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6*. Outer webs of inner primary and 



secondary quills reddish-brown . . P. striaticollis . 

 b^ Rump dull ochraceous-orange. 



c*. Area in front of the eye pale pinkish- 

 brown ; flanks and sides of the 

 belly dull ochraceous-orange, like 

 the rump . . . . . . . . P. manipurensis, 



d*. Area in front of the eye blackish ; 

 flanks and sides of the belly dull 

 brownish-orange, j)aler than the 

 rump . . . . . . . . P.formosanus. 



dr. Mantle dark chestnut, contrasting with 



the brown of the crown. . . . . . P.fucatus. , 



Distribution. — Propanis vinipectus, Hodgson, Simla, Nepal, and Sikhim ; P. 

 austeni, O. -Grant, Japvo Peak, Naga Hills ; P. manipurensis, O. Grant. Owen 

 Kulno Peak, Manipur Hills ; P. ripponi, Harington, Mt. Victoria, Chin Hills, 

 Burma ; P. sordidior, Rippon, Yunnan, E. of Talifu ; P, bieti, Oustalet, S. and 

 W. Yunnan ; P. ruftcapillus, Verreaux, Kansu and N. W. Szechuan, China ; 

 P. einereiceps, Verreaux, Kansu and N. W. Szechuan, China, ; P. fucatus. 

 Sty an, Ichang, China ; P. striaticollis, Verreaux, N. W. Szechuan ; P. gutta- 

 ticollis, La Touche, Kuatun, Fohkien, China ; P. formosanus, O. Grant, 

 Formosa. 



Proparus vinipectus vinipectus, Hodgson. 



Hodgson's Fulvetta. 



Siva vinipectus, Hodgson, Indian Review, 1838, p. 89. 



Alcip>2)e vinipectus, Sharpe, Cat ., B. M., p. 619. 



Proparus vinipectus, Oates, F. B. I., i., p. 173. 



Description. — -Lores, dusky ; forehead, crown and nape, reddish-brown, 

 a broad white supercilium from just above the eye to the nape, bordered 

 above by a black line on each side of the head which converge together 

 upon the upper back. Back brown with a vinous tinge ; rump, wing and 

 upper tail-coverts ferruginous ; tail brown washed with rusty-red on the 

 outer webs ; primary coverts chestnut ; the earlier primaries edged with 

 bluish-grey ; the others edged with black, secondaries ferruginous on the outer 

 web ; ear-coverts and cheeks like the crown ; chin, throat and upper breast 

 whitish with dusky streaks, sides of the breast like the back but paler ; 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts dark fulvous. "Bill and legs fleshy brown, 

 iris dark brown to pale ochre ; legs and feet livid." 



Average of eight specimens, 58 mm., max., 60 mm., min., 57 mm. Females 

 slightly the smaller ; tail, 54 mm.; culmen, 10 mm.; tarsus, 25 mm. 



Distribution. — -Simla, Nepal, Sikhim and Darjeeling. 



Note. — Birds from the Western Himalayas (Simla) show a want of markings on 

 the throat, and have the head more brightly coloured, whether this is seasonal or not, 

 it is impossible to say from few specimens in the British Museum. 



Propakus vinipectus austeni, O. Grant. 



Grant's Fulvetta. 



Proparus austeni, O. -Grant, Bull., B. O. C, v., p. 3 ( 1895 ) ; ibid. Ibis, 1896, 

 p. 61 ; Blanford, F. B. I., iv., App., p. 479. 



Description. — Similar to P. vinipectus, differs in having head dull chestnut 

 and the stripes on the head reddish-brown ; chin and throat white ; feathers 

 on the throat white with reddish-brown spots. Wing, (Type) 60 mm.; tail, 

 58 mm.; culmen, 9 mm. Bill in dried skin intensely black. 



Habitat. — Japvo Peak, Naga Hills, Assam. 



