54 W. T. Blanford— Zoology of Sikkim. [No. 1, 



525 P. fuligintventer (Hodgs.) — Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 21. Horornis 

 fuliginiventer, Hodgs. Jerdon, Birds of India, II, p. 162. Short as is Mr. 

 Hodgson's description, it contains the only characters worth noting. There 

 is a mere trace of a pale supercilium, and the under side of the wing is of the 

 same dusky olive as the breast. The tail appears rather rounded, and the 

 legs strong resembling those of P. Indicus and P. affinis, and probably indi- 

 cating similar wren-like habits. There is also a decided resemblance in the 

 peculiar coloration of these three species. Wing 22 in., tail 1.75, tarsus - 85, 

 bill from forehead 0.4, from gape 0*5. 



I obtained a single specimen in Rhododendron scrub at about 14000 ft. 

 elevation near Momay Samdong. This bird is probably a resident in the 

 higher regions of the Himalayas. 



561 P. affents, Tickell. I shot two or three specimens of the birds in 

 the Lachen and Lachiing vallej^s at moderate elevations, 8000 to 9000 feet. 

 None were killed before 26th September, but I saw a small bird at Lachiing 

 about the 9th September which might very possibly have been this species, 

 as it had the same peculiar habits. It may migrate to Tibet to breed, but 

 it is, I think, quite as probable that it nidificates in Sikkim. 



The specimens obtained by me were limiting in high grass and low bushes 

 for insects in a very wren like manner, or like a Calamodyta or Acroceplialus ; 

 they were very difficult to flush, and settled again at a short distance. The 

 habits of this bird, and its near ally P. indicus, appear to me quite different 

 from those of other Phylloscopi. I have before (J. A. S. B., 1869, Part II, 

 p. 181) called attention to the Sitta - like habits of P. indicus when on trees, 

 an observation I have frequently had opportunities of repeating since. 



566 Regttloides proeegt/lus (Pall.). B. cliloronotus, Hodgs. — Two 

 specimens obtained in Upper Sikkim at the end of September and beginning 

 of October. 



568 R. erochroa (Hodgs.). — I shot a specimen at about 13,000 feet 

 on the Chola range, Eastern Sikkim. It is doubtless a resident. 



569 Culicipeta Burkii (Burton) . — A single specimen only procured 

 at Lachung on the 28th September, together with Phylloscopus affinis, hunt- 

 ing in the same manner as that species, amongst low bushes and long grass. 



578 Abrornis castaneiceps, Hodgs. — Jerdon does not mention the 

 broad yellow rump and upper tail coverts, which are much more brightly 

 coloured and more conspicuous in this species than in Beguloides proregulus, 

 (Pall.), and are shewn in the figure in Gray's genera of birds PL XLIX. 

 There are one or two other slight omissions hi the Birds of India, I therefore 

 venture to give a fresh description. 



Head chesnut above with a dusky streak at each side, increasing in 

 breadth and distinctness posteriorly, lores, sides of head and neck, nape, throat, 

 and breast grey, darker on the cheeks and nape ; orbital feathers whitish ; back 



