THE YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER. 
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and is probably also found in the Indo-Burmese countries. It has been 
observed in the Khasia hills. 
There is nothing special on record about its habits. Mr. Gammie found 
the nest in Sikhim in May : it was a domed structure made of moss and 
was placed on the ground ; it contained four pure white eggs. 
258. CRYPTOLOPHA SUPERCILIARIS. 
THE YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER. 
Abrornis superciliaris, Tick. J. A. S. B. xxviii. p. 414; Bl. B. Burm. p. 106; 
Hume, S. F. iii. p. 140 ; Hume Sf Dav. S. F. vi. p. 359 ; Anders. Yunnmi F.iyed. 
p. 626 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 102 ; Biyigham, 8. F. ix. p. 188. Abrornis 
albigularis, Jerd. ^ Bl. P. Z. 8. 1861, p. 200. Abrornis fiaviventris, Jerd. 
B. Ind. ii. p. 203. Cryptolopha superciliaris, 8'harpe, Cat. Birds B. Mus. 
iv. p. 402. 
Description, — Male and female. Forehead and crown as far back as the 
eyes grey ; remainder of upper plumage oily greenish yellow ; a distinct 
white supercilium from the bill to the nape ; lores and behind the eye 
brown ; cheeks and ear-coverts mingled grey and white ; chiw, throat and 
upper breast white ; remainder of lower plumage bright yellow ; wings 
black, edged with olive-green ; coverts pale brown, edged with olive-green ; 
tail brown, edged outside with olive-brown and inside with pale rufous. 
Bill horn-colour, plumbeous at the base of the lower mandible ; mouth 
yellow ; eyelids grey ; iris dark brown ; legs and claws yellow. 
Length 4'2 inches, tail 1*8, wing 2*1, tarsus '75, bill from gape '55. The 
female is smaller. 
The Yellow-bellied Flycatcher probably occurs in Arrakan, but it has 
not yet been recorded from thence. I have procured it in various parts of 
Pegu, both in the hills and in the plains, but it is rare. I shot one specimen 
on the 15th June at Wanet-Kone, on the Pegu road, which clearly shows it 
to be a resident species in Pegu. Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay procured it in 
the Tonghoo hills and also in Karennee. Mr. Davison states that this Fly- 
catcher is sparingly distributed throughout Tenasserim, and Capt. Bingham 
got it in the Thoungyeen valley. 
It extends through the Indo-Burmese countries into the Himalayas, 
where it is found as far west as Nipal. 
Capt. Bingham found the nest on the 9th of March near the Zammee 
river in Tenasserim. It consisted of a mass of fibres placed in a bamboo 
which had been cut down and then left leaning against a bush. There 
were three eggs, white speckled with pinkish claret-colour. 
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