NOTi:S ON INDIAN TIMELIIDES AND THEIR ALLIES. 621 



* Pkopar'us vinipecttjs ripponi, Harington. 



The Chin Hill Fulvetta. 



Propams rijjponi, Bull., B. O. C, xxxiii., p. 59 (1913). 



Description.— Adult : Similar to P. austeni, O. Grant, but differs in having 

 the white supercilium commencing at the base of the bill, and not above 

 the eye ; the ear-coverts chocolate-brown and of almost the same shade as 

 the head, instead of very dark brown contrasting with the head. Culmen, 

 9 mm. ; wing, 51-65 ; tail, 54. 



Habitat. — Mt. Victoria, Chin Hills, Burma. 



Observation.— Th.e'ce are numerous examples of this bird, collected by 

 Colonel Rippon, in the above locality. 



Type in the British Museum : Adult, Mt. Victoria, 19, iv., 04. G. Rippon coll. 



* Pkopaktjs vinipecttjs bieti, Oustalet. 

 Oustalc't's Fulvetta. 



Oustalet, Ann.^Sci. Nat . (7j, xii. p. 304 (1892). 



Lores and a conspicuous supercilium to the nape white ; the feathers in front of 

 the eye speckled with brownish ; above the supercilium two black Hues on each side 

 of the head to the nape ; ear-coverts, cheeks, and side of the head black, the cheeks 

 edged posteriorly with dark chocolate ; forehead, crown, nape and upper back dark 

 earthy-brown with a vinous tinge ; lower back, rump and tail coverts ferruginous ; 

 wings and tail as in vinipectus ; chin and throat white; breast vinous grey ; abdomen 

 and flanks tinged olivaceous. 



Average wing of eight specimens, 59 mm., max. 61. mm., min. 57. mm. Tail, 

 55 mm.; culmen, 9 mm. 



" Iris, light yellow, bill horny colour. Legs and feet pale fleshy." (Rippon.) 



Distribution.— Sonth and West Yunnan. The "Hand List" gives Ta Tibet 

 Tsienlou as a habitat. 



Propaefs euficapilltjs rtjeicapilltjs, Verreaux. 

 Verreaux's Fulvetta. 



Siva ruficapilla, Verr., N. Arch. Mus. VI, p. 37 (1870). 



Fulvetta ruficapilla, Sharpe, Cat., B. M., vii., p. 629. 



Lores and forehead ashy g'rey ; crown and nape chestnut ; back vinous ashy ; 

 rump and tail-covert bright ochraceous ; tail brownish ; outer webs the same 

 colour as the rump ; the outer webs of the earlier primaries bluish-ashy, the later 

 ones margined with black ; primary coverts the same colour as the rump, a rino- or 

 white feathers round the eye ; ear coverts pale vinous-brown ; chin and throat 

 white with indistinct greyish stripes ; breast vinous ashy ; flanks and abdomen 

 bright fulvous. Female, slightly duller in colouring. Wing: male, 57 mm.; female 

 51 mm.; tail, 52 mm.; culmen, 9 mm. ; tarsus, 24 mm. 



" Iris hazel, bill light brown-yellowish at the base, feet and claws obscure grey." 

 (Sharpe.) 



Habitat. — China, West Szechuen and S. Chensi. The only two specimens in the 

 Museum are from Kan-su. 



Note, — The tail feathers of this species are pointed. 



Proparxts RTJFiCAPiLLtrs soRDiDioR, Rippon. 



Bippon'^s Fulvetta. 



Rippon, Bull., B. 0. C, xiii., p. 60 (1903). 



Similar to P. ruficapillus but duller. 



Lores, and in front of the eye greyish, a white ring round the eye ; forehead, 

 crown and nape, dull chestnut ; a black stripe on each side of the head, with an 

 indistinct greyish supercilium below ; ear-coverts greyish-brown ; back olive- 

 grey ; rump fulvous ; outer edge of tail feathers the same ; chin and throat 

 greyish with indistinct stripes ; breast vinous-grey ; flanks and abdomen pale 

 fulvous ; outer edge of first primaries bluish-grey, inner black. 



Wing, 53-57 mm.; culmen, 9 mm.: bill, brownish ; tail, 54 mm.; tarsus, 22 mm. 



Legs and feet light flesh. Bill brown, darkest on culmen. 



Habitat. — Yunnan, China, Gyi-dzin-shan. east of Talifu,W. Yunnan, 9,100 ft. 



