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with a longitudinal central yellow stripe ; black stripe through the 
eye and a yellow one over it ; throat bright yellow, extending 
towards the breast ; lower parts lint-white ; vent yellow. Length 
4 in. Male."— (Tickell.) 
" Frequents trees in the thickest parts of the jungle, and has a 
loud and incessant note, like ' ^io, pio, ^io, pio.^ " — (Tickell.) 
531. ABBOBNIS SCHI8TICEPS, Hodgson. 
Abrornis schisticeps, Hodgs., Gray's ZooL Misc. (1844), 
p. 82. Hutton, J. A, S. Beng. XYII. pt. 2, p. 688. 
Culicipeta schisticeps, Hodgs., Cat. B. of Nep. p. 67, et 
App. p. 153. 
a, b. c. d. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 
A. schisticeps. Crown, occiput, and ear-coverts, greyish slate, 
passing to olive-green on the shoulders, back, and rump ; wings and 
tail duksy, margined with olive-green ; the inner webs of the outer 
tail-feathers white ; abdomen white ; a broad streak from the front, 
above each eye, the throat, breast, and vent, bright yellow ; lores, 
base of lower mandible, under and over the eye, black ; bill and feet 
borny. Length 3i in., of wing 1-j^ in., tail If in., bill from front 
y^o in., to gape -^^ in., and tarse in. 
" A common species at 5,000 feet, and commences building in 
March. A pair of these birds selected a thick China rosebush 
trained against the side of the house, and had completed the nest 
and laid one egg, when a rat destroyed it. I subsequently took two 
other nests in May, both placed on the ground, in holes in the side 
of a bank by the roadside : in form, the nest is a ball with a round 
lateral entrance, and is composed externally of dried grasses and 
green moss, lined with bits of wool, cotton, feathers, thread, and 
hair. The eggs are three in number, and pure white ; diameter 
\% X yV in."— (Hutton.) 
532. ABBOBNIS XANTH0SCHIST08, Hodgs. Sp. 
Phyllopneuste xanthoschistos, Hodgs., Gray's Zool. 
Misc. (1844), p. 82 ; Cat. B. of Nep. p. 65, et 
App. p. 151. 
Phyllopneuste schisticeps, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XIV, 
p. 592 (1845) ; XVI. p. 441. 
Abrornis schisticeps, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. 
p. 183. Bonap., G. G. Av. p. 291. 
Eegulus schisticeps, G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. p. 175. 
