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Length 3| inches ; wing If ; tail 1^ ; bill at front T % or 7 mill. ; 

 tarsus not quite T 6 ^. 



Bictal bristles black, strong, nearly half as long as the bill; 

 and the hind toe and claw Ions; and stronsr. 



This pretty bird has been found in Nepal and Sikhim, where I 

 procured one or two specimens only. 



578. Abrornis castaneoceps, Hodgson. 



Geay, Cat. Nep. Birds, App. p. 152 — Blyth, J. A.S., XIV., 

 593— Horsf., Cat. 541. 



The Chesnut-headed Warbler. 



Descr. — Top of the head chesnut, edged by black at the sides 

 posteriorly ; cheeks and nape cinereous ; above vernal green ; 

 wings and coverts edged pale yelloAV ; greater coverts and quills 

 dusky, edged green ; outer tail-feathers white ; chin to belly bluish 

 white ; belly, vent, and sides of the rump, pale canary -yellow. 



Bill and legs pale. Length 4 inches ; wing nearly 2 ; tail f ; bill 

 at front 7 mill. ; tarsus f . 



This species has only as yet been procured in Nepal, and Sikhim, 

 in which district I procured one or two specimens, near Darjeeling. 



A nearly allied species is figured in Jardine's Contributions 

 to Ornithology, as Pycnosphrys grammiceps, Strickland, from 

 Java. 



Gen. Tickellta, Jerdon and Blyth. 



Char. — Bill flat, depressed, broad throughout, ending in a blunt 

 point, laterally very slender and shallow ; culmen very slightly 

 curved, faintly notched ; nostrils apert, at the anterior end of a 

 large hollow; rictal bristles long, slender ; wing short, rounded, the 

 first quill graduated, 4th and 5th about equal ; tail moderate, even, 

 or slightly rounded ; tarsus lengthened ; feet rather large ; middle 

 and hind claws long. 



The sole member of this genus, whilst clearly related to the last- 

 named species of Abrornis, has, at the same time, considerable 

 affinity for 0)i/wtomus, and more especially for O. coronatus, which 

 it very closely resembles in coloration. 



