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626. Yuhina gularis, Hodgson. 



As. Res. XIX. IGG— Blyth, Cat. 519— Hoksf., Cat. 399— 

 Fugl-pho, Lepcii. 



The Stkipe-throated Flower-pecker. 



Descr. — Above, with tertiaries and tail, obscure olive-brown ; cap 

 with a full, soft, somewhat recurved crest, darker and purer brown; 

 primaries and secondaries black, the former with a narrow edi^ino- 

 of hoary; the latter with a broad one of orange-brown, the lininf^ 

 of the wnngs and inner margin of the quills, towards their bases, 

 albescent ; tail dusky internally ; chin, throat, and breast, obscure 

 rufous wood brown, albescent on the chin and throat, which arc 

 spotted longitudinally with blackish, and bounded laterally by a 

 longitudinal stripe of the same hue ; the rest of the body below 

 bright orange-rusty. 



Bill fleshy brown with dusky culmen ; legs deep orange ; irides 

 brown. Length Gi inches ; extent 8| ; wing 3 ; tail 2^ ; bill at 

 front Y^g ; tarsus not quite j^. 



This is a very common and abundant bird near Darjeeling, and, 

 according to the season, is to be found from 4,000 to 10,000 feet, 

 and upwards. It associates in large flocks, sometimes fifteen, 

 twenty, or more : these fly from tree to tree, alighting on the middle 

 branches, and thence climbing sometimes over the mossy trunk, 

 and hopping from branch to branch, they gain the summit, 

 hunting all the while most carefully for small insects and larvce. 

 In winter they feed a good deal on small berries of various kinds. 

 In April, when the Rhododendrons were in flower on Mount 

 Tongloo, at 10,000 feet, I found them in immense numbers, 

 on the very summit of the mountain, feeding on the minute 

 insects harbouring in the flowers. This species is found from 

 Nepal to Bootan. 



627. Yuhina occipitalis, Hodgson. 

 As. Res. XIX.— Blyth, Cat. 520— Horsf., Cat. 400. 



The Slaty-headed Hill Tit. 

 Descr. — Top of the head (which is well crested), and back of 

 the neck, dull slaty brown, with hoary stripes ; the forehead narrowly 



