16. LIOTHRIX. 645 



lieiothrix siuensia, Oray, Gen. B. i. p. 269 (1845) ; Bp. L'onsp. i. 



p. 332 (1850). 

 Leiothrix luteus, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xiv. p. 552 (1845) ; id. Cat. 



B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 99 (1849) ; Gould, B. Asia, part iii. (1851) ; 



Horsf. ^ Moore, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. i. p. 364 (1854) ; Jerd. B. 



Ind. ii. p. 250 (1863) ; David 8f Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 214, pi. 67 



(1877). 

 Liothrix lutea, Sicinh. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 298 ; Gray, Hand-L B. i. 



p. 313, no. 3670; Sioinh. P. Z. S, 1871, p. 373 ; B/yfh, B. Burm. 



p. 109 (1875) ; Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 104. 

 Liothrix luteus, Oates, B. Brit. Burm. i. p. 142 (1883). 



Adult. Above dull olive greenish, the wing-coverts like the back' 

 the bastard wing and primary-coverts a little tinged with yellow ; 

 quills blackish, externally margined with golden yellow, inclining 

 to fiery orange and tinged with vermilion towards the base ; secon- 

 daries glossy black externall}', orange at the base of the outer webs, 

 some of the others orange-yellow towaixls the tip of the outer web, 

 and some margined for their wliole extent with vermilion, the inner- 

 most secondaries olive-greenish like the back ; upper tail-coverts 

 browner than the back, tipped with white, before which is a bar of 

 ashy grey ; tail-feathers ashy brown, glossy black at the ends and 

 on the outer web, and washed with olive near the base ; head more 

 yellowish green than the rest of the upper surface ; lores and 

 feathers round the eye yellowish white ; ear-coverts dull grey, ex- 

 tending onto the sides of the neck ; cheeks dusky, forming a dark 

 line which separates the sides of the face from the throat, which is 

 bright yellow, deepening into orange-yellow on the lower throat and 

 fore neck ; remainder of under surface of body pale yellow, deeper 

 on the under tail-coverts ; sides of body, flanks, and thighs light 

 ashy brown washed with olive-greenish, the inner aspect of the 

 thighs dull yellowish ; under wing-coverts and axillaries light ashj-,. 

 the outer greater coverts dusky ; edge of wing yellow ; ([uiUs dusky 

 brown below, yellowish white along the edge of the inner web ; 

 " bill red, with the base blackish ; feet and claws yellow ; iris reddish, 

 brown " {David). Total length 6'2 inches, culmen 0-5o, wing 2'%^ 

 tail 2-3, tarsus 1-05. 



Considerable allowance must be made for the fading of colours itt 

 this species, for the way in which the green and yellow colours 

 vanish is most remarkable, the former changing to grey and the- 

 latter becoming very pale. 



Hah. Throughout the Himalayas to the hills of Xorth-easterQ 

 Bengal and throughout Southern China. 



a. Ad.sk. ? Aftrhanistan (Gn^^A). India Museum. 



b. Ad. sk. N.W. Himalayas. Capt. St. Pinwill [P.]. 



c. d. Ad. sk. Dehra Doon, Jan. 1871 Dr. J. Scully [P.]. 



^ {G. King). 

 e,f,g. Ad. st. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq.- 



i.f'a: 



h, i, k. Ad. ; /, ?«. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Escj. 



Imm. sk. rP.]. 



n-q. Ad. sk. Nepal {Hodgnon).. India Museum. 



