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ing black line also to the nape, where they converge the feathers on the nape 

 being tipped with black ; ear-covei'ts and sides of the neck fulvous ; upper 

 plumage olive-brown tinged with ochraceous ; tail tinged rufous ; sides of the 

 neck with faint indications of stripes, the inner edge of the feathers, just 

 below the black and white supercilium, yellowish, the outer edge being the 

 same colour as the back ; chin, throat, and centre of breast, whitish ; sides of 

 breast tinged with ochraceous flanks olivaceous. 



" Legs and feet fleshy ; bill dull black or brown ; iris sometimes yellowish- 

 red, pale yellow, to slaty-pink." (Oates. ) 



Wing, 53 to 58 mm. ; culmen, 12 mm.; tarsus, 25 mm. 



Habits and Nesting . — As in the Fauna of India. 



SchoejSTIPAKUS dubitts mandelli, Godwin-Austin. 

 The Assam Tit-Babbler. 



Schmtiparus majidelli, Godwin-Austin, A.M.N.H. (4), xvii., p. 33, 1876; 

 Oates, F.B.I., i., 169. 



Minla mandelli, Sharpe, Cat., B.M., vii., p. 610. 



Description. — Similar to S. dubius. Diifers in having the feathers of the 

 head darker, distinctly margined with black ; the black supercilium more 

 pronounced, and the upper-back streaked with black ; upper plumage not 

 tinged with ochraceous, but more olive ; sides of the neck distinctly striped, 

 the outer edges of the feathers being black, the inner rufous buff' ; chin, throat, 

 centre of breast biift" ; ear-coverts hair brown ; flanks olivaceous ; and tail 

 tinged with rufous. 



Wing, from 57 to 63 mm., females slightly smaller ; tail, 60 mm.; tarsus, 

 23 mm., culmen, 12 mm. 



Legs and feet pale yellowish fleshy-brown ; bill black ; iris reddish-brown, 

 red, and dark red-brown." ( Oates.) 



Habits and Nesting. — Its habits, nest and eggs do not seem to differ from 

 those of S. rufigularis. 



SCHCENIPARUS DUBIUS INTBRMEDIUS*, Eippon. 



Rip-jwn's Tit-Babbler. 

 Rippon, Bull., B.O.C., xi., p. 11 ; Harington, J.B.N.H.S., xix., p. 117. 



*SCHCENIPARUS DUBIUS GENESTIBRI, Oustalst. 



Schamiparus genestieri, Oustalet, Bull., Mus., Paris, 1897, p. 210 ; Grant, Ibis 

 1900, 592. 



Schceniparus variegatus, Styan, Bull., B. 0- C, viii., 27. 



Description.— ^imi\a,v to S. duUus. Differs in having the forehead pale rufous. 

 <!rown dull golden-brown, with very faint indications of dark edges to the feathers ; 

 nape and back olive-brown ; the black supercilium not so long and not converging 

 on the back ; sides of the neck not streaked ; chin, and throat whitish to buff, the 

 sides fulvous ; flanks olivaceous, thighs rufous ; ear-coverts hair-brown ; upper 

 plumage and exposed portions of the wings and tail olive-brown, and not tinged 

 with ochraceous. 



Wing, 57 to 63 mm.; tarsus, 25 mm.; culmen, 11 mm. 



Habitat. — Yunnan and China. 



SCHCENTPAHUS BRUNNBUS BRUNNEUS, Gould. 



Alcippe brunnea, Gould, P. Z. S., 1862, p. 280 ; Sharpe, Cat., B. M., vii., p. 624; 

 La Touche, Ibis, 1895, pp. 311, 312, 332 ; ibid, 1898, p. 358. 

 Alcippe ohscurior, 0. Grant, Bull., B. 0. C, xvi., p. 121 (190G). 

 Schceniparus brunneus, 0. Grant, Ibis, 1907, p. 181. 

 Habitat. — Formosa. 



Schceniparus brunneus superciliaris, David. 

 Ixulus superciliaris, David, Ann. Sci. Nat. (5), xix.. Art. 9, p. 4, 1874. 

 Alcippe brunnea, David and Oust., Ois. Chine, p. 217. 



