TIOKELL1A. 4.^1 



Coloration. Lores and the sides of the head pale chestnut; fore- 

 head, crown, and nape pale rufous ; a broad black superciliuin to 

 the nape; upper plumage xand wing-coverts olive-green; rump 

 yellowish white ; wings and tail dark brown edged with olive- 

 green : -chin and throat white, the feathers being black with white 

 margins, and the black showing up when the feathers are disar- 

 ranged ; a baud of bright yellow across the breast ; under tail- 

 coverts pale yellow : remainder of the lower plumage white. 



Length about 3'5; tail 1'5; wing 1*75 ; tarsus '6; bill from 

 gape -4. 



Distribution. Nepal and Sikhim, extending to the Graro hills and 

 to the Eastern hills of Maiiipur, where this bird has been found at 

 5000 feet elevation. 



Habits, &fc. Breeds in Sikhim in July. Mandelli found in the 

 cavity of a truncated bamboo about 4 feet from the ground a nest 

 composed of bamboo-leaves and grass, and containing four eggs, 

 which were pinky white, freckled and mottled with deep red. They 

 measured -56 by -43. 



443. Abrornis flavigularis. The Yellow -throated Flycatcher- 

 Warbler. 



Abrornis flavigularis, Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xlvi,pt. ii, p. 44 (1877), 

 xlvii, pt. ii, p. 19 (1878) ; Hume, S. F. vii, p. 147 ; id. Cat. no. 572 

 ter. 



Cryptolopha flavigularis (Godw.-Aust.}, Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iv, Add. 

 p. 474. 



Coloration. Forehead, crown, and nape dark ashy brown ; lores 

 blackish ; a streak over the lores and eyes, continued to the nape, 

 white, but very indistinct behind the eye ; upper plumage ashy 

 grey ; wings dark brown edged with ashy olive ; sides of the head 

 mixed ashy and white ; chin and upper throat bright yellow ; re- 

 mainder of lower plumage greyish white ; edge of wing yellowish ; 

 the two outer tail-feathers brown on the outer web, white on the 

 inner ; the next pair brown, narrowly edged on the inner web with 

 white ; the other two pairs ashy brown. 



Bill in the dry state dark brown above, yellow below; legs 

 brown. 



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

 gape -5. 



Distribution. Known only from Sadiya in Upper Assam, where 

 the type was obtained by Mr. Ogle. 



Genus TICKELLIA, Jerd. & Blyth, 1861. 



This genus, containing only one species, differs from Abrornis in 

 having a much larger and blunter bill. 



