632 miELiiDJ^. 



f the inner web ; " upper mandible black ; lower mandible homy 

 brown ; feet deep buff or orange ; claws dusky ; iris brown or dark 

 brown " [Sculh/). Total length 5-6 inches, culmen 0*7, wing 3-0, 

 tail 2-3, tarsus"0-9. 



Young birds are much browner than the adult, especially on the 

 crest, and the streaks on the throat are much narrower, smaller, 

 and more indistinct. 



In the Museum series a good deal of variation is shown in the 

 depth of colour in different individuals. Some of them have the 

 orange on the wings and the fawn-colour of the abdomen duUer 

 in shade than others : they may be female birds. 



Hah. Eastern Himalayas from Xepal to Bootan, extendiug to 

 Aracan, and was once observed by Abbe David in Moupin. He 

 believes that it breeds in the latter locality, retiring south in winter. 



a. Ad. St. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.l. 



h, e. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



(Tvpes of species.) 



d, e,f. Ad. ; ff. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



Juv. sk. 



h, i, k, I. Ad. sk. Nepal {Hodr/soyi) . India Museum. 



m. Ad. sk. Sheopm-i Ridge, Nepal val- Dr. J. Scully [P.]. 



ley, Feb. 16, 1878. 



n. 2 ad. sk. Sbeopuri Ridge, Jan. 18, Dr. J. Scidly [P.]. 



1878. 



o, ;;, y. Ad. sk. ^\k\xim. {L. Mcmdelli), H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Yuhiaa diademata. 



Yuhina diademata, J. Verr. Kouv. Arch, du Mus. v. Bull. p. ZH 

 (18(39) ; id. op. cit. vii. p. 53 (1871), viii. pi. 3 (1872) ; Gmdd, B. 

 Asia, part xxiv. (1872) ; David %■ Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 138, pi. 69 

 (1877). 



Adult male (Moupin, March 4, 1869 ; A. David). 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 encircles the occiput, starting from 

 above the eye ; wing-coverts like the back ; bastard wing and pri- 

 mary-coverts darker brown ; quills black, with brown shafts, 

 becoming white towards their ends, the primaries edged with 

 whitish towards their tips ; tail-feathers brown, dusky on the inner 

 web and towards the ends, the shafts white ; forehead darker brown 

 than the crown ; lores black ; eyehd white ; sides of 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 darker 

 brown ; centre of abdomen and under tail-coverts white ; axillaries 

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

 brown, forming a patch ; quills blackish below, white along the 

 edge of the inner web ; " bill and feet yellow ; iris clear chestnut " 

 {David). Total length 6-6 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 3, tail 2-9, 

 tarsus 0"9o, (Mus. H. Seebohm.) 



