15CMS.,DARK ALMOST UNSTREAKED UPPERPARTS SEPARATE FEMALE FROM OTHER FEMALE BUSHCHATS EXCEPT JERDON’S BUSHCHAT WHICH LACKS SUPERCILIUM AND PIED BUSHCHAT WHICH HAS RUFOUS BROWN UNDERPARTS.FOUND IN OPEN SCRUBBY SLOPES,FOREST EDGE,BARBERRY,JUNIPER,CULTIVATION,SCRUBBY HILLSIDES,SECOND GROWTH,GRASSLAND WITH BUSHES,TEA GARDENS.