606 TIMELIID^. 



3. MINLA. „ 



Type. 



Minla, Hodgs. Ind. lieview, 1838, p. 33 M. igneotincta. 



Schoeniparus, Hume, Str. F. 1874, p. 449 M. ruiigularis. 



Eange. Himalayas and the hills of North-eastern Bengal, Burmah, 

 and Tenasscrim, 



Key to the Species. 



a. Wing-feathers externallj^ bordered with orange 



or vermilion. 

 a!. Head black; quills and tail-feathers edged <i fi,,^„^ qqq 

 with vermilion ........ . . ••■•:•.•■• jerdoni, p. 607. 



i'. Head chestnut, streaked with whitish; '•' '^ 



wing-feathers bordered with orange ex- 

 ternally. 



a". Tail dark ashy gi-ey , castaneiceps, p. 608. 



f>". Tail dull brown brunneicaudn, p. 609. 



b. With no bright colours on the edges of the 



quills or tail-feathers. 

 c'. Eyebrow yellow ; general colour above grey; 

 centre of crown streaked with yellowish ; 



sides of crown black cinerea, p. 609. 



d'. Eyebrow white ; general colour above 

 brown ; head more rufous ; sides of crown 

 black. 

 c". With a distinct chestnut baud across the 



lower throat mfignlaris, p. 610. 



„, ....,, , . ii 1 ii, ii i \mandellii, -a.&lO. 



d". With no chestnut band on the throat . . < ^j^^i^i „ qh 



1. Minla igneotincta. 



Minla ignotinca, Hodgs. Ind. Review, 1838, p. 33 ; Gray, Cat. 



Mamm. etc. Nepal pres. Hodgs. p. 94 (1846) ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. 



p. 254 (1863) ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 104. 

 Leiothrix ornata, McClell. P. Z. S. 1839, p. 162. 

 Proparus ig-notinctus, Hodgs. J. A. S. Beng. 'x. p. 29 (1841). 

 Certhiparus ignitinctus, Hodgs. J. A. S. Beng. xiii. p. 939 (1844). 

 Certhiparus (Minla) ignitiocta, Hodgs. Icon. ined. in Brit. Miis., 



Passeres, pi. 68. fig. 2 (no. 313) ; id. in Grai/s Zool. Misc. p. 84 



(1844). 

 Leiothrix ignitincta. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 269 (1845) ; Bltjth, Cat. B. 



Mus. As. Soc. p. 100 (1849) ; Bp. Comp. i. p. 3.33 (1850) ; Horsf. 



Sf Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. i. p. 366 (1864) ; Gra^j, Hand-l. B. 



i. p. 313, no. 4676 (1869). 



Adult. General colour above dark chocolate-, almost chestnuts 

 bro^vn, paler and more fulvescent on the rump ; lesser wing-coverts 

 black, washed with the brown of the back ; median and greater 

 series black, edged with white ; primary-coverts black ; quills 

 black, edged with vermilion, inclining to yellow towards the tip of 

 the outer web ; secondaries tipped with white and edged with white 

 for some distance from the base ; upper tail-coverts black ; tail- 

 feathers black, edged with vermilion, and tipped with white tinged 



