436 



Coloration. The whole upper plumage olive-brown tinged with 

 rufous; wings and tail dark brown, edged with rufous; an in- 

 distinct eye-streak brownish yellow ; lores and behind the eye dark 



Figs. 134, 135. Head and wing of H. fortipes. 



brown ; sides of the head and the lower plumage huffish brown, 

 paler along the middle of the latter ; axillaries and under wing- 

 coverts pale yellow. 



Bill pale brown ; iris hazel ; legs wood-brown (Coekburn). 



Length about 4-5 ; tail 2-1 ; wing 2-2 ; tarsus -9 ; bill from 

 gape -6. 



Distribution. Nepal, Sikhim, the Bhutan Doars, and Upper 

 Assam, extending across the valley to the Khasi and Naga hills, 

 and further south to the hills east of Bhamo and to Karennee. 



Habits, #c. Breeds in Nepal and Sikhim from May to July, con- 

 structing a cup-shaped nest, composed of grass and lined with 

 feathers, in low brushwood. The eggs, four in number, are a 

 uniform chocolate-colour, and measure '67 by *51. 



449. Horornis albiventris. The White-bellied Bush- Warbler. 



Niornis albiventer, Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xlv, pt. ii, p. 199 (1876) ; 

 Hume, S. F. v, p. 55 ; id. Cat. no. 552 ter ; id. S. F. xi, p. 217. 



Coloration. The whole upper plumage uniform umber-brown 

 tinged with rufous, as are also the visible portions of the wings and 

 tail ; a short supercilium and the feathers round the eye grey ; 

 ear-coverts umber-brown ; chin dull white, each feather tipped with 

 brown ; throat purer white, with a subterminal dusky speck on 

 each feather ; middle of the abdomen whitish ; remainder of the 

 lower plumage, axillaries, and under wing-coverts rich ochraceous 

 brown. 



Bill horny-brown above, pale beneath. 



Length nearly 5 ; tail 2-2; wing 2'1; tarsus *85; middle toe 

 and claw *8. 



Distribution. This well-marked form occurs in the Manipur 

 valley, where the type-specimen was procured at Sengmai by Mr. 

 W. Eobert. 



450. Horornis pallidus. The Pale Bush- Warbler. 



Horeites pallidus, Brooks, J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 78 (1872) ; Hume, 

 N. 8f E. p. 330; id. Cat. no. 527 bis; id. S. F. xi, p. 206. 



Horornis pallidus (Brooks), Brooks, S. F. iii. p. 241 ; Oates in Hume's 

 N. $ E. 2nd ed. i, p. 280. 



