1872.] W. T. Blanford— Zoology of Sihlcim. 55 



green ; runip and npper tail coverts bright yellow ; wings and tail brown, 

 edged externally with green, the two outer tail feathers on each side with the 

 inner webs white ; wing coverts tipped with pale yellow ; margin of the wing, 

 under wing coverts, belly and under tail coverts the same bright yellow as 

 the rump. Iris brown, bill dusky above, deep yellow beneath, legs horny, 

 soles yellowish. Measurement taken before skinning. Length nearly 4 in., 

 wing 2.1, tail 1.65, tarsus 065, bill from forehead 0"28, from gape - 4. 



Mr. Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 26, says this bird is decidedly a Beguloides. 

 So far as the bill is concerned, it appears to me that it might be classed in 

 either of the two genera, between which in part there is no clear distinction ; 

 the plumage is rather that of an Abromis. 



Tr oglody tides . 



333 Teo&lodttes nipalejstsis, Hodgs. — The Nipal wren is common at 

 high elevations. On the Chola range I especially noticed it above the range 

 of forest, hunting over the loose moss-covered stones, which frequently form 

 so large a portion of the hill sides, constantly entering the crevices between 

 the blocks, and emerging again at a considerable distance. In the Lachen 

 and Lachung valleys, it was common in pine forests, at elevations above 

 10,000 feet. I usually saw the birds in small families, 3 or 4 together, 

 hunting on the ground and low bushes, and with the same predilec- 

 tion for exploring hollows under stones. One of two specimens, from close 

 to the Chola. pass, is an old bird and measures, wing 2 in., tail T25, 

 tarsus - 75, bill from forehead - 44, from gape - 53. The other, from 

 Yeomatong, is of decidedly more rufous tint, the bill is shorter and yellow 

 beneath ; this is probably a young bird. Its measurements taken before 

 skinning were : Length 4 - l, wing 2, tail 1"2, tarsus - 8, foot l - 35, bill from 

 forehead - 4 inch. 



329 Pjstoepyga Sqtjamata, Gordd. — This ranges up to about 9,000 feet 

 in Northern Sikkim. All the specimens I saw belonged to the form called 

 Tesia rufiventer by Hodgson which I am disposed to believe distinct from 

 P. squamata = albiventer, Hodgs., but I have not sufficient specimens for 

 comparison. 



327 Sesia CASTANeo-COKOKATA, (Burton). — Not uncommon in Northern 

 Sikkim at 7,000 to 10,000 feet. I saw several, but have only a single specimen. 

 This bird is quite wren-like in habits, but keeps much less to the ground 

 than Troglodytes Nipalensis. It is constantly on the move in low brushwood 

 and grass, keeping up mean time a sharp monotonoiis single note repeated at 

 regidar intervals. 



527 Horeites BRUNisrErFTtONS, Hodgs. — Mr. Blyth long since, J. A. S. B., 

 XIV, 1845, p. 585, pointed out the similarity of this bird to Tesia ; except the 

 much longer and slightly more rounded tail of Ilorcites, there is but little 



