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525 P. fuligixitexte n (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 2'2 in., tail 1.75, tarsus 085, 
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. appdstS, Tickell. I shot two or three specimens of the birds in 
the Lachen and Lachung valleys at moderate elevations, 8000 to 9000 feet. 
None were killed before 26th September, but I saw a small bird at Laeliung 
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 probablo that it nidificates in Sikkim. 
The specimens obtained by me were hunting in high grass and low bushes 
for insects in a very wren liko manner, or like a Calamodyta or Acrocephalus ; 
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 - liko habits of P. indicus when on trees, 
an observation I have frequently had opportunities of repeating since. 
566 Reg clot lies PEOBEGELtrs (Pall.),. B. chloronotus, Hodgs. — Two 
specimens obtained in Upper Sikkim at the end of September and beginning 
of October. 
568 R. ebocheoa (Hodgs.). — I shot a specimen at about 13,000 feet 
on the Chola range, Eastern Sikkim. It is doubtless a resident. 
569 Cttlicipeta Bubkii (Burton) .- — A single specimen only procured 
at Lachung on the 28th September, together with Pkylloscopus affinis, hunt- 
ing in the same manner as that species, amongst low bushes and long grass. 
578 Abboeots 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 Beguloid.es proregulus, 
(Pall.), and are shewn in the figure in Gray’s genera of birds PI. XLIN. 
There are one or two other slight omissions in 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 
