432 SYLYIIDJE. 



444. Tickellia hodgsoni, The Broad-billed Fly catcher- Warbler. 



Abrornis hodgsoni, Moore in Horsf. 8f M. Cat. i, p. 412 (1854). 

 Tickellia hodgsoni (Moore), Jerd. fy Blyth, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 199 ; 



Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 206 ; Blanf. J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 164 j Hume, 



Cat. no. 579. 

 Cryptolopha hodgsoni (Moore), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. iv, p. 406. 



The Broad-billed Warbler, Jerd. 



Fig. 133. Bill of 2". hodgsoni. 



Coloration. Forehead and crown dark chestnut ; upper plumage 

 olive-green tinged with yellow on the rump ; wing-coverts, quills, 

 and tail dark brown edged with olive-green ; the two outer pairs 

 of tail-feathers white on the inner web ; a pale grey supercilium ; 

 lores and sides of the head dark ashy ; chin, throat, and breast 

 grey ; remainder of low r er plumage bright yellow. 



Bill horny, yellowish at base beneath ; legs yellowish (Jerdon). 



Length about 4 ; tail 1/8 ; wing 1/8 ; tarsus '8 ; bill from gape 

 55. 



Distribution. Sikhim. Hodgson procured this species in Sikhitn 

 only, and not in Nepal, where there is no evidence of its occurrence. 



Genus SCOTOCERCA, Sunder., 1872. 



The genus Scotocerca contains two species resembling each other 

 closely, one of which is found in India and westward to Arabia, 

 and one in Africa. 



The spring moult of S. inquieta, if any, is probably only a very 

 partial one ; at all events it is unaccompanied by any change of 

 colour or structure in the tail. The position of this genus among 

 the Warblers requires confirmation. 



In Scotocerca the nostrils are overhung by long hairs, a feature 

 which separates it widely from Franldinia and Prinia, which 

 genera it resembles in habits and appearance. The tail is, how- 

 ever, but little longer than the wing, and moreover very slightly 

 graduated. 



The birds of this genus inhabit desert regions, especially stony 

 hills, and they appear to be restless and active. 



445. Scotocerca inquieta. The Streaked Scrub-Warbler. 



Malurus inquietus, Cretzschm. in R'tipp. Atlas. Vogel, p. 55, tab. 36, 

 fig. 6 (1826). 



