G12 TIMKLIID.E. 



4. IXULUS. 



Type. 

 Ixulus, Hodgi^. P. Z. S. 1845, p. 23 I. flavicollis. 



Range. Himalayas and hill-ranges of North-eastern Bengal to 

 Tenasserim. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Crown of head brown ; ear-coverts and nape paler 



and more ashy brown ; sides of neck orange- 

 rufous, forming a distinct patch ; no white occipital 

 spot flavicoUls, p. 612. 



b. Crown of head and hind neclr of a dull orange-brown 



colour, with a half-concealed occipital patch of 



white occipitalis, p. 613. 



c. Crown of head uniform with the rest of the back ; 



no rufoi 's on side of neck ; no occipital spot of 



white ; below white streaked with brown humilis, p. 614. 



1. Ixulus flavicoUis. 



Yuhina flavicollis, Hodc/s. Asiat. Research, xix. p. 167 (1886) ; id. 



Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus., Passeres, pi. 68. fig. 3, pi. 69 (no. 312) ; 



id. J. A. S. Beng. vi. p. 232 (1837); Gray, Cat. Mamm. etc. 



Nepal iires. Hodc/s. p. 74(1846); id. Gen. B. i. p. 199(1848); 



Bp. Consp. i. p. 397 (1850) ; Gratj, Hand-l. B. i. p. 276, no. 4065 



(1869). 

 Ixulus flavicollis, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 82 (1844) ; id. 



P. Z. S. 1845, p. 24 ; 'id. J. A. S. Beng. xiv. p. 562 (1845) ; Blytk, 



Cat. B. Mus. As. Boc. p. 100 (1849) ; Horsf. Sf Moore, Cat. B. 



E.I. Co. Mus. i. p. 262 fl854) ; GouU, B. Asia, part xiv. (1862) ; 



Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 258 (1863) ; Godwin-Austen, J. A. S. Benq. 



xxxix. p. 109 (1870) ; Brooks, Str. F. 1875, p. 252 ; Hume, Str. F. 



1879, p. 104. 



Adult male. General colonr above dusky brown, with a slight 

 fulvescent tinge on the rump ; wing-coverts like the back ; quiUs 

 dark brown, externally dusky brown, the primaries edged with 

 white towards their tips, the innermost secondaries with shaft- 

 streaks of white ; upper tail-coverts and tail-feathers dusky brown 

 with olivaceous margins ; crown of head brown and strongly 

 crested, the occipital plumes grey and separated from the back by^ 

 a collar of pale orange-brown, which occuijies the sides of the neck, 

 and spreads a slight shade over the mantle ; lores and ear-coverts 

 brown, the latter with a patch of silvery brown on the hinder part 

 of their lower aspect ; round the eye a ring of white feathers ; 

 plumes in front of and above the fore part of the eye black, as well 

 as the cheeks, forming a black moustache ; throat white ; remainder 

 of under surface of body light yellowish buff, with a few narrow 

 brown streaks on the lower throat and fore neck ; sides of body 

 fulvous-brown with distinct yellowish streaks ; the vent and under 



