SUYA. 445 



In winter the length is about 7'5 ; tail 4-3 ; wing 2'3 ; tarsus -9 ; 

 bill from gape '6. In summer the total length and the length of 

 the tail are reduced by nearly one inch. 



The numerous specimens of Blanfordius striatulas that I have 

 examined from Sind are in my opinion inseparable from Suya 

 criniyera in winter plumage. It is true that Hume states that his 

 type specimen had twelve tail-feathers ; but there must be some 

 mistake about this, as all the undoubted specimens of Blanfordius 

 striatulus since obtained by Blanford have ten tail-feathers. Sharpe 

 has already made the same identification in his Catalogue. 



Distribution. Throughout the Himalayas from Bhutan to Kash- 

 mir and the borders of Afghanistan, and along the hill-ranges to 

 the west of the Indus down to Karachi ; Assam and the hill- 

 ranges of Eastern Bengal, through Burma down to Thayetmyo. 

 This bird occurs in the Himalayas up to about 6000 feet elevation, 

 and although essentially a hill-bird, it is also found in the plains. 

 It extends to China. 



Habits, fyc. Breeds from May to July, constructing a nest, 

 shaped like a deep cup, of grass-down, bound together by grass, in 

 a bush not far from the ground. The eggs, as many as seven 

 sometimes, are white, speckled with red, and measure -69 by '52. 



459. Suya atrigularis. The Black-throated Hill- Warbler. 



Suva atrogularis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 77 ; Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, 

 p. 326; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 184; Hume, N. $ E. p. 355; id. S. F. 

 vii, p. 3 ; id. Cat. no. 549 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 180 ; Oates 

 in Hume's N. Sf E. 2nd ed. i, p. 285. 



Prim-pho, Lepch. ; Shik-shillik, Bhut. 



Coloration. In winter the upper plumage is dark olive-brown, all 

 the feathers with obscure darker centres or streaks ; wings and tail 

 brown, broadly edged with fulvous olive-brown, and the tail- 

 feathers with rufous tips ; a more or less distinct white supercilium 

 from the nostril to the end of the ear-coverts ; the lores and a band 

 behind the eye dark brown ; ear-coverts mixed fulvous and brown ; 

 cheeks and lower plumage pale fulvous, turning to ochraceous on 

 the sides of the body and the under tail-coverts ; the cheeks deli- 

 cately barred with black, and the breast indistinctly striped with 

 the same. 



In summer the crown and nape are much darker, and contrast 

 with the upper plumage ; the supercilium is wanting ; the sides of 

 the head are ashy ; there is a distinct white cheek-stripe ; the chin, 

 throat, breast, and upper abdomen are deep black, the feathers of 

 the upper abdomen being centred and tipped with white; the 

 other parts of the plumage are the same as in winter. 



The colour of the soft parts of this bird have not been recorded. 



Length about 7 ; tail 4-5 ; wing 2-1 ; tarsus '8 ; bill from gape 

 65. There appears to be no marked difference in the length of 

 the tail in the two seasons, and probably it is not moulted in 

 spring. 



