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BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
Mooleyit, in Tenasserim, at elevations of 3500 feet and upwards. Capt. 
Wardlaw Ramsay also procured it in Karennee. It has occurred in the 
Khasia hills, and it extends all along the Himalayas, at high altitudes, 
from Sikhim to Mussooree. 
This Chat appears to be rare on Mooleyit. Mr. Davison observes that 
he generally met with it singly and on the ground j and when disturbed 
it would fly to some branch, and expand and close its tail rapidly. It 
feeds on insects and is a very silent bird. 
Wherever found, this species appears to be resident. The nest, a cup- 
shaped structure made of moss, is, according to Mr. Hodgson, placed on 
the ledge of a rock in low jungle and brushwood. 
Genus CH^MAEEOHNIS, Hodgs. 
23. CH^MAREORNIS LEUCOCEPHALUS. 
THE WHITE-CAPPED REDSTART. 
Phoenicura leucocephala, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1830, p. 35. Chaemarromis leuco- 
cephalus, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 143 ; Hume ^ Henders. Lah. to Yark. p. 214 ; 
Bl. B. Burm. p. 101 ; Dav. et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 173, pi. 24 ; Anders. Yunnan 
Exped. p. 613 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 100 j Scidly, S. F. viii. p. 303. 
Description. — Male and female. Crown and nape white; with this 
exception, the whole head and neck with the breast, back and the whole 
of the wings black ; rump, upper tail-coverts, abdomen, flanks and under 
tail-coverts bright chestnut ; tail chestnut, broadly tipped with black. 
Bill black ; gape fleshy white ; irides deep brown ; feet blackish brown ; 
claws black. (Scully.) 
Length 7 inches, tail 3'5, wing 3*8, tarsus 1*2, bill from gape '8. The 
female is rather smaller. 
The White-capped Redstart is said by Mr. Blyth to have occurred in 
Arrakan. It does not appear to have ever been recorded from any other 
part of British Burmah. 
Dr. Anderson procured it near Bhamo, and it also occurs in the hill- 
ranges of Eastern Bengal. It is found throughout the Himalayas, from 
Assam to Afghanistan, as a winter visitor. It extends into China, and is 
recorded from the Upper Yangtze river. It probably nests in Central 
Asia and in Cashmir. 
The White-capped Redstart is found on the banks of rivers and streams, 
where it picks up insects near the water. It flits and expands its tail con- 
stantly when feeding, and appears to have all the habits of the Redstarts. 
