10. ruHijf.i. 633 



Hah. Western China, where it inhabits Szechiien and South- 

 eastern Chensi, as well as Eastern Thibet. It is a resident in all 

 these countries. 



3. YuMna occipitalis. 



Yuhina occipitalis, Hodys. Asiat. Research, xix. p. 167 (18.36) ; id. 



Joxrn. A. S. Benq. vi. p. 231 (1837) ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. etc. 



Nepal, p. 74 (1846') ; id. Gen. B. i. p. 199 (1848) ; Bh/th, Cat. B. 



Mus. As. Soc. p. 100 (1849) ; Bp. Cmsp. i. p. 397 (18o0, pt.) ; 



Horsf. 6r Moore, Cat. B. B.I. Co. Mus. i. p. 261 (1854) ; Jerd. 



B. Ind. ii. p. 261 (1863) ; Gould, B. Asia, part xv. (1863) ; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. i. p. 276, no. 4064 (1869) ; Hume, 8tr. F. 1879, p. 104; 



Scul/y, t.c.]>.32l. 

 Polvodon occipitalis, Hodys. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus., Passeres, pi. 68, 



tig. 7 (no. 310) ; id. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 82 (1844). 

 Odonterus occipitalis, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 113, note (1850). 



Adult. General colour above brown, the rump slightly fulvescent; 

 wing-coverts like the back ; the greater series and secondaries 

 dusky brown, externallj- like back ; primaries black, narrowl}- edged 

 with olive-brown, ashy towards the end of the outer web ; bastard- 

 wing feathers and primary-covei'ts dusky brown, with a narrow 

 diJl brown margin ; tail-feathers brown, dusky on the inner webs 

 and towards the tips ; crest dark ashy brown, each feather tipped 

 with ashy grey, and separated from the grey hind neck by a band 

 of orange-rufous, surrounding the occiput and nape from the hinder 

 portion of the eye ; lores dull orauge-rufous ; ear-coverts pale ashy 

 brown with whitish shaft-streaks ; cheeks black, mottled with brown 

 bases to the feathers ; throat and breast pale vinous-brown ; the 

 abdomen and under tail-coverts orange-buff ; lower breast and sides 

 of body very pale ashy brown ; under wiug-coverts and axillaries 

 white ; quiUs dusky blackish below, white along the edge of the 

 inner web ; " bill reddish brown ; feet orange-buff, claws horny 

 brown ; iris deep brown '' (Sculh/). Total length 5 inches, culmen 

 0'65, wing 2'o, tail 2-1, tarsus 0-65. 



Hub. Eastern Himalayas, where it is only met with from Xepal 

 to Bootan. 



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



b,c. Ad.sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.j. 



(Types of species.) 



or,*?. Ad.sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



/. Ad. sk. Nepal ( Hodyson). India Museum. 



g. Ad. sk. Sheopuri Ridge, Nepal vallev, Dr. J. Scully [P.]. 



Feb. 16, 1878. 



h. Ad. sk. Lachiing, Sikhim, 10,000 feet, W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



Sept. 26, 1870. 



i, k. Ad. sk. Sikhim [L. Mandelli). H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Yuhina nigriuientum. 



Yuhina nigilmenta, Hodys. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus., Passeres, pi. 66. 

 tigs. 1, 2 (no. 097). 



