044 TIMELIID.1;. 



crimson ou the greater series ; the latter coverts are ashj- on the 

 inner webs, externally olive; primary-covorts ashy brown, exter- 

 nally olive tinged with crimson, and with half-concealed black bases ; 

 quills black, externally margined with golden yellow, crimson near 

 the base, the inner secondaries entirely ashy black ; upper tail- 

 coverts crimsom : tail black, the outermost feather with an edging of 

 olive-yellow to the outer web ; head and nape black, separated from 

 the back by a collar of dark crimson, more distinct on the sides of 

 the neck ; feathers in front of the eye and below the latter, as well 

 as the cheeks, black ; a loral spot of tiery orange ; ear-coverts hoary 

 grey, silvery white along the upper margin ; throat and chest fiery 

 orange overshaded with crimson ; centre of breast and abdomen 

 olive-yellow, the sides of the body, flanks, and thighs greenish olive ; 

 under tail-coverts crimson ; axillaries and under wing-coverts greenish 

 olive ; quills dusky below, yellowish along the edge of the inner 

 web. Total length 7 inches, culmen 0*7, wing 3-3, tail 3'05, tarsus 

 1*1. (Mus. E. 6. Wardlaw Ramsay.) 



Adult female. Similar in plumage to the male. Total length 

 7-3 inches, wing 3-25, tail 3-1, tarsus 1-2. (Miis. R. G. Wardlaw 

 Ramsai/.) 



Hah. Confined to the higher ranges of the island of Sumatra. 



16. LIOTHRIX. 



Type. 

 Leiothrix, Sicains. Faun. Bor.-Amer., Bi7-ds, p. 490 (1831). . L. luteus. 



Furcuria, Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 457 (1831) L. luteus. 



Bahila, Hodgs. Ind. Bev. ii. p. 88 (1838) L. luteus. 



Calipyga, Hodgs. J. A. S. Beng. x. p. 2Q (1841) L. luteus. 



Range. Himalaya Mountains and Khasia hills, extending through- 

 out the mountains of Southern China. 



1. Liothrix lutea, 



Le Mesange de Nankin, Scop. Toy. Bid. ii. pi. 114. fig. 2 (1782). 



Sylvia lutea, Scop. Del. Flor. et Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 96 (1786). 



Turnagra sinensis, Gm. Sgst. Nat. i. p. 897 (1788). 



Parus furcatus, Temm. PL Col. pi. 287. fig. 1. 



Furcuria malabaricus. Less. Traite d'Orn. p. 457 (1831). 



Leiothrix furcatus, Sicains. Faun. Bor.-Amer., Birds, p. 490 (1831). 



Bahila calipyga, Hodgs. Ind. Rev. ii. p. 88 (18.38). 



Calipyga furcata, Hodgs. J. A. S. Beng. x. p. 29 (1841). 



Leioihiix calipyga, Hodgs. J. A. S. Beng. xiii. p. 934 (1844) ; id. Icon. 



ined. in Brit. Mas., Passeres, App.-pl. 117 (no. 354-5) ; Gray, Cat. 



Mamm. etc. Nepal pres. Hodgs. p. 84 ( 1 846) ; Grag, Hand-'l. B. i. 



p. 313, no. 4671 (1869) ; Hume, Nests ^' Eggs Lid. B. p. 390 



(1874) ; Gammie, Str.F. 1875, p. 266 ; Anders. Zool. Exp. Yun-nan, 



p. 629 (1878). 

 Leiothrix calipvga vel furcatus, Hodgs. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 84 



(1844). 



