HORORNIS. 437 



Coloration. Upper plumage dull olive-brown, brighter and 

 tinged with rufous on the margins of the wing- and tail-feathers ; 

 lores and behind the eye dark brown ; a distinct supercilium pale 

 buff ; sides of the head mixed brown and grey ; lower plumage 

 greyish wljite ; the sides of the body, vent, and under tail-coverts 

 fulvous. ' 



Iris hazel -brown ; bill light brown ; lower mandible paler except 

 the tip ; legs, toes, and claws light fleshy-brown (Brooks). 



Length rather more than 5 ; tail 2*2 ; wing 2-2 ; tarsus '9 ; 

 bill from gape *5. 



Distribution. Throughout Kashmir and Hazcara, and extending 

 along the Himalayas as far as the Bhagirathi valley, Grarhwal. 

 Hume records this species from Shillong, but probably by an over- 

 sight, for this is a most unlikely locality, and the statement is not 

 supported by any specimen in the Hume Collection. 



Habits, fyc. Brooks states that this bird's song is a strange pro- 

 longed whistle with a sudden turn at the end, the second strain con- 

 sisting of five or six notes in a different key ; after a short silence 

 the long whistle is begun again. He describes a nest which he 

 found in Kashmir in May as being globular and composed of coarse 

 dry grass, lined profusely with feathers ; it was placed on a 

 sloping bank. An egg it contained was a dull purple-brown, and 

 measured -64 bv "49. 



451. Horornis pallidipes. Blanford's Bush- Warbler. 



Phylloscopus pallidipes, Blanf. J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 162, pi. vii, 

 fig. 1 (1872) ; Brooks, J. A. S. B. xliii, pt. ii, p. 246. 



Horeites sericea, Wald. in Blyth, Birds Burm.^. 119 (1875) ; Tweedd. 

 Ibis, 1877, p. 487 ; Hume, S. F. v, p. 57. 



Horeites pallidipes (Blanf.), Hume fy Dav. S. F. vi, p. 344 ; Hume, 

 Cat. no. 527 quat. ; Oates, B. B.i.y. 122. 



Cettia pallidipes (Blanf. \ Seebohm, Cat. B. M. v, p. 139. 



Horornis pallidipes (Blanf.}, Oates in Hume's N. fy E. 2nd ed. i, p. 281. 



Coloration. The whole upper plumage olive-brown, tinged with 

 rufous on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; wings and tail dark 

 brown, edged with olive-brown ; lores and behind the eye dark 

 brown; a distinct greyish- white supercilium; lower plumage whitish, 

 suffused with brown on the sides of the neck, breast, body, and 

 under tail-coverts. 



Iris dull brown ; bill yellow ; legs fleshy-white ( Wardlaw 

 Ramsay}. 



Length about 4-5 ; tail 1-8 ; wing 2 ; tarsus -8 ; bill from gape -6. 



Distribution. Sikhim and the Bhutan Doars, extending to the 

 hill-ranges east of Toungngoo and to the Salween valley in Tenas- 

 serim. 



Habits, fyc. Breeds in Sikhim in May and June, laying four eggs 

 in a cup -shaped nest made of grass, and built on the ground. The 

 eggs do not appear to be known. 



