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of Assam. " They live," sajs Hodgson, " in moist woods where 

 there is plenty of under-wood ; they are solitary, silent, feed on the 

 ground on insects, and also on seeds ; their stomach is muscular and 

 thick, and they are said to breed on the ground. They have rather 

 gay plumage, but one of the two species shows, in the colors of its 

 lower parts, an approximation to the sober tints of the next group. 



327. Tesia castaneo-coronata, Bueton. 



Sylvia apud Burton — P. Z. S., 1835 — T. fiaviventer, Hodgson, 

 J. A. S., VI.,— Bltth, Cat. 1059— HoRSF., Cat. 239— Gray, 

 Genera of Birds, pi. 47 f. — Tisi of Nepal — Samtit-pho, Lepch. 

 The Chestnut-headed Wren. 



Descr. — Above bright olive-green, below pure yellow, the head 

 and ear-coverts lively chestnut; bill dusky, yellowish beneath; legs 

 pale brownish-yellow ; irides dark brown. 



Length about 3f inches ; extent nearly 6 ; wing not quite 2 ; 

 tail not 1 ; tarsus about 1 inch ; bill at front nearly f . 



The Chestnut-headed Wren is found chiefly in the Eastern part of 

 the Himalayas, Nepal and Sikim, at about from 3,000 to 6,000 feet 

 of elevation. I saw it on the banks of the Rungnoo, solitary, flying 

 near the ground among some low brush-wood: I found remains of 

 insects alone in its stomach. It does not appear to be very rare. A 

 nest made chiefly of moss, with four small white eggs, was brought 

 me as the nest of this bird. It was of the ordinary shape, rather 

 loosely put together, and the walls of great thickness. It was 

 taken from the ground, on a steep bank near the stump of a tree. 



328. Tesia cyani venter, Hodgson. 



J. A. S., VI., 101 — T. auriceps, Hodgson — Saxicola olivea, 

 McLelland — Blyth, Cat. 1058 — Horse., Cat. 238— Ti-sf, in 

 Nepal — Samtit-tammong , Lepch. 



The Slaty-bellied Wren. 



Descr. — Dull olive-green above, the head of the male golden- 

 green, contrasting witli the dull green of the back ; slaty beneath ; 

 bill dusky above, reddish beneath ; legs pale reddish-brown ; 

 irides brown. 



