LOPHOBASILEUSREGVLUS 9 1 







top, and constructed of moss, sheep's wool and plant cotton, and 

 lined with the soft feathers of Crossoptilon auritum. Its eggs 

 are as yet unknown. Mr. Pleske (op. cit. p. 93 taf. vi. fig. 5) 

 separates a form which has the under parts uniform in 

 colour, under the name of Leptopcecile obscura, Prjev., but I have 

 not had an opportunity of examining a specimen and doubt its 

 specific rank. 



LOPHOBASILEUS, Prjev., 1887. 



131. PRJEV ALSKY'S CRESTED WARBLER. 



LOPHOBASILEUS ELEGANS. 



Lophobasileus elegans Prjevalsky, Nov. vicl. Ptitz. Centr. As. Zap. Imp. 

 Akacl. Na. Vol. iv. p. 77 (1887) ; Pleske, Prjevalsky's Reisen, Vogel. 

 ii. p. 97, Taf. vi. figs. 1, 2. 



( ad. (Chuanche). Crown and a long crest white, on the centre 

 of the crown washed with lilac grey ; sides of neck and head to 

 above the eye, nape and forepart of back rich chesnut ; rest of the back, 

 rump and upper tail-coverts rich verditer blue ; wings and tail blackish 

 brown, externally margined with blue ; under parts warm buff, the throat 

 and flanks washed with pale chesnut ; bill dark brown ; legs pale brown ; 

 iris red. Culmen 0'95, wing 2 '1, tail 1'8, tarsus 0'8 inch ; first primary long, 

 0'6 shorter than the second which is about equal to the secondaries, fifth 

 and sixth longest. The female has the crown grey bordered by blackish 

 grey, the back warm fulvous, the rump dull blue, sides of the head, the 

 throat and abdomen white, and the flanks warm reddish buff. 



Hob. The mountain ranges of the upper Chuanche, south of 

 the Koh-nor. 



Inhabits exclusively the conifer woods in the mountains at 

 an altitude of 7,500 to 11,000 feet, and associates with Golden- 

 crested Wrens and Pcecile affinis. Its usual note is low, but it 

 also utters a shrill note like the call note of a Wren. Its nest 

 and eggs are as yet unknown. 



REGULUS, Koch, 1816, 

 132. GOLDEN -CRESTED WREN. 

 REGULUS CRISTATUS. 



Reyulus cristatus, Koch. Baier. Zool. p. 199 (1816) ; Gould, B. of Gt. 

 Brit. ii. pi. 69 ; Newton, i. p. 449 ; Dresser, ii. p. 453, pis. 71, 72, 

 fig. 2 ; Gadow, Cat. B. Br. Mus. viii. p. 80 ; Gates, F. Brit. Ind. 

 Birds, i. p. 344 ; Saunders, p. 57 ; Lilford, iii. p. 74, pi. 37 ; R. 

 flavicapillus, Naumann, iii. p. 968, Taf. 93, figs. 1, 2 ; R. auri- 

 capillus, Meyer, Taschenb. Deutsch. Yogelk. iii. p. 108 (1822) ; 

 Hewitson, i. p. 146, pi. xxxviii. figs. 1, 2. 



