onxiTHOLOdy. 377 



CfTiA NiP.VLKN'sis, IToilp;. Kan'ii-iii at GOOO feet. 



Sciorril.A AXNKCTANS, Hl}'^!. 



L. saturata, Wiilden. 

 L. Davisoni, Hume. 



Separated by Waldenaud nunie for its darker colouration, but a mere loeal race, 

 no doubt of L. annectans, ]5Iytli. Davison describes it as elimbiui^ about the trees 

 and branches like a ' Nut-hatch ' {Sitta). 



Leiothkis AEGENiAURrs, Hodg. Khasi Hills. Tenasserim. Karen-ni, 



1500 to lOOO tVct. 

 L. LUTEA, Scop. Khasi Hills. Arakan. 8.W. Cliiua. 



Siva steigula, Hod^. Toung-ngoo {fulc Walden). 



L. CASTANEICAUDA, Humc. Mooliyit. 



Hume supposes that striyiih has been erroneously determined in place of the 

 present, which is probable, for reasons given with regard to Pleruthius intermcdius. 



S. cYANouROPTERA, Hodg. Kluisi Hills. Tcnasscrim. 



S. souDiDA, Hume. Mooleyit. 



The above remarks apply, mutatis mutandii, to these two species also. A local 

 race is pretty sure to figm-e as a new species in Mr. Hume's hands. 



Mertila castaijeiceps, Hodg. Karen-ni. Mooleyit above 2000 feet. 



M. DuiiiA, Hume. Pino forests of Pahpoon. 



Propanis duhius, Humc. 



M. Maxdelli, God.-Aust. Shilloug. Assam. 



Godwin-Austen regards these as representative races. Hume dissents. Proba- 

 bility leans to the former view, but " non nostrum tantas." 



IXULINiE. 



TxFLUS STRIATUS, Dlytli. 10 miles from Mooleyit at 3000. 



This species, Hume remarks, was not rediscovered, but Davison obtained u 

 "nearly allied" form. 



I. imsiiLis, Humc (!). Mooleyit, at 6000 feet. 



As the type of striatm is ' unique,' it is uncertain how far these ' allied ' species 

 may be really distinct. 



TuHiNA GULARis, Hodg. Arakau. 



Erpornis xantholeuca, Hodg. Khasi Hills. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasserim. 



H. xanthocJdora, Hodg. (S.F. iii. p. 142). 



This is an aberrant form, which Bonaparte places in the Pi/ciionofiiia. In coloura- 

 tion and bill it is related to Zosterojjs, by its head feathers to Myzornis, and it has also 

 some affinity to lora (Jerdon). 



ZosTEROps palpebrosus, Tem. Arakan. Pegu. Tenasserim. Nioobars. 



Z. SiAMENsis, Blyth. Martaban. Mooleyit. 



Z. AusTENi, "Walden. Karen-ni at 2500. 



Z. NicoBARiENsis, Blyth. Andamans. Nicobars. 



Siih-family PARINiE. 

 This sub-family embraces the Titmice, a strongly-markecl group of small non- 

 migratory birds, some of which exhibit an affinity to the Conirostres in their thick 

 muscular stomach, etc. Their colours arc pleasingly blended with bhu;, green and 

 yellow, and many are crested. Thoy are arboreal and omni\orous, very bold, and will 

 even destroy young or sickly birds. They build in holes of trees or in walls, and 

 a few make pendulous nests. The eggs are white, with red .spots. 



iEuiTnAi.iscus ERYTHROCEPH.u-rs, Vig. Karen-ni, at 3000 feet. 



Maclolophus spii.onotus, Blyth. Karen-ni, at 3500. 



M. suBviRiDis, Tickell. Tenasserim, at 3500. 



