310 A CONTRIBUTION TO THE OKNITHOLOGY OF NEPAL. 



Upper mandible brownish black; lower mandible horny yel- 

 low ; irides blackish brown ; tarsus plumbeous ; toes brownish ; 

 soles yellow ; claws dusky. 



The Grey-headed Warbler is very common in the valley of 

 Nepal, where it is a permanent resident. It frequents the cen- 

 tral woods and the hills round the valley up to an elevation of 

 about 7^000 feet. It is usually found singly or in pairs, in 

 bushes and bush trees, and has a marked loud chirp. I may 

 recall attention to the fact, long ago pointed out by Mr. Hume, 

 that this species, the true xanthosckistus of Hodgson, is the 

 one figured in " Lahore to Yarkand," Plate XX, under the 

 name of Abrornis albosuperciliaris. 



578.— Abrornis castaneiceps, Hodgs. 



Two males, Valley, May and June. — Length, 3*9 ; expanse, 

 6-0 and 6-3; winsr, 20 and 205 ; tail, 1*65 and 1-7 ; tarsus, 

 0-6 and 0-64 ; bill from gape, 0*45 ; bill at front, 0-25 and 3-0 ; 

 closed wings short of tail, 0'75. 



Upper mandible brownish black ; lower mandible buff horny 

 or orange; irides dark brown; feet dingy brownish, the soles 

 greenish yellow ; claws dusky. There are two distinct bars on 

 the wing ; chin to breast bluish white ; a pure white band 

 down the belly, 0*35 in breadth on the fresh bird. 



This pretty species was only met with in the Sheopuri Forest, 

 in May and June, at an elevation of 7,000 feet. It frequented 

 tree-bushes, and was not at all common. 



584 — Henicurus maculatus, Vig. 



Male, December, Chitlang Valley. — Length, 9-3 ; expanse, 

 12-7; wing, 4-2 ; tail, 4-4 ; tarsus, 1*2; bill from gape, 10; 

 bill at front, 0'7 ; closed wings short of tail, 2*7. 



Male, Markhu Valley, December. — Length, 10*6 ; expanse, 

 12*9 ; wing, 4*15 ; tail, 58; tarsus, 1-2 ; bill from gape, 1*0 ; 

 bill at front, 0*73 ; closed wings short of tail, 4 1. 



Bill black ; irides dark brown ; feet and claws fleshy white. 

 These two specimens must be referred to maculatus ; the lower 

 surface is exactly the same as in maculatus from the Western 

 Himalayas, but in one bird the spots on the nape are round 

 as in guttatus, while the white marks lower down are creseentic 

 in shape. 



This beautiful Forktail is fairly common in winter on the 

 streams in the Chitlang and Markhu Valleys, and it occurs as 

 low down as Hetoura. I cannot add anything to Dr. Jerdon's 

 excellent description of its habits, except that I have on several 

 occasions seen it fly into a bush and remain concealed for a 

 few minutes. 



