornis melanops, Jerd. $ Blytli, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 200. 

 Cryptolopha schisticeps (Hodgs.'), Sliarpe, Cat. B. M. iv, p. 400. 



The Blackreared Warbler, Jerd. 



Coloration. Forehead and a broad supercilium bright yellow ; 

 crown, nape, upper back, ear-coverts, and sides of the neck slaty 

 blue ; lores, cheeks, and round the eye black ; chin, throat, breast, 

 and under tail-coverts bright yellow ; abdomen and vent white ; 

 upper plumage and edges of the wing- and tail-feathers olive-green ; 

 the two outer pairs of tail-feathers dull white on the inner webs ; 

 no spots on the greater coverts. 



Length about 4; tail 1-7; wing 1*9; tarsus '65; bill from 

 gape -4. 



Distribution. The Himalayas from Garhwal to Sikhiin at mode- 

 rate elevations. 



Habits, tyc. Breeds in Sikhim at the end of May, making a small 

 nest of bamboo-leaves in a hole of a tree and laying five eggs. 

 They are pinkish white, mottled and streaked with red, with a 

 tendency to form a zone at the larger end. They measure *57 

 by -42. 



442. Abrornis albigularis. The White-throated Flycatcher- 

 Warbler. 



Abrornis albogularis, Hodgs., Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 106 ; Horsf. 



& M. Cat. i, p. 340 ; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 204 ; Godiv.-Aust. J. A. 8. B. 



xxxix, pt. ii, p. 271 ; Blanf. J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 164 ; Hume, 



Cat. no. 577 j id. S. F. xi, p. 226 ; Oates in Hume's N. $ E. 2nd 



ed. i, p. 275. 



Abrornis albiventris, Jerd. $ Blyth, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 199. 

 Cryptolopha albigularis, Hodgs., Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iv, p. 405. 



The White-throated Warbler, Jerd. 



