The three Bright-capped Cisticolas I saw at She Shan on August 29th were juveniles - similar to the Po Toi birds with yellowish underparts.
There were no records at the same site during the summer as far as I know - and I visited the site on a few occasions - but they may have bred higher up in the hills bordering the Lam Tsuen Valley. Or they could be birds dispersing from over the border ... As John sugggests, it's difficult to know quite what the status of this species is at the present time - although clearly it's a lot commoner than in the 1990s.
I guess Geoff will just have to spend all of next summer on Po Toi to discover the truth!!!
dave
