[Footnote A:  Mr. Hodgson’s specimens in the British Museum are C. xanthoschista; but C. jerdoni also occurs in Nepal, and Mr. Hodgson may have found the nests of both.  I leave the note as it appeared in the ‘Rough Draft,’ as the two species are not likely to differ in their habits, and it matters little to which species Mr. Hodgson’s note refers, provided the above remarks are borne in mind.—­ED.]

From Sikhim Mr. Gammie says:—­“I found one nest of this species at Rishap, at an elevation of 5000 feet, on the 20th May.  The nest was in thin forest, near its outer edge, and placed on the ground beside a small stem.  It was domed, and composed entirely of moss, with the exception of a few fibres in the hood or dome portion, and was lined with thistle-down.  The exterior diameter was 3.3, the height 3.2:  the cavity was 1.6 in diameter, and only an inch in depth below the lower margin of the entrance, which was the rim of the true cup, over which the hood was drawn.  The nest contained four fresh eggs.”

Several nests of this species that have been sent me from Sikhim were all of the same type—­beautiful little cups, some placed on the ground, some amongst the twigs of brushwood a little above the ground, composed entirely of fine moss and a little fern-root, and with the interior of the cavity not indeed regularly lined but dotted about with tufts of silky seed-down.

The eggs are very similar to but smaller than those of the preceding species—­very broad ovals, a good deal pointed towards one end, pure white, and faintly glossy.  In length they vary from 0.53 to 0.58, and in breadth from 0.45 to 0.49.

436.  Cryptolopha poliogenys (Blyth). The Grey-cheeked Flycatcher-Warbler.

Abrornis poliogenys (Blyth), Jerd.  B. Ind. ii, p. 203.

From Sikhim Mr. Gammie writes:—­“A nest of the Grey-cheeked Flycatcher-Warbler, taken on the 8th May in large forest at 6000 feet, contained three hard-set eggs.  It was suspended to a snag among the moss growing on the stem of a small tree at five feet up.  The moss supported it more than did the snag.  It is a solid cup-shaped structure, made of green moss and lined with very fine roots.  Externally it measures 31/2 inches across and 21/4 deep; internally 2 inches wide and 13/4 deep.”

The eggs of this species, like those of C. xanthoschista and C. jerdoni, are pure white.  They are not, I think, separable from the eggs of these two species.  Those sent me by Mr. Gammie measure 0.66 and 0.67 in length by 0.5 in breadth.

437.  Cryptolopha castaneiceps (Hodgs.). The Chestnut-headed Flycatcher-Warbler.

Abrornis castaneiceps, Hodgs., Jerd.  B. Ind. ii. p. 205; Hume.  Rough Draft N. & E. no. 578.