t". Ear - coverts and nape - spot 



velluw lechuci, p. 44. 



h^. "Wing-coverts and secondaries 



edged , not tipped, with white. , (,tricapiUm, p. 44. 



c\ 1-lanks fawn-colour j septentrionalis,^A^. 



„ -— , ( montamts, p. 47. 



d-. Flanks grey j meridionnlrs, p. 46. 



A^. The black of the upper parts re- \ hif/tthris, p. 47. 



stricted to the crown and nape . . ) stnu/an/s, p. 48. 



,,-,,-> 1 xi 1- n 1 *i . 1 6o/v«/!'s, p. 54. [52. 



h' '. Only the chin bkck; "PF^ throat K.^^^^^^^J^^i;^^^^^. L 



mottled or edged black and white . . /,,gf^.;g „ 49 ^ 



p". Throat without any blackish patch ; ^ . 



crown of head blackish brown hraiidfi, p. 53. 



1. Parus sultaneus. 



Parus sultaneus, Hodgs. Ind. Sev. p. 31 (1831); id. in Gray^s Zool. 



Misc. p. 83 ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 192 ; id. Cat. 3Iamm. etc. Nepal 



pres. Hodqs. p. 72; Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xiii. p. 943; Horsf. ^ 



Moore, Cat. B. E.I. Co. Miis. i. p. 369. 

 Parus flavocristatus, Lafresn. Mag. Zool. 1837, pi. 80 ; Horsf. P. Z. S. 



1839, p. 162 ; Blyt/i, J. A. S. Beng. xi. p. 184, xii. p. 955 ; Strickl. 



P. Z. S. 1846, p. 100 ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mtis. As. Soc. p. 102 ; id. in 



Jard. Contr. Orn. p. 48 ; Gould, B. Asia, pt. sx. pi. 15. 

 Melanochlora sumatrana, Less. Rev. Zool. p. 42 (1839) ; Sundev. Av. 



Mctli. Tent. p. 20. 

 Crataionyx flava, Eyton, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 104. 

 Crataionvx ater, Eyton, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 104. 

 Melanochlora sultanea, Jerd. B. Ltd. ii. p. 282 (1863) ; Walden, 



P. Z. S. 1866, p. 551 ; Hume Sf Davison, f>t. F. 1878, vol. i. p. 378 ; 



Hume, St. F. 1879, pp. 64, 105. 

 Melanochlora flavocristata, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 92 (1850) ; Blyth 



4" Walden, B. Burmah, p. 111. 



Adult male. Head above and a long pointed crest, the breast, 

 abdomen, the under tail-coverts, and the axillaries bright yellow ; 

 the under wing-coverts blackish at base, tipped with yellow, and 

 with a subtermiual white band ; all the other parts of the body are 

 glossy green-black, the quills internally edged with whitish ; the 

 line of demarcation between the black of the fore neck and the 

 yellow breast is strongly marked ; " bill black ; feet slaty ; iris 

 dark brown'' (Jerdon). Total length 7-8 inches, culmen 0-7, wing 

 4-4-2, tail 3-4-3-G, tarsus 0-95-1. 



Adult female. All the parts which are black in the male are 

 brownish' black, with a peculiar olive-green tinge ; chin, cheeks, 

 throat, and fore neck blackish, strongly washed with yellowish. lu 

 all the other parts the female closely resembles the male. Wing 

 3-7 inches, tail 3-3. 



Young birds resemble the females, but want the yellow crest. 



06s. Several specimens in the British Museum have some of the 

 outer tail-feathers slightly tipped with white. 



Hah. From the Himalayas through Assam, Burmah, and Malacca 

 to Sumatra. 



