35. CHLEITASICFS. 495 



Suthora fulvifTons, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xiv. p. 579 (descr. prin- 

 ceps) ; id. Cat. B. Mm. As. Soc. p. 102 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. 

 p. 334 (1850) ; Gould, B. Asia, part iv. (1852) ; Horsf. ^- Moore, 

 Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mas. i. p. 378 (1854) ; Jerd. B. 'ind. ii. p. 9 

 (1869) ; Gmtj, Hand-l. B. i. p. 235, no. 3402 (1869) ; Hume, Str. F. 

 1870, p. 95. 



Adult. Above yello-vrish brown : the crown, cheeks, throat, and 

 breast tawny buff, inclining to deeper and more orange buff on the 

 forehead and chin ; behind the cheeks a half- concealed spot of ashy 

 whitish ; sides of the under crown dusky, forming an indistinct 

 lateral streak : least wing-coverts resembling the back, the greater 

 series edged with golden buff, like the quills — which are ashy brown, 

 externally golden buff, and edged with white towards the tips ; 

 upper tail-coverts also golden buff; tail-feathers ashy brown, mar- 

 gined with the same golden buff, much brighter near the base of the 

 feathers ; sides of body light grey, the centre of tl\e abdomen 

 whitish ; thighs fulvous ; under tail-coverts buffy whitish ; under 

 wing-coverts whitish, as also the inner edge of the quills; "bill 

 pale ; legs light brown " (Jerdon). Total length 5 inches, culmen 

 0-3, wing 2-25, tail 2-7, tarsus 0-8. 



Hab. Eastern Himalayas. 



3. Chleuasicus cyanophrys. 



Suthora cyanophrys, David ^- Oust. Ois. Cliine, p. 212, pi. 66 (1877). 



Adidt. Upper part of the head, feathers round the eye, and throat 

 clear ochre-yellow, passing into whitish on the forehead ; a broad 

 superciliary streak of bluish grey extending backwards as far as the 

 nape ; back yellow shaded with olivaceous ; rump and outer webs 

 of secondaries and tertiaries very bright ochraceous yellow ; breast 

 clear yellow, with an Irregular transverse band of white occupying 

 the base of the throat : imder tail-coverts and tibial plumes of a 

 yellowish tint ; quiUs brown bordered with white ; tail-feathers of 

 the same tint, with a broad border of bright ochre-yellow : upper 

 mandible brown, flesh-coloured on the edges and on the lower man- 

 dible ; feet and toes plumbeous blue ; claws brown ; ii'is chestnut. 

 Total length 4-15 inches, culmen 0-2, wing 2-05, tail 2-35, tarsus 0-7. 

 (David and Oustald.) 



Hah, South-eastern Chensi, China. 



