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differs fromS. sordida, in having the chin, throat, sides and flanks washed with 

 vinous grey. It differs from S. cyannroptera, and resembles S. sordida in 

 having no white tips to the bastard wing feathers. It differs from both in 

 havinw only the inner webs of the outer pair of tail-feathers white to the tip 

 moreover the feathers on the forehead, lores and chin are strongly washed 

 with rusty pink, though it is just possible that this colour may be due to stain. 

 Irish brown ; total length 6, wing 2-5, tail 2-5, tarsus 0-9. 



» (-i-Jba) YuHiNA AMPEUNA, (Ripp.)— (The White-creasted Yuhina.) 

 Bull. B.O.O.VolXL,p. 12. 



Kachin wa?ne— Chee-chaw pum-frong, Chee-chaw, and Pnm-cheechaw. 

 (Trans). "Like F. diadeniata but darker. The sides of the face greyish - 

 brown, cheeks streaked with pale brown, breast greyish and not brown, 

 abdomen and under tail coverts white. ' 



Iris dark brown, bill horny yellow, paler below, legs orange-yellow. 

 When excited it raises its crest, the white under-feathers becoming very 

 conspicuous, giving it a white-capped appearance. 



Yuhina diademata, J. Verr , Cat. of Bii-ds, Vol. VII, p. 632. 

 "Adult maZe.— General colour above uniform earthy brown, the crest of the 

 same colour with lighter shaft-streaks, and separated from the nape by a broad 

 line of silky white feathers which encircle the occiput, starting from above 

 the eye ; wing-coverts like the back ; bastard-wing and primary-coverts dark 

 brown ; quills black with brown shafts becominor white towards their ends ; the 

 primaries edged with whitish towards their tips : tail-feathers brown, dusky on 

 the inner web and towards the end, the shafts white ; forehead dark brown 

 above crown; lores black ; eye-lid white ; sides of the face and ear-coverts 

 brown, the latter with whity-brown shaft-streaks ; the anterior part of the 

 cheeks darker brown ; under surface of body earthy-brown, paler on the flanks, 

 the chin and upper throat dark brown ; centre of abdomen and under tail-fea- 

 thers white ; auxilliaries and under wing-coverts white, those near the edge of 

 the wing brown forming patch ; quills blackish below, white along the edge of 

 the inner web. Bill and feet yellow, iris clear chestnut. West China and 

 Eastern Tibet, 



Nesting. — Rather a common bird at Simlum Kaba ; and has very tit-like 

 habits and call, and is altogether a conspicuous bird from its white crest. I 

 found several nests during my stay in the Hills, the first on the 16th April. All 

 the nests I found were placed in bramble bushes within three to four feet of the 

 ground, and were very fl msy affairs, being quite transparent, and were 

 made entirely of black, roots. Two seemed to be the usual complement of eggs ; 

 I only found one nest with three. 



Eggs. — Very like small C. saularis, being a greenish-blue profusely spotted 

 with umber brown. Average of seven eg-gs •76x'60, largest -8 x '6, smallest 

 •75X-58. 



* (226) ZosTEROPS PALPEBROSA, (Temm.)— (The Indian White-Eye.) 

 Not uncommon in the Hills. I found three nests. 



