034 TIMELIID^. 



Polyodon nigrimentum, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 82 (1844). 



Yuhina nigrimentum, Hodgs. J. A. S. JBeng. xiv. p. 562 (1845) ; 

 Gray, Cat. Mamm. etc. Nepal pres. Hodgs. p. 74 (1846) ; id. Gen. 

 B. i. p. 199 (1848) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 397 (1850) ; Horsf. ^ Moore, 

 Cat. B. E.I. Co. Mus. i. p. 262 (1854) ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 262 

 (1863) ; Gi-ay, Hand-l. B. i. p. 276, no. 4063 (1869) ; David Sf 

 Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 140, pi. Ixx. (1877) ; Hu7ne, Sir. F. 1879, 

 p. 104. 



Adult. General colour above dull olive-brown, a little more ashy 

 on the mantle ; lesser and median wing-coverts like the back ; 

 greater coverts, primar3'-coverts, and quills dusky brown, edged with 

 the same colour as the back, paler towards the ends of the primaries ; 

 tail-feathers dusky brown, edged with olive-brown ; head and nape 

 ashy grey, with a distinct crest, the feathers of which are black 

 edged with grey ; lores black ; ear-coverts ashy grey ; cheeks and 

 throat white, with a small black spot at the base of the lower 

 mandible and on the base of the chin ; remainder of under surface 

 of body light fulvous-brown, washed with ashy on the sides of the 

 breast ; under tail-coverts like the abdomen ; under wing-coverts 

 fulvous ; quills dusky below, fulvous along the edge of the inner 

 web ; " bill dusky above, the lower mandible red ; feet reddish 

 yellow ; iris brown " {Jerdon). Total length 4'1 inches, culmen 

 0'5o, wing 2-2, tail 1-55, tarsus 0-6. 



Young. Differs from the adult in its much browner colour, the 

 upper tail-coverts being somewhat rufescent ; quills and tail-feathers, 

 as well as the upper wing-coverts, dusky brown, margined with 

 rufescent brown ; head ashy brown, much duller than the adult, 

 the crest^feathers being dingy black with dull ashy margins ; lores 

 and chin-spot black ; cheeks and throat white ; rest of under surface 

 whitish, slightly washed with fulvous. 



Hah. Himalayas, extending eastwards into the Naga hills and 

 the wooded hills on the borders of Moupin and Szetchuen. Here 

 Abbe David believes that it breeds, retiring south in winter. 



a. Ad. sk. N.W. Himalayas. Capt. Stackhouse Pin- 



will [P.]. 



h. Ad. sk, Nepal. Gould Collection. 



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



(Type of species.) 



d,e. XA.; f. iwY. Nepal. . B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



sk. 



g. Ad. sk. Nepal {Hodgson). India Museum. 



/(. Ad. sk. Sikhim, Jan. 1879 E. W. Gates, Esq. 



{L. Mandelli). 



i, k, I, m. Ad. sk. Sikhim (i. Mandelli). H. Seebohm, Esq. 



